And what was given is over. We are already closing “the blinds” as we digest everything that has happened at the 2022 Emmy gala. A ceremony that, like every year, has had inspired moments, its predictable awards and a couple of historical things on the big night of television.
The first surprise we have in what we get into the room. Taking notes from last year’s edition, we return to the relaxed atmosphere and more relaxed of a stalls full of gala tables, with attendees ready to enjoy the awards ceremony, already with a drink ingested.
A somewhat shy start
Although the beginning in charge of Kenan Thompson seemed a bit shy, soon delighted us with an ingenious but disjointed dance potpourri paying homage to various headlines of mythical series. An appetizer for what is to come.
Oprah Winfrey, in regal white, came out to present the first Emmy with the entire audience standing. First prize for Michael Keaton in what seems like a “first blood” between ‘Dopesick’ and ‘The White Lotus’, who took the secondary for Murray Bartlett.
Kenan Thompson returned to the stage to do his monologue, in which apart from the little pullitas pertinent to his own home (NBC/Peacock), he had a few errands for Netflix and his drop in subscribers and shareholders.
One of the most emotional moments of the night was when icon Sheryl Lee Ralph received her first Emmy as a supporting actress for ‘Colegio Abbott’. A moment of genuine homage with the audience on their feet as they helped her up onto the stage to start later with a spiritual.
By the way, as a novelty this year, the organizers of the event have asked the nominees to deliver their thanks in advance, which helps a lot when it comes to saying what you want. Another thing is that they take advantage of it well.
Little emotion in the prizes
This does not prevent there from being moments of uncertainty when it comes to taking the podium and a bit of chaos due to both its dimensions (shallow depth) and its location (a bit “in the middle”). Something that has been noticed, especially when more than five went up on stage (the ‘Last Week Tonight’ team, for example).
Speaking of which, another high point of the night was when the leading trio of ‘Only murders in the building’ came up, providing one of the funniest moments of the entire ceremony with that give and take between one and the other. It’s not the only one, Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder (‘Hacks’) also starred in a fine moment.
Mal had to be given for the opposite, but Zendaya has been one of those who has made history being the youngest actress to win an Emmy award twice thanks to her role in ‘Euphoria’.
For the rest, and not to vary, the gala has passed as usual. Without much pause and with the usual rush to fill the thirty categories in just over three hours: ‘The White Lotus’ took all he could take (5 prizes)while ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Succession’ were taking positions to proclaim themselves queens in fairly spread categories.
And we must admit that fans of the HBO drama sweat a little, because we saw ‘The Squid Game’ lurking. the Netflix series has made history of awards by winning the award for Best Drama Direction, becoming the first non-English-language series to do so. In total, tonight he has achieved two of the six Emmy awards he has won counting on the “Creative Arts”.
Practically, and removing the subject of the limited series / anthology. They have been highly revalidated awards. Although there have been some pleasant surprises, especially in comedy, the Emmy awards they have neatly followed the planned roadmap.