Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility

Ricky Gervais, host of the Golden Globe ceremony, was merciless from the start, mocking actors and the event’s sponsor, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/movies/awardsseason/17watch.html

Ricky Gervais, the master of ceremonies, broke the rule of paying homage to the obscure foreign journalists whose one lever of power are those awards. He was merciless from the start, mocking his hosts for nominating the stars of the badly reviewed movie “The Tourist.”