COMMUNITY SNUBS ARE AN EPIC FAIL FOR EMMYS
BY JAKE MATHISON
September 18th, 2011
Like many of you, I'll be parked in front of the tube tonight for this year's Emmys, aka the Egregious Errors. And per usual, I'll take extreme pleasure in booing and guffawing the night away as the bigwigs of bad television take home the gold. Because like any award show, the Emmys get more wrong than right. They're not about content or ingenuity, they're antiquated popularity contests. And the more talented, but less known, often go overlooked.
This year, there is no more flagrant an oversight than the general absence of nods for the fantabulous NBC comedy Community. To not win is one thing, to not even be nominated is a gross violation and discrediting of the awards process in general.
Quite frankly, Community is the sharpest, most acerbic, most meta half hour currently in production. Creator Dan Harmon and his brilliant cast are not only boundary-breakers, but format visionaries. This is a show that painstakingly stop-motion animated their second season's Christmas special and dared to devote not one, but two episodes to cast-wide no-rules paintball games. In the process, Harmon has managed to revitalize Chevy Chase's stagnant career and introduce the world to budding stars Donald Glover and Danny Pudi. It's a show that breaks down every stereotype we have about the world around us, pulls no punches, and is actually funny. Not just ha-ha funny. This show is bust-a-gut funny.
Worst of all, however, might just be the epic snubbing of Alison Brie for "Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series." Brie's multi-layered portrayal of precociously perky Greendale goddess Annie Edison is not only spot-on, it's above and beyond. Though she's done some very solid work on AMC's Mad Men, Brie is truly in her element here, showcasing impeccable comedic timing while still providing her character with rare warmth, sensitivity and intelligence.
While it's hard to take anything away from Community and its seemingly endless list of talent, Alison Brie is really the heart of this amazing series and as such deserved (at the very least) a nod. Failing to do so is a laughable, if not criminal, offense. But I digress to the usual cliches... there's always next year, right?
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