As noted yesterday, The Dropout and Dopesick each got a nice Emmys nod this week. But when it comes to true crime — or true crime-adjacent shows, like Only Murders in the Building — the genre was, dare I say it, ROBBED.
OK, I’ll show myself out, but before I do, the real question might be if the Emmys need to break out a separate true-crime category, the way it does competition or sketch shows? And once we establish that, let’s move on the the actors: Was Keaton (who won) really that much better than fellow nominee Colin Firth’s creepy Peterson take in The Staircase, or Andrew Garfield’s conflicted detective in Under the Banner of Heaven?
Another question, posed by Sarah: Was Julia Garner’s Ozark win (“I know literally no one who watches Ozark,” she Slacked me — same) actually a true crime body-of-work award, for Dirty John and (to a far lesser extent) Inventing Anna (for which she was also nominated)?
The full list of nominees and winners is on NPR, among other websites. Take a look, and let’s talk about what they did wrong. — EB
I haven't seen Ozark yet, but my mom keeps telling me I will like it because I like disturbing things. I have loved Julia Garner in everything I've seen her in, and it's rare that I've seen the majority of nominated properties in the Emmys, so I am ok with her getting it for Ozark. I loved Inventing Anna, but it was such an ensemble series that I would rather it have gotten an award that encompasses more people. I was very pleased that Amanda Seyfried won, but I think there were a lot of great performances in that, too. I thought Andrew Garfield was great in Under the Banner of Heaven, and I have no interest in Dopesick, so I was mad that Garfield didn't win. Also, I have a prejudice against Michael Keaton, ever since I ABSOLUTELY LOATHED that movie he was in that won a best picture Oscar a few years ago. I have blocked out the name, I hated it so much. Ugh, I just remembered. Birdman. 😣
I watched Ozark, too. As with most shows, the early seasons were far better than the later ones; Julia Garner and Laura Linney are both great in it, and it's in retrospect I have come to grips with just how dark (literally and figuratively) and humorless it was.
Combing through historical Emmys results for a mini-project for tomorrow, and wondering if anyone had thoughts on breaking true crime out into its own category. (Here or at the Oscars.) - SDB
I watch Ozark 😬. (OK I haven't yet watched the final season, but I did binge the other seasons while cooped up in 2020!)
I haven't seen Ozark yet, but my mom keeps telling me I will like it because I like disturbing things. I have loved Julia Garner in everything I've seen her in, and it's rare that I've seen the majority of nominated properties in the Emmys, so I am ok with her getting it for Ozark. I loved Inventing Anna, but it was such an ensemble series that I would rather it have gotten an award that encompasses more people. I was very pleased that Amanda Seyfried won, but I think there were a lot of great performances in that, too. I thought Andrew Garfield was great in Under the Banner of Heaven, and I have no interest in Dopesick, so I was mad that Garfield didn't win. Also, I have a prejudice against Michael Keaton, ever since I ABSOLUTELY LOATHED that movie he was in that won a best picture Oscar a few years ago. I have blocked out the name, I hated it so much. Ugh, I just remembered. Birdman. 😣
I watched Ozark, too. As with most shows, the early seasons were far better than the later ones; Julia Garner and Laura Linney are both great in it, and it's in retrospect I have come to grips with just how dark (literally and figuratively) and humorless it was.
Combing through historical Emmys results for a mini-project for tomorrow, and wondering if anyone had thoughts on breaking true crime out into its own category. (Here or at the Oscars.) - SDB