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From Barbra Streisand’s Auschwitz Ode to Maya Rudolph’s Motherly Rap, Here’s This Year’s Wildest Emmys Category
From Barbra Streisand’s Auschwitz ode to Maya Rudolph’s motherly rap, the original music and lyrics Emmys category is one of the wildest
This year’s Emmy nominees embrace a lot of genres and stories: from high-society culture wars to post-apocalyptic Westerns, Feudal Japan epics, murder podcasts and elementary school hijinks, just to name a few. In “Girls5eva,” scored by comedically genius songs by creator Meredith Scardino and music supervisor Jeff Richmond, it is surprising the only entry to catch the Television Academy’s attention this year is star Sara Bareilles’ notably tender and reflective piece on accepting fame in its other forms. In this case, it was “Dear Evan Hansen” scribes Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who joined Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman in writing this tongue-twister of a song that gives Steve Martin one hell of a musical showcase.
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