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The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 Emmys
High: Shōgun dominance! Low: Emmys spon-con? Whoa: Hacks upset???
The Best Actor in a Comedy nominee for Reservation Dogs may not have gotten the opportunity to make an acceptance speech, but he did get a message across with a red-paint handprint on his face, a symbol of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement. But there was little acknowledgement of how few non-white performers actually win Emmys, and especially by the time Leguizamo brought out TV Academy president Cris Abrego, the length and effusiveness of the presentation started to feel like a distinct mismatch with reality. The whole mess of cast and crew members who got up there to accept the award reflected all the effort and work that went into this years-long production, and it was a lovely touch when co-creator Justin Marks handed the mic off to Sanada to finish the speech in Japanese.
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