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In an odd year, the Golden Globes had the chance to shake things up and throw momentum in unusual places,
Instead, they gave us business as usual, Hollywood Foreign Press Association-style.
Most of the usual suspects won, nobody built much of a head of steam, and the handful of unusual choices can be all-too-easily traced to the organization's typical tendencies and biases.
"The Artist" went into the Globes as a prohibitive favorite and came out of the ceremony as the big winner on the film side, with three awards.
But its performance was far from a sweep: The writing and directing categories, for which it was nominated, went to "Midnight in Paris" and "Hugo," respectively.