One of the winning films, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” is about the fury of a woman who demands justice. Another, “Lady Bird,” is about a teenage girl desperate to grow into who she wants to be. Two of the winning television shows, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Big Little Lies,” are about and are driven by women.
But while those wins were emblematic of a show that championed female voices from start to finish, they were not the real story of the 75th Golden Globe Awards. After all, the opinions of about 90 journalists for foreign publications won’t set the tone for the next eight weeks of awards season, and won’t make Oscar voters think any more of “Three Billboards” or any less of “The Shape of Water.”