In a year defined by chaos, the Primetime Emmy Awards somehow captured the moment. A freewheeling format made up for the fact that there were relatively few surprises among the winners Sunday as the show found an easy balance between entertainment and reflecting the turmoil that has gripped the wider world. Here are the top lessons learned from the night.
The Old Ways Are Dead
For what seemed like ages, host Jimmy Kimmel and executive producer Reginald Hudlin leaned into a risky, uncomfortable gag in which Kimmel was made, through deft use of crowd reaction shots from a previous year, to appear to be delivering a monologue to a live audience. Twitter erupted. Furious viewers were either confused and outraged that a crowd of non-socially distanced celebrities had been gathered, or just outraged at what they were certain was a terrible choice akin to pro sports piping artificial crowd noise into empty stadiums.
The Old Ways Are Dead
For what seemed like ages, host Jimmy Kimmel and executive producer Reginald Hudlin leaned into a risky, uncomfortable gag in which Kimmel was made, through deft use of crowd reaction shots from a previous year, to appear to be delivering a monologue to a live audience. Twitter erupted. Furious viewers were either confused and outraged that a crowd of non-socially distanced celebrities had been gathered, or just outraged at what they were certain was a terrible choice akin to pro sports piping artificial crowd noise into empty stadiums.
- 9/22/2020
- by Daniel Holloway and Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
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