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<\/a>Fran Drescher. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n
I had originally assumed that the show had arrived on-line due to a questionable decision by someone at our union, but it’s actually a pretty complicated issue. I’ll explain it all at the end of this review.<\/p>\n
But it’s just one<\/em> of the questionable moves made by our creepy and, to my mind, unqualified, SAG President, Fran Drescher<\/strong>. I’m sure I’m not the only disgruntled union member\u2014when Drescher came out on stage during the show, she received practically no applause. Mr. X said that she thought she was going to be adored, but her reception was far from that, which seemed to really rattle her.<\/p>\n And then she proudly announced how great it was for the show to not<\/em> be on TV, and that she\u2019s planning to continue that stupidity, (my word, not hers,) for many years to come! To which she was greeted with crickets. Screen Actors<\/em> Guild is for actors, for goodness’ sake\u2014we all<\/em> want to be on TV!!!<\/p>\n And then at the end of the show, during the acceptance speeches for Outstanding Ensemble for Everything Everywhere All At Once<\/em>, which was the last award of the night, ninety-four-year-old actor James Hong<\/strong> declared, \u201cI hope that next<\/em> year, the network will change their mind and put us on again,\u201d to rapturous<\/em> applause. [Reminder: You can read how it all came about at the end<\/em> of this review, so I can get on to the fun<\/em> stuff already!]<\/p>\n White Lotus’ Meghann Fahy and Leo Woodall, looking beautiful together. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n All that is to let you know why I couldn\u2019t review it for you on time\u2014I wasn\u2019t going to watch an awards show on a device<\/em>, not even my large desktop computer, (even though its screen is probably the same size as my four-sets-ago TVs.) So I had to figure-out how to send the broadcast over to my big screen television, which took many tries over the past almost-month. (Even the people at SAG itself didn’t know how to do it!) And then we had to hurry and get it done because the show was being deleted pretty quickly. (By the way–I don’t know anyone else who was able to watch it on TV, at all!)<\/p>\n Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sally Field, in dire need of a dye job! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n And, in addition to the people who wanted to see the show but couldn’t because it wasn’t on TV, that stupid platform this year hurt many others. Since it’s not available anymore, no one could record it for posterity. How sad is that for the participants<\/em> who might like to watch themselves again? I really don’t have the time to be on a SAG committee, but that’s a shame because they need someone with some basic brains to figure it all out for them!<\/p>\n Truth be told, I was out the night that the SAGs<\/em> were sent out live. (I was at the opening of The Secret Garden<\/em>, which I reviewed almost exactly one month ago. Here’s the link, if you missed it: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/theatre-the-secret-garden<\/a>.) Because I already knew that it wasn’t on TV, I hadn’t thought to see if there were any arrivals shows being broadcast, so if there were any, I missed them, which is probably a bonus to us all!!! That means that I have only the actual presentation to discuss. So on to my review of the show.<\/p>\n I must say that because there’s no host, nor production numbers, nor awards for anything but acting, (duh\u2014Screen\u00a0Actors<\/em>\u00a0Guild\u00a0 Awards!,) the\u00a0SAGs\u00a0<\/em>are always the tightest production. That was the case this year, as well, so I was surprised that with no extracurricular activities, (which is how my 7th grade homeroom teacher referred to my excessive talking,) the show ended seventeen minutes over<\/em> the planned two hours. It was still the shortest awards show of the season, so it was pretty easy to watch. (But I actually did<\/em> miss having commercial breaks!)<\/p>\n Jamie Lee Curtis and her very long boobs. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n I must tell you that, because I viewed the show so late, (therefore I had already given up on writing about the SAGs<\/em>,) I took not even one note. But then so much happened during the broadcast that I was compelled<\/em> to write about it. So I have to give you just a bit of what I remember off the top of my head. I don\u2019t have many exact<\/em> observations to share because of that lack of notes, but I do have to weigh in on some of what I remember.<\/p>\n There was a lot of chest-baring on the women. Sadly, those included Jamie Lee Curtis<\/strong>‘\u00a0featuring of her very long<\/em> boobs, and Ariana DeBose<\/strong>‘s very mis-matched ones. And there was a plethora of awful fashions.\u00a0 But, since no hangers-on can make it into this<\/em> awards show, (as they do for all the rest,) there were no downright vomititious<\/em> outfits, that people always wear as cries for attention.<\/p>\n Aubrey Plaza’s dreadful outfit, to match her personality. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n The absolute worst-dressed, (which was a definite<\/em> cry for attention,) was Aubrey Plaza<\/strong>, who was on season two of\u00a0The White Lotus<\/em>. She was also the most unpleasant person on stage all night. Her rudeness to her cast-mates when they won for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series was repulsive; it showed her true colors. And then she stormed off the stage while they were all still out there celebrating. Why would anyone want to hire her after that<\/em> display?!<\/p>\n Outside of those peccadilloes, I’m going to go in order of what I saw:<\/p>\n The very first bit of the show, with a video of the Only Murders in the Building<\/em> cast doing a spoof of The Banshees of Inisherin<\/em>, was funny. Great way to open it!<\/p>\n Sam Elliott<\/strong> gave a good speech, but\u00a0I still don\u2019t get why women have always loved this mumbler.<\/p>\n Jeremy Allen White. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n I enjoyed seeing Meghann Fahy <\/strong>and Leo Woodall<\/strong> from\u00a0The\u00a0White Lotus<\/em>\u00a0together. I don’t remember their characters<\/em> ever crossing paths, but somehow, in real life, they became a secret couple, which I totally support. I love seeing beautiful people together!<\/p>\n Jeremy Allen White<\/strong> from The Bear<\/em> really needs to play Gene Wilder! I wish I had the energy to write and produce a script for him.<\/p>\n Sally Field<\/strong> really needs to color her hair! Her face is still so young, but her gray hair ages her soooo much. She would look twenty years younger with a dye job!!! I think even fully-white hair would look better than her drab gray.<\/p>\n Jennifer Coolidge’s new face. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n I always think that Jennifer Coolidge<\/strong> is funny, (actually even before she was as famous as she is now,) and I love<\/em> that someone who looks like her is so popular. I\u2019m also happy for her that she obviously had some facial work done recently because her face looked somewhat better than usual. But her acceptance speech was not good this time. It ended<\/em> with a funny sentence, but she just kept hemming and hawing the whole time, which was very annoying.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t believe that I love<\/em> Colin Farrell<\/strong> all of a sudden this year! I never really\u00a0disliked<\/em>\u00a0him, but I never\u00a0liked<\/em>\u00a0him, either. And now I’m a fan!!! Charming fellow.<\/p>\n Colin Farrell. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n This one is a big issue to me: The producers knew that\u00a0Everything Everywhere All At Once<\/em>, which features a predominantly Asian cast, had the best chance, (and at least a five-in-one,) to win the big prize of the evening.\u00a0 So why in the world would they choose Mark<\/strong> Wahlberg<\/strong>, a guy who beat up an Asian man so badly that he lost an eye*, to bestow that award??? That was in such incredibly bad taste! Wahlberg is not even front-and-center in show business right now!\u00a0 *[Note: That sad story is too long to tell here, but here\u2019s the link to how I wrote about it once before: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/gossipkarens-rant-mark-wahlberg-is-disgusting<\/a>.]<\/p>\n Mark Wahlberg is on the very right, I hope thinking of the Asian man he blinded all those years ago! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n These last few observations are all about that cast’s acceptance speeches, both yay and nay.<\/p>\n The red-haired guy, who moved from next to Michelle Yeoh to right on top of James Hong, trying to glom on to the elder gent. Note the bald guy looking on jealously, contemplating when to make HIS\u00a0move. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n It was cute that Michelle Yeoh<\/strong> said of James Hong, \u201cHe’s been acting since there were only forty-nine states!,\u201d to demonstrate his longevity in the business. But that statement is incorrect; she meant since there were forty-eight<\/em> because Hawaii and Alaska were admitted together<\/em> in 1959! Unless he started his first acting gig in the maybe-minute between<\/em> the two becoming states! (But Michelle didn’t grow up in America, so she’s forgiven for not knowing that exact concept.)<\/p>\n The red-haired guy doesn’t let go of James Hong, no matter where Mr. Hong moves his arm! Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n I love James Hong! And I adore that he’s so with it at his advanced age. He was even dancing on the stage when they won!!! What I loved the most about his five-minute speech<\/em>(!) was his complete honesty. I screamed when he said of the writers of his film, Everything<\/em> Everywhere All At Once<\/em>, \u201cI don’t know what they were thinking when they wrote that script. Did you<\/em> understand all of it? Right? I’m not sure. Well, go see it a second and third time, and maybe<\/em> you’ll understand.\u201d Finally, there’s someone besides Mr. X and me who admitted that film’s failings!<\/p>\n Most egregious of all, why was that guy with dyed bright red hair hanging on to James Hong during his whole loooong speech??? It was so annoying to witness<\/em>, so I have a feeling it was even more so for Mr. Hong. And then another guy came over and horned in, too. It would have been comical if it wasn’t so rude!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>