Above: The hostess with the mostess Jane Lynch
Let me start by saying like most of you I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jane Lynch. I loved her long before Glee hit the airwaves. Although not a star, Lynch has been working steadily on television and movies for years. There is a reason however that up until Glee Lynch has been the go to girl to come into a scene, hit it out of the park then quickly disappear. A little Lynch goes a long way. Even as Sue Sylvester the producers chose thankfully have the odd 'Sueless' episode. Lynch, and Sue have the type of comedy that hits hard, fast and funny. But...overtime can become tiring. When it was first announced (seems like years ago) that Lynch was hosting this year I was excited. But...by the time September 18th came around, Lynch had hit almost every talk show, entertainment show hawking her autobiography (which I suspect for many reasons she will regret in the future), not to mention her endless stream of television commercials for every product under the sun. Over exposure is but one more 'Two And A Half Men' guest appearances away....
Above: Martha Plimpton
Lynch was good last night, a few of her one liners were brilliant, but over all she suffered from horrid writing. Some of the presenters looked pained to have to read from the teleprompter. (didn't Julianna Margulies suffer enough in her dress without having to read those lines...) I have been surprised to read the show got generally positive reviews. I felt it was one of the worst EMMY's in years. I thought Jimmy Fallon blew it out of the park last year (cannot even compare his opening musical number, which Lynch was apart of, to this years).
Speaking of writing, why did the best comedy, Modern Family come off so badly... Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell deserve their nods for sure, but Bowen (whose dress looked like something even Snookie might pass on) and Burrell had speeches that totally took away from their win. Burrell's in particular, with the recurring theme of his father's disapproval to his wearing make-up for work, was forced and not remotely funny. Even the writers of the best comedy showed they are better at writing for their characters then themselves.
Above: Peter Dinklage
What did I like then, well there were a few moments throughout the three hours where realness shown through. My comments above about the writing prove that what really makes an award show are real emotion, not scripted tugs at it. Melissa McCarthy won everyone over, more for her real reaction more than whether she deserved the award. I did wonder how Lauren Graham might be reacting... McCarthy's Gilmore Girls co-star was robbed year after year for her work.
Amy Poehler should have gotten paid for coming up with the best written moment of the night. Her idea was so great because it took a few seconds to even realize it was so well planned out. I also LOVED seeing Martha Plimpton. I have not seen her sit-com but am a huge fan of her film work and whenever I see her cannot get The Goonies theme song out of my head.
My predictions were about 50/50 and loved Kyle Chandlers win.
Above: TV's women of comedy, situation comedy that is.
