James Corden is an old hand at hosting award shows, so you feel as though you’re in good hands whenever he takes the stage. Indeed, the 2018 Grammy Awards he emceed on January 28 were his second in a row. However, 2018 Corden wasn’t as active a participant as 2017 Corden was. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; sometimes with award show hosts less is more, and when he did appear he was usually a welcome sight.
It was telling when within the first half-hour of the three-and-a-half hour event Corden had only appeared on-stage for a scant few minutes. After Kendrick Lamar‘s performance opened the show Corden forewent an ambitious production number or monologue in favor of saying just a few words to get the show underway. He joked that this was the most diverse lineup of nominees in Grammy history “and for the second year in a row...
It was telling when within the first half-hour of the three-and-a-half hour event Corden had only appeared on-stage for a scant few minutes. After Kendrick Lamar‘s performance opened the show Corden forewent an ambitious production number or monologue in favor of saying just a few words to get the show underway. He joked that this was the most diverse lineup of nominees in Grammy history “and for the second year in a row...
- 1/29/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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