On to the comedies,
which frankly, are a bit lazier than the dramas.
BEST COMEDY
black-ish is one of the great comedies
of our time. Atlanta Silicon Valley is
a pleasure. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt definitely
has real talent.
Bu why is there
still so much obsession about Veep, which
frankly had a lesser season this year. And the obsession with Modern Family will never be truly
remarkable, considering it is now, at best, the fourth best comedy on its network. Couldn't they have acknowledged
Transparent or, dare I say it, Jane the Virgin?
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY
I really can't
argue that much with any of the choices here. I publicly argued for five of
them, and at least four are extraordinary performances? I think at this point,
I have to give Baskets more
consideration than I've been doing, particularly considering who potent Zach
Galifianakis as a comic force is.
BEST ACTRESS,
COMEDY
Tracee Ellis Ross
should be considered as the favorite in this category. I'm very grateful that
Jane Fonda was acknowledged for her work on Grace
and Frankie, as she's often been overshadowed by Lily Tomlin, who
deservedly was nominated. I'm a little surprised that Allison Janney was
finally promoted to a lead, which she really is on Mom. Elle Kemper is very good. And Pamela Adlon was a nice
surprise.
I'm really getting
frustrated with the Emmys obsession with Julia-Louis Dreyfus. She's a great
actress, and Veep was a great series.
Emphasis on was. If she had any
sense, she'd do something Selina Meyer would never do, and take herself out of
consideration.
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTOR, COMEDY
This is where we
start getting slippery. Tony Hale, like I said in my articles, I have no
problems with his nomination. Titus Burgess, still very funny. Louie Anderson,
won last year, it would be odd if he wasn't considered this year. Ty Burrell,
it's getting a little repetitive, but he's still the funniest thing about that
show.
Alec Baldwin - I'm
of two minds. Yes, he appeared in practically every episode of SNL last year,
but still it was as one character for five minutes. Is that really worthy of
being Supporting Actor? At best, its a guest star like Tina Fey, when she did
Sarah Palin? I fear he'll win, even though this is major mismanagement. I'm
equally dismayed by Matt Walsh repeating - he's not even the funniest
supporting actor on his series - Kevin Dunn or Gary Cole were much better on Veep this season.
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTRESS, COMEDY
This is where I
call bullshit. Yes, I argued in favor of SNL getting a nominee in this
category. One nominee. But three actresses? Even they'd probably have to admit
its overkill. Kate McKinnon, I can see her being nominated again. It would've
been wrong for them not to. Leslie Jones has a certain gusto in her Weekend
Update segments that can be appealing. But Vanessa Bayer? She's been on the
series for five years, and I still don't know what she does. Can we finally
decide that sketch comedy deserves its own acting category?
Judith Light and
Kathryn Hahn were excellent choices for Transparent,
especially Hahn. But Anna Chlumsky's pick demonstrates a laziness I don't
like. Jane Krakowski or Mayim Bialik would've been a better choice.
EPHEMERA
Nominating SNL
hosts as Guest actors is really starting be excessive. Though I'm a big fan of
Dave Chapelle, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Hanks, only Miranda's performance was
really worthy of a nomination. Hugh Laurie, though, deserved to get nominated
for his performance on Veep. And
Melissa McCarthy more than earned her nominated, as her portrayals of Sean
Spicer were among the high points of SNL's season. Wanda Sykes is great on Blackish, and it's bittersweet to see
the late Carrie Fisher nominated for Catastrophe.
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