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Some Feminists Are Angry Because Every Male Winner at the Golden Globes Ignored #MeToo & #TimesUp during their acceptance speech. "Their Silence was deafening."
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a14780926/golden-globes-male-winners-times-up/
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/what-the-men-didnt-say/549914/
In a perfect world, last night's Golden Globes, the first major awards show in the post-Weinstein era, would have signaled a profound shift toward gender equity and a zero-tolerance policy for any form of sexual abuse in Hollywood culture. Most of the female attendees used the ceremony as platform for this message, donning black and declaring their commitment to the #MeToo movement and the newly-formed Time's Up initiative on the red carpet and in their speeches. The same can't be said for the men of the evening, who generally avoided the conversation as if Hollywood wasn't in the midst of a hugely-publicized reckoning with powerful, abusive men.
Meanwhile, many women walking the carpet, including Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, Eva Longoria, Kerry Washington, and Meryl Streep gave powerful statements about joining Time's Up and wearing black. Eight actresses even brought activists from a variety of organizations aimed at reducing inequality as their dates for the evening. As Time put it, "The imbalance created a strange dynamic: Most men were able to spend their interview time plugging their projects, while the women were responsible for bearing the burden of taking on sexism in Hollywood in little soundbites."
The trend continued inside. Of the 15 men who received awards onstage throughout the night—Alexander Skarsgård, Ewan McGregor, Aziz Ansari, Sterling K. Brown, Alexandre Desplat, Martin McDonagh, Guillermo del Toro, Sam Rockwell, James Franco, Gary Oldman, Bruce Miller of The Handmaid's Tale, Lee Unkrich for Coco, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for "This Is Me," and Fatih Akin of In the Fade—zero referenced #MeToo or Time's Up in their acceptance speeches. This is particularly striking considering Skarsgård and Rockwell both won for playing abusive men in their respective projects. Both Miller and Oldman made vague references to making a difference in their speeches—Oldman said, "Words and actions can change the world, and boy oh boy, does it need to change" while Miller said, "To all the people in this room and this country and this world who do everything they can to stop The Handmaid's Tale from becoming real, keep doing that"—but their gestures felt flat and perfunctory.
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a14780926/golden-globes-male-winners-times-up/
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/what-the-men-didnt-say/549914/