![]() ![]() It made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth. Not because it was good – there was nothing good about it – but it was effective, and it did its job. ![]() There was one performance this year that stunned me. “And there were many, many, many powerful performances this year that did exactly that – breathtaking, compassionate work. “An actor’s only job is to enter the lives of people who are different from us and let you feel what that feels like,” she said. Streep bashed Trump by referencing a moment during a rally when he seemed to mimic a disabled reporter. The acclaimed award winner also pointed out a surprised Ryan Gosling, who, “like all the nicest people, is Canadian.” “But who are we, and what is Hollywood, anyway? It’s just a bunch of people from other places,” Streep continued, highlighting the diverse background of actresses like Viola Davis, Sarah Paulson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Adams, Natalie Portman and Ruth Negga. ![]() DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globes.Īfter a poignant introduction from actress Viola Davis, Streep took the stage and launched into a brilliant, insightful breakdown of how the Hollywood Foreign Press comprises “the most vilified segments American society right now”: Hollywood, foreigners and the press. Meryl Streep slammed Donald Trump, honored her late friend Carrie Fisher and praised a room full of Hollywood “outsiders” while accepting the Cecil B. ![]()
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