It's mind-boggling how awkward, cringe, and generally dull the Emmys were. Casey_Mink writes
Photo: Phil McCarten/Invision/AP/Shutterstock When there was a joke about The Fly, it was clear we were in trouble. And yet somehow that callback to the 2020 vice-presidential debate, which itself wore out its welcome hours after it occurred on October 7, 2020, was not even the most groan-spurring moment from the 2021 Primetime Emmy Awards.
It’s unclear where or at whom fingers should be pointed. Sure, there were a few wonderful moments — hi, wins for Michaela Coel and Jean Smart — but if the networks are serious about reversing the trend of ever-declining viewership for awards shows, they did nothing to help their cause last night.
And did the presenters, all of whom are professional actors paid to say words on camera, appear to be straining pretty much across the board to you? After a year and a half of limited social interaction, I get that some of us are a little rusty when it comes to being a human person in public. But the audience holding its collective breath as it waits to see whether a stilted line delivery is part of some pre-planned joke isn’t live television suspense, it’s exhausting.
There are a number of other ways these Emmys could have been, if not salvaged, then at least made something better than the giant huh? they ultimately turned out to be. To that end : Take the music cue. Certainly one of the evening’s most egregious moments came in the form of The Queen’s Gambit director Scott Frank accepting his award for an outrageous four minutes, ignoring three separate “wrap it up” prompts.
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