Having wasted space and thoughts on a topic as slight as the Oscars, let’s see how much lower we can go with a short commentary on the Golden Globes, eh?

NBC made headlines this week saying it would not televise the Golden Globes Hollywood show next year because the Foreign Press Association, which gives the Globes, has no diversity and needs reforming. That seems evident.

There apparently are only a few more than 80 people — that’s all? — who vote on all the Golden Globes. Some of them don’t live in Hollywood, and apparently even more don’t bother seeing all the movies out there. And the group has no black members. Other than that, it’s just a lot of fun, I suppose.

So the question quickly arises, if anyone bothers to think about it, why does anyone pay attention to the Golden Globe? Well, mostly because of the money involved: the Globe organization gets money from the telecast to sustain itself, and NBC makes cash by charging the program sponsors. And, as at the Oscars, actors get to revel in their narcissistic glamour for one more evening.

Watching the actors is getting less interesting. Watching them cavort at a ceremony put together by such an unworthy organization as the Foreign Press Association seems more and more a bad joke.

Hey NBC, let’s just drop it altogether, ok? No loss. But I’m guessing somebody will take it upon themselves to come up with another awards show no matter how depressing and ill-thought-out it might be. And maybe that’s something Donald Trump can manage in his last years.