This extraordinary being
This morning's "yay" moment quickly followed by "what the hell?" moment: apropos the Emmy nominations, seeing that Watchmen got nominated a lot (yay!), and Hollywood did, too, in the limited series categories - and then seeing the Better Call Saul nominations in the drama series category. And the lack of same. Rhea Seahorn, who's been consistently great through five seasons and in the last season has been beyond awesome, got snubbed again. Meanwhile, Giancarlo Esposito got nominated as Gus in the supporting actor category. (He's been solid, but Gus really is a static cameo character on BCS.) This reminds me of when after season 3, which was Michael McKean delivering a terrific performance as Chuck McGill, the BCS actor who got nominated for best supporting was... Jonathan Banks as Mike (who in that particular season really did not have much to do). By now, the only way this is explainable to me is by concluding none of the Emmy nominators actually watched Better Caul Saul. They're just going by Breaking Bad nostalgia and nominating the actors they remember from there for the performances given in the earlier series.
But really. Rhea Seahorn. You have to be blind, deaf and dumb to ignore what she's done.
Otoh, like I said, Watchmen getting so much love is wonderful, and I hope the entire team wins. (Though Jeremy Irons can lose to Jeremy Pope, who got nominated as Archie in Hollywood. Not that Irons didn't have a great time scenery chewing as Adrian Veidt, but it's hardly the best he's ever done, and he's got his accolades.) I don't envy the jurors having to decide between Louis Gossett Jr., Jovan Adepo and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (who were all nominated as best supporting in a limited series for their respective Watchmen roles - Gossett and Adepo even for the same character at different points of his life!), though, and hope they won't cancel each other out. (In which case Team Hollywood would benefit, as Jim Parsons as Henry Wilson and Dylan McDermott as Ernie were nominated in the same category as well.)
Reading the list of nominations also reminded me I really must watch Unorthodox, and not just because it's partially a home team effort. When I watched Maria Schrader's Stefan Zweig movie, I was hoping she'd continue with directing, and I've been hearing a lot of good things about Unorthodox. This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1403288.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.
But really. Rhea Seahorn. You have to be blind, deaf and dumb to ignore what she's done.
Otoh, like I said, Watchmen getting so much love is wonderful, and I hope the entire team wins. (Though Jeremy Irons can lose to Jeremy Pope, who got nominated as Archie in Hollywood. Not that Irons didn't have a great time scenery chewing as Adrian Veidt, but it's hardly the best he's ever done, and he's got his accolades.) I don't envy the jurors having to decide between Louis Gossett Jr., Jovan Adepo and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (who were all nominated as best supporting in a limited series for their respective Watchmen roles - Gossett and Adepo even for the same character at different points of his life!), though, and hope they won't cancel each other out. (In which case Team Hollywood would benefit, as Jim Parsons as Henry Wilson and Dylan McDermott as Ernie were nominated in the same category as well.)
Reading the list of nominations also reminded me I really must watch Unorthodox, and not just because it's partially a home team effort. When I watched Maria Schrader's Stefan Zweig movie, I was hoping she'd continue with directing, and I've been hearing a lot of good things about Unorthodox. This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1403288.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.