The Emmys 2021 – ‘A coffin flop’
The media coverage of Emmys 2021 appears to agree on one thing: the public doesn’t care about celebrity award shows anymore. It’s perhaps why so many ridiculous articles have come from the latest Hollywood award show.
The Sun has somehow managed to write a nonsense piece on Prince Harry and Meghan reportedly being ‘humiliated’ by the Emmys host after he ‘roasted’ them – despite no such thing happening. If anything, he roasted the royal family – not Harry and Meghan.
A few UK news sites put heavy emphasis on it being a good night for British actors – as The Crown, amongst other Brit shows, scooped up awards. And Ted Lasso predictably won big.
Another angle from the media is the fact no actors of colour won despite the record number of nominees – Variety said the Emmys ‘were unable to capitalize on its historic and diverse nomination fields, with all major acting trophies going to white actors’. Whilst the Guardian says ‘in an awards-stuffed return to a (mostly) normal ceremony that celebrated diversity yet handed all the acting awards to white performers’.
The Rolling Stone says even by “Emmy standards” this years event was a “tedious mess”.
“The whole show felt like one long coffin flop.
Whilst the Independent says even though the televised award show is a dying institution, one slowly chipped away at with every passing year, the 2021 Emmys still somehow achieved the impossible: the worst acceptance speech in history.
A reporter asked Gillian Anderson after her #Emmys win if she had spoken to Margaret Thatcher about taking the role.
See the full Emmy winners’ list: https://t.co/hFRuI0LY2o pic.twitter.com/ysypvpbQzo
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) September 20, 2021
