Posted on 01/06/2019 7:35:02 AM PST by EdnaMode
With the 2019 Golden Globe Awards now upon us, only one thing is for sure: Not a lot of people are going to watch. Ratings for the event last year fell 5 percent from their 2017 numbers and have fallen three out of the last four years. Oscars and Emmys? Even worse, with the 2018 shows declining 20 percent and 10 percent respectively from their 2017 ratings numbers.
Reversing this moribund picture calls for more than just tinkering along the edges. How can the creative class convince millions of Americans who have tuned out to give them a second chance? To answer that, I have two words.
James Woods.
Woods, notable for roles in movies like “Casino,” “Videodrome” and “Once Upon a Time in America” with two Emmy awards, a Golden Globe and two Oscar nominations under his belt, is also a Trump-loving conservative who has called the billionaire’s presidency a “once-in-a-century miracle.” Woods would give viewers a lot to chew on.
He regularly inveighs against liberal sacred cows to his nearly 2 million Twitter followers. When Congresswoman Frederica Wilson criticized Trump, for example, Woods called her a “#ParasiteRodeoClown” — a nod to her distinctive cowboy hat.
He has developed a passionate cult following among the same audience that briefly powered Roseanne Barr to the No. 1 show on television. That audience is still out there, still looking for someone who can be their ambassador to the cultural elite.
Plus, the actor knows how to improvise and can get laughs from liberals. His 2010 salute to Martin Scorsese at the AFI Life Achievement Awards — and a story about overly starched bell-bottom denim jeans — had the director in stitches.
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Maybe Caitlyn Jenner is available to host.
Valerie Jarrett? Don’t think so.
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"My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors." ---- James Woods
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Okay ....perfect.
They can pick anyone they like. It’s a bloated, long-winded snooze-fest not fit for public consumption. The best thing about it is that they take it (and one another) apart over how bad it is.
But the Hollywood crowd wouldn’t have it any other way. The after-Oscars snark-fest is the one thing they enjoy more than the Oscars themselves.
Woods or Gary Sinese could pull this off:
Be professional
Be courteous
Humor is good but:
No sexual (or sexuality) jokes
No Political jokes
No ethnic based jokes
Take some advice from Billy Crystal or hire him as your writer
If they did all of the above, their ratings would begin to recover.
I guess we’ll have to wait and see the written reviews of the show. If we even bother with that. Screw follywood.
I think it was what Rosanne said about Valerie Jarrett, as Woods said something about Obama.
Co-hosts James Woods and Clint (empty chair) Eastwood....
I might actually watch if Woods emceed it
The texture of the entire event might be delightful.
And Conservatives generally are able to
make fun of themselves and not get their panties in a wad
Classic Liberals often can also
Socialist, Progressive, NWO types, not so much
How about holding the awards in a private setting without broadcasting it and then just give us a list of the winners.
No other industry would assume we want to sit through their worthless awards.
It used to be pretty reliable for watching female hair and fashion but nowadays they are such skanks, it’s high on the avoidance list.
Extremely high!
I think that’s a great idea. But I bet that’s the last thing they’ll do.
Again, great idea! But let’s see if they’ll put its popularity to the test with a Pay-per-view broadcast.
But seriously, when it gets better ratings than all the other awards shows they'll be forced to take notice.
Much ado about nothing.
“How about holding the awards in a private setting without broadcasting it and then just give us a list of the winners.”
That’s pretty much how it works in my household, except that after not watching the broadcast I don’t even bother reading any list about who won.
James Woods would be perfect: he could offend the crap out of ALL grievance groups, achieve record-high ratings, and then be permanently fired ...
Fantastic idea.
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