The question of “how much does ‘The West Wing’ have to suck in order to not win the Best Drama Emmy?” has finally been answered, as last night “The Sopranos” finally won the Best Drama award for the first time. It should have been the fourth or fifth, but it took an especially great season for The Best Show On TV to finally get the big award.
I didn’t watch the whole show, but the other big story was that every winner’s speech was cut off after about eight seconds by an apparently neo-fascist orchestral director. The cutting off of James Gandolfini at the end made me think of Steve Martin’s great quip on the ’03 Oscars: “the Teamsters are helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo.”
Posted by Stephen Silver at September 20, 2004 09:46 PMIf you want a recap of the Emmys, you should check out my site. People told me they were immensely grateful to have my summary, which was (in all modesty) more entertaining than the awards show itself.
Posted by: Esther at September 20, 2004 11:18 PMThe only person not cut off was Al Pacino...so does this mean Michael Corleone id better than Tony Soprano? The answer is yes.
Posted by: A at September 22, 2004 12:33 AM