Golden Globes gave these films an Oscars boost and put the knife in Wicked

Do the Golden Globes matter? Meh. Some quick stats: Over the past 20 years, the winner of the Globe for motion picture – drama has gone on to capture the Oscar for Best Picture just six times.Musical or comedy? Only twice.That glaring disparity could be because there is zero overlap between the 300 or so international journalists who vote for the Golden Globes and the 8,000 film industry professionals who decide the Academy Awards.Despite that spotty history, though, there are a few reasons to pay attention to last night’s rather outre results, which saw “Emilia Perez” and “The Brutalist” — not exactly “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Oppenheimer” — respectively win comedy and drama.One is that the Oscars are becoming increasingly international.

Less apple pie, more croissant.Last year, voters from a record 94 countries were represented.

So the tastes of Brits, Brazilians and Bangladeshis have more weight than ever before.Like the Globes, they’re global.That’s a boon for the Spanish-language French film “Emilia Perez.”Even so, I’m still not entirely convinced the strange musical on Netflix can go all the way in March.

Admiration for director Jacques Audiard’s film far outweighs genuine enthusiasm (with a 66% RottenTomatoes audience score, no Best Picture winner has been that low since 1963’s “Tom Jones”), and it’s proudly weird. However, Netflix’s French flick undoubtedly got a major boost in the race, winning four trophies Sunday night — the most of any movie.Another bump went to A24’s “The Brutalist,” starring best actor – drama winner Adrien Brody.But will voters embrace a film with a more than three-hour runtime directed by someone who isn’t named Christopher Nolan or James Cameron?My hemming and hawing illustrates another reason to keep your eye on the Globe — this year there are still no obvious Oscar front-runners.

No Goliath to topple with a rock.No little underdog that could.

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