Comments on: What Do You Think? The Emmys http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/08/30/what-do-you-think-the-emmys/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: Jonathan Gray http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/08/30/what-do-you-think-the-emmys/comment-page-1/#comment-26048 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:08:00 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=5842#comment-26048 I seem to have powers, eh? Great to hear. In that case: I think my mother rocks. I’ve never seen a mother on television who is as cool as her. Connie Britton comes the closest, in terms of realism. A beautiful, powerful, moving performance. Kyle Chandler is also simply wonderful. Saracen (sorry, don’t know actors’ names from hereon out) breaks my heart in every scene. Smash does arrogance with heart like few others. Tyra is superb. Riggens is Canadian, from BC no less, so what more do you want? Emmys, consider yourself notified.

]]> By: Amanda Lotz http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/08/30/what-do-you-think-the-emmys/comment-page-1/#comment-25982 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:51:30 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=5842#comment-25982 From Jonathan’s mouth to Emmy’s ears: Emmys could boot miniseries from show
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=Emmy&articleid=VR1118023530&categoryid=2161&cs=1&cs=1

Now could you write something about Friday Night Lights deserving some wins?

]]> By: Jonathan Gray http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/08/30/what-do-you-think-the-emmys/comment-page-1/#comment-25901 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:10:14 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=5842#comment-25901 Is it just me, or are other people really sick of the huge amount of time given to the miniseries and movies section? It reeks of being a way to get film stars into the Emmys and to give them the spotlight. But when superlative performances by people like Connie Britton, Terry O’Quinn, Michael C. Hall, Kyle Chandler, and Julianna Margulies go unawarded because the fields are so deep, aren’t we at the point where TV can stop kissing up to film and just be proud that it and its own stars are plenty good enough? TV writers get cut off ten seconds into their thankyou speech, and Al Pacino is allowed to go on a rambling trip through the space in his post-Scent of a Woman head that takes a lifetime? C’mon TV, be proud of yourself.

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