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THB #195: Part 2 - Where The For-Profit Globes Could Take Us

THB #195: Part 2 - Where The For-Profit Globes Could Take Us

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Jul 29, 2022
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before… after

“Let’s just get back to business!!!”

Not a specific quote. Something one hears.

And though my intention in this piece is to offer a response to that sentiment about The Golden Globes, I’m not sure I can.

The use of the word “integrity” regarding award season overall, whatever the show or the awards group or the amounts of money makes many people laugh out loud.

So why does anything matter?

I am reminded of the old joke, the origins of which are surely more than 100 years old, attributed along the way to everyone from Winston Churchill to WC Field to George Bernard Shaw. Here is the version that was seen on Mr Robot a few years ago.

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