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5 Urgent Questions for the Emmys’ Limited Series Race
Can Netflix continue its domination? Will voters shun superhero stories again? And did Apple TV+ screw Presumed Innocent?
After dropping on Netflix in March, the series was immediately recognized as having the same combination of trenchant social commentary (in this case, a look at the manosphere-style toxicity that can poison young males at a shockingly early age) and daring formal style (each episode is a single continuous take) that boosted Baby Reindeer ’s fourth-wall-breaking depiction of issues like queer identity and sexual assault last year. “ Say Nothing feels like exactly the kind of series that would have benefitted from a weekly drip,” Quah adds, “especially since a good deal of why you’d be drawn into the show is the strength of its performances.” Currently, the best odds for a Say Nothing nomination reside in the Lead Actress category with Lola Petticrew, who plays the real-life Dolours Price, though Boyle would also make for a richly deserving Supporting Actor nominee. Which is a shame, because while not exactly operating in rarefied air, Presumed Innocent was an engrossing legal drama featuring a ton of red-meat Emmy performances from the likes of Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, Peter Sarsgaard, Bill Camp, and O-T Fagbenle.
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