The New Year is beginning on a very positive note, more positive than most of us would have guessed. And as always when the world takes a turn for the better, when it achieves some unforeseen escape from a horrible turn of events, and we look for the source of its salvation, it turns out to be — it’s always the case — Hollywood.
After dire warnings for three decades that we, the planet, are on a certain course to doom, destined to fall into a blistering ball unfit for all human habitation, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which sponsors the revered Golden Globe awards, has laid on a course of action, joined by the altruistic superstars of Hollywood, that if successful, will not only stall a global-warming Armageddon, but see all of us on this Earth enjoy a healthier, cleaner, safer future. In the immortal words of Homer Simpson: Is there nothing that Hollywood can’t do?
The Golden Globes and all its attendees this year are going Green. And such is the sway of these celebrities that none will doubt that once the world takes note of their example, every man, woman and child on the planet will soon follow suit.
The key to their magnificent action is that this year, the banquet that precedes the giving of the awards will be entirely — no exceptions — vegan. Let that settle in your mind awhile to appreciate its full impact. There are other touches, but that Hollywood royalty are willing to break out the sesame seeds and tofu for one whole televised meal will undoubtedly shock the world into saving itself. What wonderful people these actors are.
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