The Golden Globes were calm, scripted and largely apolitical amid a world on fire

 Perhaps the 83rd Annual Golden Globes decided to lean into dry January.

The annual awards show is known for having flowing booze, which often helps lubricate the acceptance speeches, but things were oddly calm this year.

Absent were any sloppy moments or off-the-cuff interactions. Winners were also largely quiet on the political situation inside the country, giving the whole thing a muted tone.

Has the awards show become more conservative or was Hollywood simply leaning into the joy the world desperately seems to need right now?

In the olden days, celebs would wear sunglasses inside the show — more to hide their clear enjoyment of the libations than to look cool.

Jack Nicholson was wearing a pair when he announced “I took a valium tonight” back in 2003. A decade later, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler held their own drinks up to the camera while Fey joked, “Look how drunk Glenn Close is,” as noted in a video by The Wrap titled “Drunken Globes: One Minute of ‘Golden’ Boozy Moments.”

And who can forget Cate Blanchett’s admission after winning best actress in a drama for “Blue Jasmine” in 2014 that since her “category came up rather later in the evening,” she was “a couple of sheets to the wind.”