“I am so thrilled it’s a tie, I can’t tell you,” said Close. “I was thinking that, you know, the world kind of pits us against each other in this profession and I know that from all the women in this category, and I think I can speak for all the women in this room, we celebrate each other.” Gaga concurred, “I’m so very happy that you won this this evening. This is a tremendous honor.”
It would probably be viewed as uncouth if any of them had verbalized what we were all thinking, which is: How could this happen? (We need to see the math.) Consequently, all these actors deserve additional awards for their acceptance speeches. When Adams and Arquette accepted their award together, Adams addressed the room: “I actually can’t think of a more beautiful thing than a tie, because there really isn’t a winner when we get to do such great work and we have such wonderful opportunities. I’m overwhelmed. I have so many people to thank, but I don’t want to take it up.”
Arquette meanwhile thanked Ben Stiller. “I want to thank Ben Stiller, our incredible, courageous director who really let us explore and remove the yoke from my neck that I felt I’ve carried my whole career of, ‘But is she likable?’ Thank you for taking that off my neck. It was really heavy for me to carry that long,” she said.
In the game of life, sure, there are many winners, but awards shows should only be allowed one.
