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The Line That Went Too Far

Monologues are arguably the best part of award shows, but they also tend to invite controversial remarks.

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On Sunday night, Seth Meyers hosted the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards. As any fan of all the award shows knows, the monologues are the best part of the show. They poke fun at the biggest celebrities in attendance and turn the latest news, not only about the industry they represent but usually politics as well, into jokes.

The Golden Globes was the first award show of the season, and the first since the #MeToo movement and the major Hollywood sexual harassment scandals. Seth Meyers dove into those jokes head first, and the audience seemed to appreciate it. Many powerful women were in the room including Ashley Judd, one of the first women to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, as well as the founder of the #MeToo movement Tarana Burke. These women, and many more, have fought back and in the past months gotten the recognition and appreciation they deserve.

While I appreciated the monologue, there was one joke that fell flat with the audience and stuck with me because of how disrespectful it seemed.

"Harvey Weinstein isn't here tonight ... Don't worry, he'll be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the in memoriam."

It doesn't matter how powerful Harvey Weinstein was or how successful his movies were, he should be forgotten by Hollywood. He absolutely does not deserve to be put in the in memoriam section of any award shows when he dies. The in memoriam is supposed to remember and the people who changed the industry for the better, and were inspirations to the coming generation. Harvey Weinstein damaged women's careers for the simple fact that they had integrity and would not submit to him for a part.

Even though many agree that the monologues are the best part of award shows, there usually is one controversial remark that crosses the line, and we found the line that went too far less than 15 minutes into the 2018 awards season. I do not blame Seth Meyers for this comment, because odds are he didn't write it, and if he didn't say it someone else would have.

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