How do you solve a problem like the Emmys2021? Rolling Stone's chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall weighs in on last night's predictable, sluggish awards show.
toss-up. So there were precious few surprises to be found on a night when a telecast saddled withand other clunky production choices really could have used some help from the Emmy voters.
That help did not arrive, with a small handful of series — many of them featuring white people in and/or from England, despite the TV Academy’s attempts to play up their newfound inclusivity — hoovering every trophy in site, turning a night meant to celebrate what we love about television into an example of the medium at its creakiest and most predictable.
It was a really bad night for the Emmy orchestra’s attempt to play people off. Lifetime achievement honoree Debbie Allen made clear early on she wasn’t goingignored multiple attempts to chase him from the stage, and even Smart got interrupted in the midst of a very emotional and good speech.
And the shame of it is, these were very good TV series that were kicking ass and taking names on Sunday night. Plus, other than— which had won before in other categories, just not Outstanding Drama Series — these were all first-timers at the Emmys, and the winner’s enthusiasm was often palpable, starting the night off with‘s Hannah Waddingham squealing with delight repeatedly through her speech.
for playing Prince Phillip, leading to a telling eye-roll from presenter Kerry Washington, who had just gotten choked up talking about Menzies’ fellow nominee, the gone-too-soon Michael Kenneth Williams. took the year off, or else it might have spent the night trading victories with. The drama and comedy categories in general felt lighter than usual, with limited series for the moment staking a claim as the medium’s dominant creative form. But the category lines feel maddeningly blurry.
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