Happy for the Crown. Sad for Pose and This is Us.
Happy for Olivia Coleman. Sad for MJ Rodriguez.
Happy for Josh O'Conner. Sad for Billy Porter and Sterling K Brown.
Yay for Ru Paul's Drag Race!
Yay for Gillian Anderson!
Congrats to Debbie Allen for her Governor's Award.
For the most part I adored the fashion. Lots of color and flattering silhouettes.
My pet peeve: long speeches. If the music is playing, that means you're out of time. Wrap it up. You know you don't have all the time you want to talk. Plan accordingly. You might have the most amazing acceptance speech ever created, but when you go over, you are potentially taking time away from another winner, and making the show longer. Don't be selfish. Even if you think there's no way you'll win, write a speech and practice it. The audience, your fellow nominees, and everyone behind the scenes will thank you. The only person who deserved to complain about the music was Debbie Allen. Special award recipients should not be "played off" unless their speech is excessive. Hers was not IMO.
My second pet peeve: Conan O'Brian. His first grab for attention was mildly amusing. Crashing Stephen Colbert's acceptance speech was overkill, and super annoying. I bet the guy he was frantically hugging wanted to punch him. Conan, dude, try some meditation or something. You were too extra last night.
Okay, sorry, one more thing. CBS had promised they would make the stage accessible by putting in a ramp. They didn't. As far as I know, there were no nominees that are wheelchair users. But you don't have to be a wheelchair user to benefit from a ramp. What about all the people in those long gowns? What about the older nominees and presenters? What about Paralympian and double amputee Jessica Long? Stages should be accessible at all events, and I'm not talking about some ramp or lift in the backstage area.
Okay. Rant done. Overall, I did enjoy the show. Cedric was entertaining.
librarianintx
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