'Emily in Paris' Writer Pens Op-Ed Criticizing the Golden Globes Snub of 'I May Destroy You'
‘Emily In Paris’ Writer Deborah Copaken Rages At ‘I May Destroy You’s Golden Globes Snub https://t.co/qUZd3EKkFU
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) February 4, 2021
Deborah Copaken, a writer on Netflix’s Emily In Paris, has said the success of her show in the Golden Globe nominations was marred by the fact that HBO's I May Destroy You was completely snubbed.
Emily in Paris shocked many by receiving a best TV series, musical or comedy nomination, as well as a nod for star Lily Collins. Likewise, many were shocked by the zero nominations Michaela Coel’s limited series received despite having universal critical acclaim.
After expressing her shock on Twitter, Copaken wrote an Op-Ed for The Guardian.
“Am I excited that Emily in Paris was nominated? Yes. Of course. I’ve never been remotely close to seeing a Golden Globe statue up close, let alone being nominated for one,” Copaken wrote.
“But that excitement is now unfortunately tempered by my rage over Coel’s snub. That I May Destroy You did not get one Golden Globe nod is not only wrong, it’s what is wrong with everything.”
• "We need art that reflects all of our colors, not just some. But we also need to give awards to shows (and music and films and plays and musicals) that deserve them, no matter the color of the skin of their creators."
• "Did I take the criticism of the show personally? Of course. Who wouldn’t? But also not. Emily in Paris aired a few months after I’d spent June and July marching for racial justice through the streets of New York with my kids. I could definitely see how a show about a white American selling luxury whiteness, in a pre-pandemic Paris scrubbed free of its vibrant African and Muslim communities, might rankle."
• “Is Hamilton great because Lin-Manuel Miranda is Puerto Rican? No. It’s great because it bangs. By that same token, how anyone can watch I May Destroy You and not call it a brilliant work of art or Michaela Coel a genius is beyond my capacity to understand how these decisions are made.”
• “It takes the complicated issue of a rape - I’m a sexual assault survivor myself - and infuses it with heart, humor, pathos and a story constructed so well, I had to watch it twice, just to understand how Coel did it.”
Snubbing Micaela Cole/'I May Destroy You' and nominating Lily Collins/'Emily in Paris' is yet another example of how there are two sets of rules for Black and white people in this country. The mediocrity, my god.
- Tijuana Maxx (@byalexzaragoza) February 3, 2021
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