5 Important Points About Emmy Nominations

drama series “Succession” is at the forefront of the race for awards Emmy of the Television Academy, which this year received a record number of applications when the industry resumes the production pace of pre-pandemic times.

Here are five highlights from Tuesday’s announcement of the nominees for the 74th edition from the Emmy Awards:

1.- No controversy for Dave Chappelle -Comedian Dave Chappelle was in the middle of a controversy when they described as transphobic part of his repertoire included in the special of Netflix from last year «The Closer».

Protesters lined up outside the streaming giant’s headquarters in October accusing Netflix of profiting from hate speech on the show, in which Chappelle says “gender is fact.”

In May, Chappelle was attacked by a member of the public while making a presentation as part of the comedy festival “Netflix is ​​a joke”, in The Angels.

But none of this dampened the enthusiasm of the Academy’s 20,000 voters, who nominated him for Best Pre-Recorded Variety Special.

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two.- Women conquer spaces -The list of nominees this Tuesday brought conquests for the women whose representation has traditionally been unequal in the technical, directing and writing categories at the Emmys and other entertainment awards.

Nearly half of the nominations in the directing field went to women, including amy poehler (“Lucy and Desi”) and for lorene scafaria for the dramatic series “Succession”.

Women also won 40% of the nominations in the screenwriting category.

3.- Posthumous nominations -The actor Chadwick Boseman, who died in August 2020 due to colon cancer, was nominated last year for best actor for his participation in the drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, however he lost with the statuette going to Anthony Hopkins.

This year’s Emmys likely represent one last shot at awards glory for the late star, who voiced a version of his “Black Panther” character in Marvel’s animated series “What If…”

Former star of the series “Arrested Development”, JessicaWalter, who passed away last year, was also nominated for her role in “Archer.”

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4.- Obama vs. Abdul-Jabbar -Award shows often find creative ways to nominate big names from outside the entertainment industry, and the category of best narrator this year seems to be the way for the Emmys.

Among the nominees is the veteran naturalist David Attenborough (“The Mating Game”) and the Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o (“Serengeti II”).

But the category also brings another duel: he faces the great basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (“Black Patriots: Heroes Of The Civil War”) with the former president Barack Obama (“Our Great National Parks”).

The former US president will have the opportunity to add an Emmy to his shelf where there are already a Nobel Prize and two Grammys.

5.- Nothing for «Yellowstone» -The western novel «Yellowstone», starring Kevin Costnerpremiered its fourth season with 11 million viewers, but failed to earn an Emmy nomination on Tuesday.

The series was only nominated once for the Oscar of television, last year in a category.

Academy voters seem to have been put off by the series’ slot on the relatively small cable network of paramountor for his ostensible conservative leanings, although “Yellowstone” has recently increased his popularity in the liberal states of USA.

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