The award holds this distinction not only because it is usually the first award show every year, but also the glitz, the glam, the fun, the inspiring and most times hilarious award speeches, and my personal favourite, the memes!
The award has always been a light and jovial affair, but not entirely this year. That’s owing to the string of sexual assaults revelations over the past few months that had rocked Hollywood starting with the accusations against Harvey Weinstein and spilling to several high profile personalities not only in Hollywood but also in the media and other major corporate entities in the US.
The developments unsurprisingly led to the inspiring and innovative moment Time’s Up. Consequently, this year’s award had a serious vibe to it culminating in Oprah Winfrey’s well-received presidential-like speech, where the media mogul called for the empowerment of women in all industries. Not forgetting Natalie Portman’s “and here are the all-male nominees,” for the best director category, drawing attention to gender inequality. Gender inequality notwithstanding, isn’t the award based on the quality of work and not a gender?
Ron Howard: “We are honored … to be here to present the award for best director.”
Natalie Portman, done with this shit: “And here are the all-male nominees.” ? pic.twitter.com/8JboypiADo
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 8, 2018
