They're also the same group that gave five nominations and two awards to The Help. The problem with The Butler is not that it's too American, but that it is a fictionalized account of a real-life African-American butler with a different name and a less dramatic life both in and out of the White House that was fraudulently marketed as a biography of an actual person which may have ruffled a few feathers. Also, the casting of famous faces as other famous faces they look nothing like is sometimes more off-putting to highly educated non-Americans who often know more about American history and current events than many Americans including the voting bloc of SAG-AFTRA.criddic3 wrote:Please, this is the same group that nominated that Emilio Estevez masterpiece Bobby!Much as I'd love to think this wounds The Butler deeply, it may be simply that it's very American subject didn't resonate with foreign correspondents.
This is the best list of nominations from the Globes I've seen in some time. The acting nominations, in particular, avoid the snickering assumptions we've come to expect from this group. Cheers to a well rounded group of nominees.