'If there’s any one time when the entertainment industry deserves to pat itself on the back without looking like a total self-centered jerk, it’s this year’s Emmy Awards,' LorraineAli writes
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Seth Meyers during an April episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” produced from Meyers’ home during the pandemic.Now it’s the Emmys’ turn to transform a formerly in-person event into a compelling virtual celebration. The ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel from Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast virtually from the homes of nominees across the country and around the world when it airs Sunday night on ABC.
It’s not the first big celebration to go small. The BET Awards were excellent. The Democratic and Republican conventions both succeeded, to varying degrees, in pulling off the impossible. But no matter what flubs or glitches await, the Emmys and the medium it honors have never been more relevant. Just as radio provided an escape during the Great Depression, Hollywood tapped its way across the silver screen during World War II and music became a mouthpiece for social revolution in the 1960s and ’70s, television pivoted from a passive form of entertainment to a powerful expression and reflection of our time.
Television is hardly a first responder, but it has been on the frontlines of the pandemic, fighting to keep us afloat. And the Emmys are a small way to say thank you.Get our revamped Envelope newsletter, sent twice a week, for exclusive awards season coverage, behind-the-scenes insights and columnist Glenn Whipp’s commentary.
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