Tina Fey and Amy Poehler point out the lack of black members of the HFPA at the divisive opening

On the way to the 78th Golden Globes, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler previewed a non-political monologue and, as promised, neither the current nor the former residents of the Oval Office were shot at. Instead, the duo targeted the Globes organizers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association … for mixed results.

After a bomb Los Angeles times Exposé revealing the organization of international journalists who voted on the Globes and had no black members. The HFPA has faced a serious setback across the industry. And Fey and Poehler, who come from New York and Los Angeles, respectively, used their platform to address their hosts directly. “The HFPA consists of around 90 international, non-black journalists who go to the cinema every year in search of a better life,” said Fey at the beginning of her bicoastal monologue, predicting another conviction. “A couple of them could be ghosts, and the German member is a sausage someone has painted a face on.”

Fey later revisited HFPA membership with her own nominated film. soulhow the setup. When the actress discovered that the plot of the Pixar hit involved a black character (voiced by Jamie Foxx) who spends a significant portion of the film inside a cat, she said, “The HFPA really responded to this film because of her have five cat members. ”The duo also briefly touched on another raised eyebrow detail LA Times Report, with a lavish one Emily in Paris Junket that Netflix threw for the HFPA. “”Emily in Paris is nominated for Best Musical or Best Comedy – I can’t wait to find out which one it is, “Fey said with obvious disdain before checking another nominee by name. French exit. “”French exit is what I did after watching the first episode of Emily in Paris. “

While the HFPA is an easy target for jokes, Fey and Poehler insisted that the group’s exclusive membership is no laughing matter. “A lot of conspicuous garbage was nominated – that’s their business,” said Poehler, joking that awards ceremonies were invented by the “big red carpet”. Fey then became serious: “There are no black members in the HFPA. I understand you didn’t receive the memo because your workplace is the back of a French McDonald’s, but you have to change that.” Continued Poehler: “I’m looking forward to this change.”

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The duo’s comments received mixed reactions on Twitter. While some – including twice-nominated actress Kerry Washington – praised them for speaking out, others felt they weren’t the right ambassadors in this particular area.

It was also not overlooked that the Globes gave the monologue by Fey and Poehler two awards that went to black nominees: Daniel Kaluuya and John Boyega won Best Supporting Actor for their respective roles in the trophies Judas and the black messiah and Small ax. But Kaluuya’s victory was immediately marred by a technical glitch that almost prevented him from delivering a speech.

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