The Golden Globes

It was great to see Brokeback Mountain win four Golden Globes last night and become the certain front-runner now for the Oscars, whose nominations will be announced on January 31st. Brokeback won Golden Globes for best screenplay, best song, best dramatic film, and best director for Ang Lee. A gay-themed movie has never won Best Picture at the Oscars, but certainly could this year.

Felicity Huffman gave a great acceptance speech last night after she was honored for her role as a man preparing for sex-change surgery in Transamerica, which I haven't seen but want to even more now. During the speech she said, "I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job is to become who we really are and so I would like to salute the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are." Perhaps as Hollywood continues to blaze the trail and America makes greater progess in relearning the truth about who GLBT people are, these margins will become less defined and will eventually cease to exist.

Angela works with a couple of people who refuse to see Brokeback Mountain simply because of its gay male content. It's unfortunate that their own fear will cause them to miss out on such a powerful and compelling love story. And I'm glad Hollywood gets it.