In the middle of a year where Hollywood has been criticized for its lack of diversity in their productions, both in front and behind the camera, delivering Emmy last night seemed to be the final sample, that is on the screen, the stage is open to change. And that was demonstrated at the ceremony Teatro Microsoft, where for the first time in a while, the highest award of the American TV played a surprise.
A warm red carpet, where actors often complained 38 degrees that plagued Los Angeles, California, was prior to the main show, which began with a musical number of actor Andy Samberg, animator of delivery, mocking the habit of closing to see extensive series marathons.
From the outset the award went to a milestone, with Allison Janney won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy thanks to Mom, making women more Emmys in acting categories, with seven wins, one record male.
The comic category resulted in a close race between Veep, HBO and Transparent, Amazon, with the first winning Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Tony Hale) and Best Actress (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and the second staying with Best Director and Best Actor, Jeffrey Tambor. The speech of the protagonist, who plays a man who decides to change sex in their old age, impacting their families, also led to one of the political moments of the night, spending achieving the transgender community.
Finally, Veep was who took the award for Best Comedy Series, getting his first win in the category, and ending a run of five consecutive wins Modern Family, which was empty-handed.
In the section varieties, Inside Amy Schumer sprung a surprise by defeating path programs like Saturday Night Live in the category of Best Series of Sketches, giving further evidence of female power in Current TV. For its part, HBO became strong in the miniseries, with Olive Kitteridge sweeping almost all his nominations.
The biggest surprises came in the latter part of the ceremony. Uzo Aduba African American actresses won Best Actress for Orange Is the New Black, while Viola Davis, for How to Get Away with Murder, did the same in Best Actress, becoming the first black woman to win the Emmy for maximum performance using his speech to also advocate for equal opportunities of gender and race in the industry.
Game of thrones started winning Best Screenplay and Best Drama, as well as Best Actor Peter Dinklage, threatening favoritism Mad Men (which ended this season) in the main categories. And so it was. The, the nominee of the night, HBO epic took Best Drama Series, their first win in this category, after five seasons on the air. Still, Mad Men had its consolation. Jon Hamm, finally got the statuette for Best Actor in a Drama, a category that had lost seven times.
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