What was wrong -- and right -- about the Grammys
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Jeff Yang writes that, amid a night of awards that predictably fell into cultural boxes, BTS's performance clearly demonstrated how music transcends boundaries when we give it the chance to do so. "The bottom line is that the Grammys need diverse creators and audiences more than diverse creators and audiences need the Grammys.
It was probably a stroke of bad luck that landed the rescheduled Grammys right after the spectacle of the Golden Globes, a technically disastrous event that was slammed for its bizarre honoree choices (two nominations for Netflix's critically slammed "Emily in Paris," which flew voters to its set for a luxury junket as part of its promo campaign? Total snub for "I May Destroy You," one of the best reviewed TV shows of the year?), its long-standing shady and opaque selections process and, especially, the revelation of the complete lack of Black members among the ranks of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the presenting organization.
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