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The Big Ones:
- I'm glad that Ugly Betty got recognition. It's a cute, consciously campy show with a good heart and funny characters. Cliche, I know - but I watched it. The Alexis plotline was handled pretty damn well for American prime time TV.
- I'm okay with Heroes getting shafted. It started out with great promise, but then they got scared and boring and the last ten or so episodes (counting from when Christopher Ecclestondisappeared finished his guest spot) were dull and almost painful.
- I'm very okay with James Spader winning anything, 'cause he's plainly quite awesome.
- I've never seen an episode of The Sopranos. Still.
- Terry O'Quinn is also great fun. Yay for him winning an acting award.
Proof That All Is Right With the World:
- Dexter won stuff for editing, which is where the show really stands out from anything else on TV. It uses editing to create the show's extraordinary level of identification with the main character.
It's quite hard to replicate a novel's subjectivity on the screen, but Dexter comes close, thanks to the acting, some interesting camera angles and the way those two elements are pieced together in the editing room creates the show's unique look and feel. The costume, lighting, set etc. design all support that project of subjectivity, but it's the editing that makes or breaks the whole thing.
- "Dick in a Box" won for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
- South Park's "Make Love, Not Warcraft" won for Outstanding Animated Program.
What the Eff?
- I don't think that awards shows should be allowed to give other awards shows any awards. The Oscars and the Grammys both won shit. Hello? When have the Oscars ever had Outstanding Musical Direction? And the Grammys: Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music or Comedy Programing?
It sounds like someone's created the categories just for those shows.
The Tony broadcast won an award for some category called Outstanding Special Class Program. Shouldn't all awards shows be nominated ONLY under that category?
- I'm glad that Ugly Betty got recognition. It's a cute, consciously campy show with a good heart and funny characters. Cliche, I know - but I watched it. The Alexis plotline was handled pretty damn well for American prime time TV.
- I'm okay with Heroes getting shafted. It started out with great promise, but then they got scared and boring and the last ten or so episodes (counting from when Christopher Eccleston
- I'm very okay with James Spader winning anything, 'cause he's plainly quite awesome.
- I've never seen an episode of The Sopranos. Still.
- Terry O'Quinn is also great fun. Yay for him winning an acting award.
Proof That All Is Right With the World:
- Dexter won stuff for editing, which is where the show really stands out from anything else on TV. It uses editing to create the show's extraordinary level of identification with the main character.
It's quite hard to replicate a novel's subjectivity on the screen, but Dexter comes close, thanks to the acting, some interesting camera angles and the way those two elements are pieced together in the editing room creates the show's unique look and feel. The costume, lighting, set etc. design all support that project of subjectivity, but it's the editing that makes or breaks the whole thing.
- "Dick in a Box" won for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
- South Park's "Make Love, Not Warcraft" won for Outstanding Animated Program.
What the Eff?
- I don't think that awards shows should be allowed to give other awards shows any awards. The Oscars and the Grammys both won shit. Hello? When have the Oscars ever had Outstanding Musical Direction? And the Grammys: Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) For Variety, Music or Comedy Programing?
It sounds like someone's created the categories just for those shows.
The Tony broadcast won an award for some category called Outstanding Special Class Program. Shouldn't all awards shows be nominated ONLY under that category?
