GOLDEN GLOBES
So how about some Golden Globe action up in Cuba. Oh, yeah! One of our friends has satellite tv—can’t tell you how—and he invited us to watch the Golden Globes. It was weird to see all the commercials again, and how pretty all those Hollywood stars looked. Big news when Babel won, because that’s from Inarritu, a Mexican director, therefore big in the Latin world. Beaty’s speech was interesting when he said he didn’t know how big he’d be worldwide because of the movie export, which as I’ve traveled I’ve come to regard as America’s most influential contribution, not because I’m in the industry, but that might play a part in it, but because everywhere I go people know movies and movies stars from the US. They are affected by the films, and some of them believe in the films as if they were real life. Movies are the world’s image of America.
I never thought I’d say it, but it was nice to see commercials again. I haven’t seen a commercial in two months.
More apropos was the news about Castro afterwards. It made me realize how no one knows what is going on. They interviewed people in little Havana, at the original Versailles restaurant on 8th street in Miami. So first off, the test group is biased. The two quotes were:
“They hide him, just like the soviets.”
“He’s probably already dead.”
No news there. I don’t see how they would get news, because no one here has a clue what is going on.
Univision reported that Castro’s sutures had not healed from his intestine surgery. This is not surprising, since older people have more difficulty healing.
And the Beegees. Cubans love the Beegees. When I had a beard, a number of Cubans told me I looked like a Gibb. Stayin’ Alive in Cuba,
Ed