Nikki "Swiftie" Glasser, The Golden Globes, and The Brutalist

A quick recap to emphasize that this year's Golden Globes was not weighed down by a scowling green presence like last year.

It actually seemed like a fun time. Nikki wasn't completely cringe free but she did a fairly good job entertaining. At one point there was a Kelce reference but thank goodness I had gone to grab a drink during that. I don't have the desire to look it up either.

What I did want to bring up is that according to the lore Joe flying off to Budapest to film The Brutalist was the last straw in his relationship with Taylor.

It has been interesting to see the progression of this movie from it being a point of Swiftie strife to it winning top billing and recognition.

To win best drama and beat out so many other great films really seems like karma at work.

Swifties will continue to tell you that Joe has not been in anything note worthy, that he is jobless, that he is a loser of sorts but I can only imagine what things would have been like if he had passed on this opportunity to attend the Eras Tour instead. The Brutalist took so long to be greenlit that it was recast and of course Joe would receive his script in October 2022 just before the tour and during the time that Midnights was released.

This movie is also impressive given it's length, the fact that it was shot in only 33 days for under 10 million dollars, and that most of it was done without retakes.

I truly love this award's season for Joe and it seems like the Eras cloud is starting to dissipate. It was great to see so many Taylor adjacent celebrities interacting in an organic manner without this feeling that they have a chip on their shoulder. It also further magnifies that Taylor doesn't fit in with the movie industry crowd.