Colin Farrell doesn't consider himself part of comics villain legacy despite his recent Golden Globe award win
RTE reports what actor Colin Farrell had to say following his win of a Golden Globe award regarding the comics-based role he's taken as the Penguin:
As for Farrell's getting an award for this TV show, even if the Golden Globes hadn't become as woke as they are now, this news would still bore me, and judging from the ratings plunge they've seen, it's clear not many others care either. So what's the big deal about an actor winning an award for his role in a TV show emphasizing villainy? Funny how TV shows with a more science fiction bent like Superman has aren't making the headlines here. Not that it would make any difference, but this too shows how marginalized the Man of Steel's iconism has become, all for the sake of a franchise that's so heavily built upon darkness.
Colin Farrell has admitted he doesn't see himself as part of the elite group of actors who’ve played iconic comic book villains, despite his Golden Globe win for The Penguin.Well I don't see why it's such a big deal to play villains like that alone is a celebration. Or, more to the point, why villains are being given such a huge emphasis in modern filmmaking at the expense of the heroes. As I've noted before, glamorization of villainy is one of the biggest problems in modern entertainment, probably for much longer than we think, and we could even add a lamentation for how in past decades, there were comics characters on the good side who were forcibly turned into criminals for cheap sensationalism by some of the most reprehensible editors and writers, to say nothing of artists. That's a very reprehensible thing to do, all because villains seemingly don't require emphasis on personality like heroes and their co-stars could, and has only served to ruin important challenges in creativity, and enabled uncaring hack writers the shoddy excuse to depict characters on the good side as one-dimensionally evil, all for the sake of cheap sensationalism. When a writer would rather depict a goodie as a baddie, it's an open signal they dislike a fictional character to boot. That's atrocious and offensive.
Farrell earned his third Golden Globe for his portrayal of Oswald Cobblepot, better known as The Penguin, in the HBO series of the same name. This win places him alongside Joaquin Phoenix, who won in 2020 for his role in Joker and the late Heath Ledger, who posthumously won in 2009 for The Dark Knight.
Speaking in the winners’ room after the ceremony, Farrell said: "The two actors are, for my money, the most extraordinary, talented and gifted and just brilliant artists in film that I’ve ever had the fortune to observe and be affected by."
Reflecting on their performances, he added: "What Heath did in Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight was extraordinary, and will live on for future generations, and what Joaquin did with The Joker was, as exemplified by all the awards that he won and the Oscar stuff - it was extraordinary."
He continued: "So to have your name thrown into, just uttered in the same sentence, as those performances – honestly, it’s lovely, but I still approach it all more from just a fan of it all. I don’t feel like I’m part of that pantheon, I don’t think I’ll go home tonight thinking I’m part of that pantheon."
As for Farrell's getting an award for this TV show, even if the Golden Globes hadn't become as woke as they are now, this news would still bore me, and judging from the ratings plunge they've seen, it's clear not many others care either. So what's the big deal about an actor winning an award for his role in a TV show emphasizing villainy? Funny how TV shows with a more science fiction bent like Superman has aren't making the headlines here. Not that it would make any difference, but this too shows how marginalized the Man of Steel's iconism has become, all for the sake of a franchise that's so heavily built upon darkness.
Labels: Batman, dc comics, golden calf of villainy, msm propaganda
