The Golden Globes have long had the reputation of being Hollywood’s biggest party, but the recent exposure of corruption and scandal plaguing their voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, shut that party down. Celebrities boycotted them. NBC dropped them. It looked as if the Golden Globes would be no more. Last June, however, the HFPA disbanded, Dick Clark Productions bought the show, and CBS agreed to broadcast the ceremony. Rising from the ashes, the 81st Golden Globe Awards aired on CBS and Paramount+ this past Sunday.

Did the Globes successfully reinvent themselves, though? To what extent did this year’s ceremony and winners reflect a different voting body? Was it new and improved? Was it the loose, fun time of days yore? In this episode of The Long Take Review, P.T. and I answer these questions, share our reactions to the show, and examine the winners as potential bellwethers for the Oscars. Which speeches gave the biggest awards season boosts? Which wins surprised us and/or warmed our hearts the most? And in what context does Jen use the phrase “Schrodinger’s Oscar?”

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Lily Gladstone, above, won Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for her performance in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

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