Ok, I'm not here to hate on The Diva for getting a little tipsy. Lord knows, there will be tomorrow, and I don't want to be judged a hypocrite (did anyone catch my reference to Mariah's lyrics in that last line? It was a bit feeble).
Especially since her drunk-ass speech has been talked about e'erwhere, and it took place at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (having never heard of this, I assume it is at least a C-list event and Mimi may have even put it on the map with her inebriation).
Of course, being a Precious movie fanatic makes things a little more charcoal. I mean, the girl gives this decent, subtle performance as a jaded New York City social worker, even abandoning her looks (a faux lady 'stache helped camouflage The Diva's good looks in the movie). And some film board, likely wanting any excuse not to vote for the famous R&B icon, gives her an award.
But even so, Mariah couldn't ditch her Divatinis for a night. Granted, the PSIFF sounds like something you would have a couple drinks at, but you may as well not attend if you think it's so laughable you don't care if you're coherent enough to give a proper speech. (And even by lower standards than properness, Mimi barely mentioned the movie and couldn't even feign an emotional response to receiving the award.) Mimi then had the audacity to blame her buzz on the director, Lee Daniels, because they hadn't been together since filming and must've done a little sipping together that night.
Moral of the story: Don't bite the hand that feeds you, Mimi. After Glittergate, you were lucky to be cast in anything. Ever again. Especially to have a director cast you in a challenging role in an important and relevant movie, risking some of its success on you and your cursed past.
(Apparently though, she and Daniels were friends and he was impressed by her work in a flop they filmed together called Tennessee.) Having previously cast Helen Mirren for the role (who had to bail), Daniels received a call from Mimi at the right time wanting to split a bottle (presumably). And so the beautiful fairy tale goes about a drunk diva who knows how to twist her fate through alcohol. Can she evade an Oscar because of shitty speech-giving abilities?
Sincerely,
A Diva in Training
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