The Emmys Had Its Most Diverse Nominees Yet, But Failed Them Over And Over
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING If there were an Emmy award for irony, Sunday night’s ceremony would be the clear winner. He was widely expected to win a posthumous award for his work on HBO’s “Lovecraft Country.” Presenter Kerry Washington gave a heartfelt tribute to him when announcing his category, only to open the envelope and reveal that Tobias Menzies had won for Netflix’s “The Crown.” It didn’t help that Emmys voters only seemed to watch the same handful of shows from the past year, despite the glut of shows on TV right now and the diverse range of nominees this year. Many of the shows that dominated the night had predominantly white casts, like “The Crown,” as well as Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” and HBO’s “Mare of Easttown.” And when given the opportunity to honor something new and groundbreaking, the Emmys often went with the familiar, such as awarding NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” its umpteenth Emmy for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series, over HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Throughout the night, there was also a glaring discrepancy between the diversity of the presenters and the lack of diversity among the winners, with so many presenters of color giving awards to white winners. For instance, Sterlin Harjo, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, Devery Jacobs and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai — the creator and main cast of the wonderful FX on Hulu comedy series “Reservation Dogs” — took the stage to talk about the importance of authentic and nuanced Indigenous representation on-screen. The Emmy went to Scott Frank, director of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” in a category in which Coel’s directing on “I May Destroy You” and Barry Jenkins, director of “The Underground Railroad,” were right there.
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