By Brett Westfall
The Washington Post’s Opinion Writer, Alyssa Rosenberg nails what viewers of Hollywood’s Award Shows would rather see; a social justice of the issues of the world. What I got out of this opinion piece is that the issue with the dark areas of the world are given justice from these Hollywood stars that have plenty of money to dress up in the glits and glamour as well as help a little bit, but they are not politicians. Hollywood speaks of injustice and more, but every year it only helps in recognizing it and the next day, the world keeps spinning and many injustices will still sadly exist.
Rosenberg wrote one day after the 2019 Golden Globes Ceremony finished and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association determined the winners. Recently, the Globes have been the safe bet of award shows. In her article, Rosenberg said, “Theoretically, this Golden Globes ceremony should have been a break from the awkwardness and occasional jaggedness that have marked the occasion the past few years.” Until this year, with plenty of issues seem to arise more and more with expanded media attention on issues. Rosenberg continued with, “Our first instinct might be to say that awards shows aren’t the place to confront these thorny and deeply rooted issues. I would suggest, though, that there is no better setting to reveal Hollywood’s contradictions than on the industry’s most decked-out, self-celebratory nights.”
I believe that we watch shows like this to no longer escape the realities of the world and watch the glamour of what Hollywood wants to be, but to envision a brighter future which is what Hollywood has brought us for years. Some films truly push the boundaries every-so-often, but when these award shows come during the first couple months of the year, people want to see what these powerful people can do. We live in a time now where it seems the government moves too slow for the expanded worldview, and Hollywood is the closest thing for people to believe in faster change, and richer, powerful people that claim they will help with global issues. That seems to be the reason politics have gotten tremendously huge within Hollywood now and that is what I took out of Rosenberg’s article.
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