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How Did Best Song Become the Year’s Most Exciting Emmys Race?
The Pickwick Triplet could bring Pasek and Paul their EGOT — if Mother Maya, Babs, ‘Girls5Eva,’ and ‘True Detective’ don’t get in the way.
This year’s nominees offer a typically far-reaching spectrum of tunes, from the somberly dramatic to the tongue-twistingly silly to the drag-tastic:➼ Girls5eva: “New York” – “The Medium Time” by Sara Bareilles (Netflix)➼ Only Murders in the Building: “Sitzprobe” – “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman (Hulu)➼ Saturday Night Live: “Host: Maya Rudolph” – “Maya Rudolph Mother’s Day Monologue” by Eli Brueggemann, Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike DiCenzo, and Jake Nordwind (NBC)➼ The Tattooist of Auschwitz: “Episode 6” – “Love Will Survive” by Kara Talve, Hans Zimmer, Walter Afanasieff, and Charlie Midnight (Peacock)➼ True Detective: Night Country: “Part 5” – “No Use” by John Hawkes (HBO) To give this category its due attention, and to try to make sense of which tune might win, I’ve roped in Vulture senior writer and musical-theater whisperer Jackson McHenry. The three comedy songs include a smartly rendered genre parody (“Pickwick”), a reference-heavy drag number (“Maya”), and a surprisingly earnest statement of purpose (“Medium Time”).
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