Nothing can redeem a celebrity (who has done something stupid or kind of become a joke) as quickly as making fun of themselves and showing the world they can be a good sport about themselves or their failures. At our core, we as a culture love to forgive our fallen heroes… but only when they admit they screwed up. The best example of this is the amazing William Shatner who totally revived his dead career by spending a few years voluntarily being the butt end of a lot of jokes and making good heated fun of himself and his image in certain movies and TV shows.
So along comes Halle Berry and the car wreck that is Catwoman. So what does Halle do? The good folks over at Reuters News give us this:
Berry was named worst actress of 2004 by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for her performance in “Catwoman” and she showed up to accept her “Razzie” carrying the Oscar she won in 2002 for “Monster’s Ball.”
“They can’t take this away from me, it’s got my name on it!” she quipped. A raucous crowd cheered her on as she gave a stirring recreation of her Academy Award acceptance speech, including tears. She thanked everyone involved in “Catwoman,” a film she said took her from the top of her profession to the bottom.
“I want to thank Warner Brothers for casting me in this piece of shit,” she said as she dragged her agent on stage and warned him “next time read the script first.”
It is rare for a Razzie winner to show up at the spoof awards held on the night before Oscars — but Berry did, saying her mother taught her that to be “a good winner you had to be a good loser first.” She received a standing ovation.
Bravo!!! By showing up to the Razzies, Berry showed not only a real sense of humor, but also a sense of class. With that one move, she instantly made me a fan of hers again… even more now.
