Jordon Canada
Staff Writer
The 71stAnnual Emmy followed in the Oscars footsteps and went host-less this year; however, the award show still grabbed a lot of attention as stars across Hollywood gathered in Los Angeles to take home the grand trophy.
Amazon’s comedic series “Fleabag”, which stars the show’s creator and writer Phoebe Waller Bride, a conflicted woman struggling with sex addiction, swept the 2019 Emmy’s. The 34-year-old comedic star walked away with three of those awards, including Outstanding Directing and Writing for a Comedy Series. After she and “Fleabags” third walk onto the Emmy’s Stage, Phoebe said in excitement, “this is getting ridiculous”.
A tear provoking montage of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was played right before the cast walked to present the award for supporting actress in a limited series or movie. With Fox’s hit series Empire nearing its end, the show stars Cookie and Luscious Lyons, Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, respectively, came out to introduce another montage bidding farewell to shows that aired their final seasons this year including, Gotham, House of Cards, Jane the Virgin, and the beloved Big Bang Theory.
The award show continued with the lovely Zendaya presenting the next award. Although her new HBO show “Euphoria” wasn’t qualified for the Emmys this year, she came out to present the award for directing in a limited series or movie category, which included Ava Duvernay’s nomination for the Netflix special “When They See Us”. Although Duvernay did not take home any personal awards for the directing of the show, her pupil Jerome Jharrel had a big win.
Jharrel took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie after his remarkable portrayal of Korey Wise in “When They See Us”. The series tells the story of the five young men who were falsely accused, tried, convicted and later exonerated for the rape of a New York Woman in 1989.
Jharrel accepted the award, and in the midst of a standing ovation, he thanked his mother, father, and Duvernay.
He ended his speech by dedicating the award to the men that he and his co-stars portrayed saying, “Most importantly, this is for the men that we know as the exonerated five. This is for Raymond, Yusef, Antron, Kevin, and King Korey Wise!”
Matthias Wilson, a sophomore psychology from Jackson, Miss., said “Roles like the one Jerome Jharrel played are not appreciated, but this one was well deserved and way overdue.”
“When They See Us” had a total of 16 nominations, including directing for a limited series, outstanding limited series, and a number of supporting actor and actress nominations.
Another interesting win was for Billy Porter. Porter made history becoming the first openly gay African-American man to win an Emmy for his role in the FX show “Pose”. Porter who wore a hat so tall that anyone sitting behind him had to stream the show on their phones, to home the awards for
The final award of the night, Outstanding Drama Series, went to none other than “Game of Thrones”.
As the huge cast lined the stage, the show’s theme song played for the final time on the Emmy’s stage. After a 10-year reign, “Game of Thrones” racked up 160 Emmy nominations and 59 Emmy wins since the first show aired in 2011. The show also tied its record this year of most Emmy wins in a year with a solid 12.
Tiarra Raley, a junior interdisciplinary study major from Waterloo, Iowa, was excited to see her favorite show win the final award of the night.
“It was kind of depressing, because I had fallen in love with so many of the characters especially Jon Snow,” she said.
Although there were trending moments throughout the show, the Emmy Awards racked in 6 million viewers—the lowest rating of all-time in the show’s history.
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