The director of ‘Glee’ and ‘American Horror Story’, Ryan Murphy, receives a standing ovation at the 2023 Golden Globes, after winning the special award of the night

The Carol Burnett Award in honor of the television career is awarded annually since 2019 by the critics association and the association of the foreign press of Hollywood. This year, the awardee was ryan murphywho has contributed to American television since 1999.

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With several successful projects like glee, american horror story, Vigilant, ratchedand now last, Dahmer (awarded as best miniseries); the film producer, creator and director has become an important figure in Hollywood and in the world, setting the standards of suspense, drama, comedy and musical series high.

When he received this special award, murphy He said that his mission is to show as heroes those who are invisible and rejected in society. “When I was young, in the 70s, I used to watch at home The Carol Burnett Show. I’ve never seen a person like me receive an award or even be a character on a TV show. It is difficult to be an LGBTQ child in the United States, ”acknowledged the honoree.

“You’re often told you’ll have to hide your light to survive, but for the kids watching, tonight I offer MJ, Billy, Niecy, Matt and Jeremy as examples of possibilities. My mission was to take the unseen, the unloved, and turn them into the heroes I long to see but never saw in pop culture,” she added.

murphy is the fourth person to receive this award, after Norman Lear, Ellen Degeneres Y Carol Burnettwhose name the trophy bears.

On the other hand, the actor eddy murphy he won Cecil B. DeMille Award, another special award of the night, in honor of his film career. This focuses on movies, rather than series, and has been delivered annually since 1952, also by the Critics Association and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (AND)