Perseverance is, we note in passing, fairly “morality-neutral” when it comes to the major virtues. of people have persevered, over the course of human history, and not always at things the rest of us would have appreciated the additional effort being put toward; you can at anything from collecting your clipped-off toenails in a big jar up to [insert extremely hyperbolic, frankly tasteless example here], and while the amount of stick-to-it-iveness on display might be the same, the impact surely won’t be. (What if someone was planning on putting tomato sauce in that jar, huh?) Anyway, actor Jonathan Majors was presented with the Perseverance Award at Hollywood Unlocked’s Impact Awards in Beverly Hills last night, acknowledging Majors’, we guess, continued existence after basically his entire career imploded over the last two years, after he was arrested and on charges of reckless assault and harassment in relation to an incident with a former girlfriend.
Majors, reportedly holding back tears ( ), took the stage in Beverly Hills to deliver a lengthy speech, admitting that, “I’m imperfect. I have shortcomings. I acknowledge them.
” Majors went on to talk about the definition of perseverance—“persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay,” which, thanks!—discussed his view on a modern society where “Men, Black men in particular, are propped up as either superheroes or supervillains,” and namechecked both God, and a bunch of other famous peop.
