Three things describe the 2017 Golden Globes: poor political jokes, Meryl Streep and “La La Land.”

Jimmy Fallon kicked off this year’s show with a musical opening performed with many popular actors including Rami Malek, Amy Adams, Nicole Kidman and the children of “Stranger Things.”

Of course, the intro wouldn’t be complete without Fallon’s best friend Justin Timberlake making an appearance, recreating scenes from the seven Golden Globe winner “La La Land.”

While the intro was comical and entertaining, the rest of Fallon’s performance fell flat with frequent political jokes and subpar humor. I expected more from him because “The Tonight Show” continues to find innovative ways to incorporate humor and Fallon’s personality.

The show had its moments of humor although it was mostly bland, especially when Sofia Vergara couldn’t pronounce “annual” when announcing Sylvester Stallone’s daughters as this year’s Miss Golden Globes. This might have been an honest mistake because of her accent, but sometimes awards shows do that to incorporate humor, making this statement confusing to the viewers.

One high point of the event was Meryl Streep winning the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement. She chose to make a political statement against Donald Trump (without specifically naming him) in her acceptance speech. Even though I’m not a fan of political issues being pushed by celebrities, she made an excellent point and did so with such grace and poise that it was difficult to object.

“This instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing,” Streep said. “Disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence. And when the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.”

She went on to encourage others to support the Committee to Protect Journalists because “we’re going to need them going forward, and they’ll need us to safeguard the truth.”

From speeches to awards, there were a few standout stars. Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell had one of the funniest presentations of the night and tv shows “Atlanta” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson” took home multiple awards. But the clear winner of the night was new musical “La La Land.”

“La La Land” won all seven awards it was nominated for, making it the most awarded film in the history of the Golden Globes. One win for the film was Best Original Song awarded to Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for “City of Stars.” The song beat out Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feelin’” from “Trolls” as well as “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana.

Damien Chazelle was inspired by his favorite performers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers while creating the film. His creativity and classic theatrical elements won him Best Director and Best Screenplay along with the film winning Best Motion Picture.

Even with its mediocre moments, the Golden Globes still managed to entertain audiences, improve ratings and encourage people to see new works of art they might have never heard of.