I'm Pretty Sure the Golden Globes are in Poor Taste, Not Ricky Gervais

While perusing the blogs, I keep coming across stories about Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes. Everyone seems to be talking about whether Mr. Ricky "crossed the line" and stuff. I don't think he really crossed the line.

Mr. Ricky was hired to host a televised award show. What else should a host do besides make fun of the people winning awards? Compliment them? Hell no! Winning the award should be compliment enough. Knowing that millions of Americans would watch you put on lip gloss should be compliment enough. America gives you three more hours of screen time on top of the time we gave you to prance around on television and film. Us Americans give you actors so much! It's only fitting that we let a Brit take something back from you. We earned the right to have a laugh at you.

Charlie Sheen: Keep up the good work!

And here's a thought, HFP: If you don't like a crude emcee, or if you can't find a way to make continually praising and awarding actors and stuff entertaining, then don't televise the damn award show. Then this shit can be as boring and effusive as you want, and you won't have to worry about ratings and broadcasting deals. Hell, you won't even have to worry about renting out the Beverly Hilton Hotel because nobody will end up showing up! People only come to drink and get screen time anyway.

So basically, I have no pity for the Hollywood Foreign Press because if it didn't feel the need to broadcast the award ceremony, then it wouldn't need an entertaining emcee. So this agony is all self-inflicted. And one time I saw Ricky Gervais at a restaurant, so him and I are basically blood brothers. You have to defend your blood brother.