“You gotta change that!”
Fey said, with Poehler adding, “Looking forward to that change.”
“The Golden Globes are awards given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,” Poehler began.
Fey brought the issue up again when highlighting Pixar’sSoulamong the nominees.
(Fey voices a prominent role in the film, oppositeJamie Foxx.)
“The HFPA really responded to this movie because they do have five cat members.”
(Soulended up winning Best Animated Film soon after the monologue ended.)
Around eight minutes in, Fey and Poehler addressed the topic more directly.
“Look, a lot of flashy garbage got nominated, okay?
That’s like their thing.
But a number of Black actors and Black-led projects were overlooked.”
“And, look, we all know that award shows are stupid,” Fey continued.
“They’re all a scam invented by Big Red Carpet…” Poehler joked.
“To sell more carpet,” Fey retorted.
So, here’s to changing that."
“Looking forward to that change,” Poehler added.
Fey and Poehler also incorporated these unprecedented pandemic times into their material.
“He’s going to skateboard to all the nominated songs tonight,” Poehler cracked.
They also recognized the historic number of female filmmakers outnumbering the male nominees in the Best Director category.
“Could this whole night have been an email?
She was talking about Laura Dern.
