(CNN) The Screen Actors Guild Awards gravitated back toward something approaching award-show normalcy, while straining to exhibit its relevance vis-à-vis the Time's Up/#MeToo movement. It was, to say the least, an ungainly process, one that made for an uneven, disjointed telecast. Color might have crept back into the outfits, but the presentation itself was conspicuously drab. Sunday's telecast outlined some limits on engaging in that conversation in this context, despite a lineup of female presenters -- and for the first time a host, Kristen Bell -- seemingly designed to advance it. The bottom line is for those who complain about lectures from Hollywood A-listers -- who would rather awards shows be self-congratulatory, promotional affairs, better off being boring than controversial -- well, this was your night.

Source: CNN January 22, 2018 04:28 UTC