If you watched last night’s Emmys, we don’t need to tell you that the show itself
was a predictably tedious and awkward affair. The only gag more uncomfortable than
Jimmy Kimmel being punched in the face by a group of angry actresses? When
Stephen Colbert and
Jimmy Fallon pretended to wrestle
Jon Stewart to stop him from accepting his tenth successive Emmy for best variety series. A visibly
out-of-breath Stewart dropping an F-bomb before the ABC censors could catch it was
probably the highlight of the evening.
That said, Washingtonians were triumphant—particularly if you count
Julie Bowen as a Baltimore native (she picked up an award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy
for
Modern Family).
Homeland swept the big awards for Best Drama Series, Best Actress (Claire Danes), Best Actor (Damian Lewis), and Best Writing (Alex Gansa,
Howard Gordon,
Gideon Raff).
Julia Louis-Dreyfus snagged Best Actress in a Comedy for
Veep, making it a victory for both the Washington-set show and the actress, who grew up
here. And native Washingtonian
Louis C.K. won two awards for writing, for a Variety Special and for a Comedy Series.
Game Change also won big, getting awards for Best Directing (Jay Roach), Best Writing (Danny Strong), and Best Actress for
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin. Journalists
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann even got to hit the stage to share in the award for Best Miniseries or Movie, which
was accepted by producer
Tom Hanks, sporting a very odd mustache.
What did the awards tell us about Washington? That in addition to being an endless
source of creative fodder for writers and producers, we’re also able to produce brilliant
homegrown talent.
If you missed the Emmy-sweeping
Homeland last season and are catching up via iTunes or
DVD now, read our
recaps.
Keep an eye out later in the week for our review of the first
episode of season two,
airing on Showtime this Sunday at 10 PM.
