Among the many winners on the 81st annual Golden Globes on Jan. 7 had been Christopher Nolan, Lily Gladstone and Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph. They’re a multi-talented trio — and, curiously, all are left-handed, as are lots of that yr’s nominees together with Colman Domingo, Julianne Moore and Andrew Scott.
August 13 is Worldwide Left-Handers Day, a time to rejoice everybody who’s a southpaw. Estimates say about 10% of the inhabitants are lefties, so that they appear to be over-represented in showbiz.
Right here’s a small sampling: John Chu, Thierry Fremaux, Vince Gilligan, Whoopi Goldberg, Mark Hamill, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Paul McCartney, Keanu Reeves, Julia Roberts, and Ridley Scott, to call a couple of.
And two individuals who helped develop the movement image business had been each southpaws: Charlie Chaplin and Thomas Edison.
Lefties are about 10% of the inhabitants and we regularly promote the idea that we’re extra artistic than righties, but it surely’s an exaggeration: there are lots of gifted right-handed of us.
No person is aware of the trigger. It is perhaps genetic or it is perhaps one thing that occurred throughout the birthing course of. Regardless of the motive, scientists have found that lefties’ brains are certainly formed in another way. Was this from beginning or one thing else? Lefties are right-brain dominant, whereas the left mind is extra dominant in right-handed folks.
Jack Fincher is an icon among the many 10%: He wrote the ebook “Lefties,” which explores the southpaw world. As a bonus, he was a Golden Globes nominee for his 2020 “Mank” script. He’s additionally the daddy of filmmaker David Fincher, who’s wildly gifted though he’s right-handed.
Jack Fincher’s ebook is witty and considerate and asks questions like: Which hand do you draw with, throw a ball with, catch with, swat flies with?
Many individuals do sports activities with one hand, however write with the opposite. For instance, Nolan brushes his tooth along with his proper hand, however writes with the left — and the writing defines your handed-ness.
Fincher additionally factors out the historical past of oppression. Some have thought of left-handed folks to be the mark of the satan; and the phrase “sinister” comes from the Latin phrase for “left.” And whereas we’re celebrating, let’s not overlook that Billy the Child, Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler had been all left-handed.
However there are numerous lefties value celebrating, additionally together with Albert Brooks, James Cameron, Kurt Cobain, Morgan Freeman, Judy Garland, Invoice Gates, Jimi Hendrix, Spike Lee, Marlee Matlin, Gavin Newsom, Ben Stiller, Queen Victoria and Prince William. Within the U.S., we had a future of southpaw presidents, 1980 by way of 2017: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Invoice Clinton and Barack Obama. The one exception in that timeframe was George W. Bush (2001-2009).
Why? Who is aware of?
The one factor that issues is that they’re value celebrating. So let’s use our left palms to provide them a pat on the again.