UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
The Emmys today, released its list of nominees and "The Wire" - incredibly, stupefyingly - did not recieve ONE nomination. Not one! Hell, I bet those godawful shows on the UBN got more nominations than our boys in Baltimore. WTF?!?!? ("The Sopranos," by contrast, received 15 nominations.)
With an ensemble cast, it's understandable that none of the actors were nominated - who really could you nominate for "best actor" on "The Wire" in terms of them playing the lead? However, to pass up the writing for the show, the uber-gritty streetscape design and some of the expressionistic directing is tragic. Sorry, but if "Boston Legal" is gonna be nominated over "The Wire" for Best Drama then there's something rotten in the Denmark.
Despite all the great press, the slobbering reviews and editorials written in the LA Times and the NY Times, the show still gets little mass attention or respect. With only one season left, it appears that the show could forever be destined to be a cult favorite.
My own two sense: in the current political climate in the US, there is no real great potential for popular appeal for such a hard-hitting piece of social realism as "The Wire." With a bungled war that never seems to get better - and yet without a leader with a vision to really extract ourselves from the conflict - people are tired of opening up their newspapers and reading about suicide bombers and brutal violence. They want to see the Jack Bauer/John McClane badass who can slay everything in their way, they want to see families. The horribly dysfunctional Baltimore of Simon and Burns' vision is just not something, sadly, enough people want to dive into right now. It's understandable, but yet very disappointing at the same time.
The Emmys today, released its list of nominees and "The Wire" - incredibly, stupefyingly - did not recieve ONE nomination. Not one! Hell, I bet those godawful shows on the UBN got more nominations than our boys in Baltimore. WTF?!?!? ("The Sopranos," by contrast, received 15 nominations.)
With an ensemble cast, it's understandable that none of the actors were nominated - who really could you nominate for "best actor" on "The Wire" in terms of them playing the lead? However, to pass up the writing for the show, the uber-gritty streetscape design and some of the expressionistic directing is tragic. Sorry, but if "Boston Legal" is gonna be nominated over "The Wire" for Best Drama then there's something rotten in the Denmark.
Despite all the great press, the slobbering reviews and editorials written in the LA Times and the NY Times, the show still gets little mass attention or respect. With only one season left, it appears that the show could forever be destined to be a cult favorite.
My own two sense: in the current political climate in the US, there is no real great potential for popular appeal for such a hard-hitting piece of social realism as "The Wire." With a bungled war that never seems to get better - and yet without a leader with a vision to really extract ourselves from the conflict - people are tired of opening up their newspapers and reading about suicide bombers and brutal violence. They want to see the Jack Bauer/John McClane badass who can slay everything in their way, they want to see families. The horribly dysfunctional Baltimore of Simon and Burns' vision is just not something, sadly, enough people want to dive into right now. It's understandable, but yet very disappointing at the same time.
posted by Andy Sywak at 8:50 AM
3 Comments:
Truly a sad comment on how little the voters of these awards show actually understand about good writing, acting, directing and overall TV. Count me in as one who just does not get how stupid voters can be. Season 4 was on par with anything I have ever seen on television. How many emotional ups and downs did we go through this season, only to be spit on by these retards. I think I'm gonna go and hit the pipe with my boy Bubb's.
Truly a sad comment on how little the voters of these awards show actually understand about good writing, acting, directing and overall TV. Count me in as one who just does not get how stupid voters can be. Season 4 was on par with anything I have ever seen on television. How many emotional ups and downs did we go through this season, only to be spit on by these retards. I think I'm gonna go and hit the pipe with my boy Bubb's.
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