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I love following award shows. I also love movies and music. My favorite movie is The Color Purple with The Wizard of Oz coming in second. My favorite actress is Bette Davis and my favorite singer is Aretha Franklin.
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August 16, 2018 at 7:44 pm #1202611093
Would people vote in every category or would only vote in the categories in which you watched the submissions?
ReplyAugust 16, 2018 at 7:35 pm #1202611090Jane Lynch from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel will win Guest Actress in a Comedy
What are your your all-time 10 favorite songs by Aretha Franklin?
ReplyAugust 16, 2018 at 6:15 pm #1202611033Saturday Night Live seems to shine when they are near a presidential election. Outside of that, there humor can sometimes be similar to finding a needle in a haystack.
ReplyAugust 16, 2018 at 10:47 am #1202610682Aretha is my favorite singer and I had the honor of seeing her 4 times in concert. May she Rest In Peace.
ReplyAugust 15, 2018 at 4:29 pm #1202610079I say go back to a hybrid of having voters go to a location to watch submissions and somt other option. I would be curious as to the 5 largest cities where voters live
ReplyAugust 15, 2018 at 11:03 am #1202609882Ok, I watched Jane Lynch’s submission from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Her character was a hoot and delivers on the laughs and has range.
I have seen all of the Comedy Guest Actress submissions and below are my thoughts:
Tina Fey was in several sketches including the Sarah Palin, Q&A with the audience in her opening, and singing Girls Just Wanna Fun. This submission was not as strong as her previous submissions and I do not see her prevailing for this.
Tiffany Haddish was hilarious in her opening. I applaud her for submitting herself when she was not submitted. However, it was quite obvious that she was glued to the cue cards and that took away the humor.
Wanda Sykes is someone that I find hilarious, but I wish that Black-ish would explore more with her character. Her scenes were at the office and did not give her much to do.
Maya Rudolph should have been nominated last year for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt when she played Dionne Warwick. She has a decent amount of screen time in her submission from The Good Place, but this role did not give her a lot to do. The funniest moment was when she was talking with while eating a burrito.
Molly Shannon is in the lead for me on this because this was a hilarious performance and it would be great to see her win for this role on Will & Grace.
I am rooting for Molly Shannon, but Jane Lynch would be a very deserving winner.
My rankings based on submissions:
1. Jane Lynch
2. Molly Shannon
3. Tina Fey
4. Maya Rudolph
5. Tiffany Haddish
6. Wanda SykesEstelle Parsons from Roseanne should have been nominated and would have been my winner based on her episode.
ReplyAugust 14, 2018 at 12:15 pm #1202609316Of the Drama Supporting Actor nominees, I have only seen the following submissions: David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) — “Will the Wise” Matt Smith (“The Crown”) — “Mystery Man” I felt David Harbour was strong in his first scene, but he disappeared quite a bit and then shows up towards the end. Matt Smith appeared to be exercising in the beginning of his submission and then appears at the end. Neither one stood out too much to me. Thoughts on Supporting Actor Drama?
This analyse is very superficial. Maybe, you don´t watch The Crown and Stranger Things regularly. Or any TV at all, if you haven´t watched the rest. The screen time does not matter that much, especially for supporting actors. Also, this is not true for Matt Smith, he feels like co-lead in his submission, his performance is terrific. David Harbour also gave a terrific performance, he shows range, also his scenes are the strongest in the episode. I have watched all the submissions, Smith, Harbour, Patinkin and Waldau have the best tapes. Dinklage have one great scene, Finnes is good, but not great, since he is outshine by all the women.
My statement was not superficial at all. Also, how dare you say that maybe that I do not watch tv at all. I am clearly talking about what I have seen based on the submissions. There are submissions from nominees where they have tons of screen time and there are some submissions from nominees that do not have a ton of screen time – which I am usually not a fan of unless it is powerfully dramatic or powerfully comedic. I do not have the time to watch every single show that is nominated for an Emmy. Therefore, I am basing on the submission. There are shows that I watch regularly and can point out if nominees had better episodes to submit.
And you absolutely have the right to say what you think about the submissions. In fact, this may be the exact same situation for people who do watch the episodes without having seen these seasons in their entirety.
The only “arguments: provided about the performances of Smith and Harbour were when they appear in the episode, IMO this is very superficial. I hope that voters pay attention to the performances and not just counting the minutes…..
And again, Smith is co-lead in his submission.
As RuPaul said” Reading Is Fundamental.”
I also mentioned that I thought that Harbour was strong in his first scene. Do you not remember that?
I said what I had to say and I just asked for thoughts from others. You should stop being negative.
ReplyAugust 14, 2018 at 8:40 am #1202609150https://tvline.com/2018/08/14/emmys-2018-lead-actress-drama-series-nominees-vote-poll/
I am concerned about Claire Foy. It feels like she lacks “passion” which is a critical factor with this voting system. I consider TvLine’s poll reliable because no way Keri Russell would be the first in a demographic which favors only the popular shows.
I wonder how many people voted in total.
ReplyAugust 14, 2018 at 8:34 am #1202609140Of the Drama Supporting Actor nominees, I have only seen the following submissions:
David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) — “Will the Wise”
Matt Smith (“The Crown”) — “Mystery Man”I felt David Harbour was strong in his first scene, but he disappeared quite a bit and then shows up towards the end. Matt Smith appeared to be exercising in the beginning of his submission and then appears at the end. Neither one stood out too much to me.
Thoughts on Supporting Actor Drama?
This analyse is very superficial. Maybe, you don´t watch The Crown and Stranger Things regularly. Or any TV at all, if you haven´t watched the rest. The screen time does not matter that much, especially for supporting actors. Also, this is not true for Matt Smith, he feels like co-lead in his submission, his performance is terrific. David Harbour also gave a terrific performance, he shows range, also his scenes are the strongest in the episode.
I have watched all the submissions, Smith, Harbour, Patinkin and Waldau have the best tapes. Dinklage have one great scene, Finnes is good, but not great, since he is outshine by all the women.
My statement was not superficial at all. Also, how dare you say that maybe that I do not watch tv at all. I am clearly talking about what I have seen based on the submissions. There are submissions from nominees where they have tons of screen time and there are some submissions from nominees that do not have a ton of screen time – which I am usually not a fan of unless it is powerfully dramatic or powerfully comedic.
I do not have the time to watch every single show that is nominated for an Emmy. Therefore, I am basing on the submission. There are shows that I watch regularly and can point out if nominees had better episodes to submit.
ReplyAugust 13, 2018 at 8:38 pm #1202608805Of the Drama Supporting Actor nominees, I have only seen the following submissions:
David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) — “Will the Wise”
Matt Smith (“The Crown”) — “Mystery Man”I felt David Harbour was strong in his first scene, but he disappeared quite a bit and then shows up towards the end. Matt Smith appeared to be exercising in the beginning of his submission and then appears at the end. Neither one stood out too much to me.
Thoughts on Supporting Actor Drama?
ReplyAugust 13, 2018 at 8:35 pm #1202608801Let’s not dismiss the chance of Metcalf getting a Jon Cryer win.
This is very true. I just felt that Estelle Parsons owned the episode that Laurie Metcalfe submitted.
ReplyAugust 13, 2018 at 6:56 pm #1202608721I have now seen all of the submissions in Supporting Actress in a Comedy. The submissions are all over the place.
I will rule out Aidy Bryant and Leslie Jones from Saturday Night Live. Aidy had one sketch that was funny and she barely appeared in a few other sketches. Leslie submitted the episode with Donald Glover and Donald dominated this episode. No one else should have submitted this episode. Leslie Jones appeared in three sketches – two were brief. Her funniest moment was when she appeared on Weekend Update and sang the song about the bad men that she met.
Next up based on submissions are Alex Borstein and Zazie Beetz. Alex is very believable in her scenes, but she is in 2 scenes and she does not appear until about 13 minutes in her episode. Zazie has a lot of screen time in her submission, but I was not impressed.
Next, I will rule out Kate McKinnon and Laurie Metcalf based on submissions. Laurie submitted her best episode, but she was outshined by Estelle Parsons who should have nominated for Guest Actress in a Comedy.
Based on submissions, I think that this comes down to Megan Mullally and Betty Gilpin. We should be pleased that Megan actually submitted well because she has a history of poor submissions. Betty had range in her episode.
Based on submissions, my vote would go to Megan Mullally. I do not think that she will win because of other factors. I do not want any of the Saturday Night nominees to be anywhere near the Emmy this year. Jenifer Lewis and Rita Moreno should have been nominated instead of the Saturday Night Live nominees.
ReplyAugust 12, 2018 at 4:22 pm #1202607909Glenn Close should have won for Fatal Attraction and Cher should have been nominated for Mask.
Who would you bump from the 85 lineup for Cher?
I would have bumped Anne Bancroft for Agnes of God.
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