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Golden Globe Awards 2018 host Seth Meyers expertly walked the tightrope of between being funny and making a strong statement about addressing the allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct that have shaken Hollywood recently.
Take a look at Meyers’ punchlines and the clever inclusion of “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” at the Golden Globes on Sunday night:
The “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” segment at the Golden Globes was borrowed from Seth’s Late Night show where he lets others (his women writers Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel who are black and gay) take the punchlines since he self-admittedly isn’t qualified enough to speak about certain experiences because he’s just another “straight white guy”.
On Sunday night, Seth used select members of the audience to deliver the punchlines:
Seth Meyers: "The Golden Globes turn 75 this year."
Jessica Chastain: "The actress that plays its wife is still only 32."
Seth Meyers: "Call Me By Your Name is nominated for Best Motion Picture. It's a gay, coming-of-age story,"
Billy Eichner: "Said Kevin Spacey: 'You lost me at "of age."'"
Seth Meyers: "Insecure creator currently has three projects in development with HBO."
Issa Rae: "Yeah, that's right, and three projects is also where they think I'm from."
Seth Meyers: "According to a recent article, only 5% of speaking roles in Hollywood are played by Asian actors..."
Hong Chau: “But those numbers might be off since a white person did the math."
Seth Meyers: "You wanna do one?"
Amy Poehler: "Uh, yeah, I'll do one, but I don't need your help, I don't need a setup to make a punch line work, okay?"
Seth Meyers: “I’m sorry, I apologize.”
Amy Poehler: "Oh, another apology, how wonderful."
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