Oh, it's on, Nation! It. Is. ON!
This morning, not ONE WEEK after we told you that "Breaking Bad" is quite simply the best show on television, the Emmy nominations came out. And, as if to mock the Solipsist--everyone's favorite pastime, to be sure--the Emmy nominators treated "Breaking Bad" like the Oscars used to treat Steven Spielberg: NOTHING! No nomination for best drama or best writing or best directing--even multiple-Emmy winner Bryan Cranston got the shaft!
Well, people, this will not stand! We know that the Emmys--like all awards, really--are really political and we should not be offended by the inexplicable lack of any semblance of taste on the part of its nominating committee.
(DIGRESSION: We mean no offense to the other nominees, including "Dexter," "Mad Men," "Game of Thrones," "Boardwalk Empire," and "The Good Wife"--actually, scratch that, we DO mean offense to "The Good Wife." We've never seen it, but no way in hell is it better than "Breaking Bad." EOD)
Still, when a masterpiece like "Breaking Bad" gets dissed so completely, we cannot help but rail against what Monty Python might call the "typical Philistine pig ignorance we've come to expect from you non-creative garbage." If "Breaking Bad" is not worthy of consideration, then there is no sense whatsoever in claiming that these awards reflect anything other than the crass, inscrutable preferences of a group of troglodytic mouth-breathers who should have their licenses to think--or live!--revoked. Flogging is too good for these morons! If stupidity were a fuel, these folks could power the entire West Coast electrical grid until the second coming! If bad taste were a Nobel category, these loutish wormspawn would be on their way to Sweden! If--
What's that?
Oh.
Heh. Ahem.
We've just been informed that, because of its broadcasting schedule, "Breaking Bad" was not eligible for the Emmys at this time. The season that begins on Sunday will be in the running next year.
Well. So. . . . Anyway. . . . How about that Hugh Laurie?
This is so humiliating.
Not for nuthin', but, and believe me, this hurts to say for any number of reasons, "The Good Wife" may very well BE the best show on television! (You really ought watch)
ReplyDeleteIf you REALLY want to get mad, try screaming about the TOTAL dissing of what is easily the next best: "Fringe"!
OK, we'll put "The Good Wife" on the queue. As for "Fringe," we would certainly give John Noble strong consideration for best supporting actor. As for the show itself, we enjoy it very much, but we don't know if we'd put it in quite the same category as the other shows on the Best Drama list. Maybe science-fiction needs its own category.
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