Bite us, Emmy...


I noticed that the Emmy Awards once again ignored an interesting vampire story - this time it was True Blood that was snubbed for the major award categories. In spite of the fact that Anna Pacquin won a Golden Globe for her role on the show as Sookie. Which makes it even more odd.
According to an article in today's AP,
"The HBO vampire drama has only in recent weeks broken out as a hit (??). The first three episodes of its second season have earned high ratings and brought claims of a rebound from HBO after a cold spell.
"True Blood" earned nominations for art direction, casting and title design, but failed in the larger categories of drama series or best actress - for Anna Paquin. She won a Golden Globe for her performance on "True Blood" earlier this year.
Paquin was also overlooked for best actress in a movie or miniseries, having starred in CBS' movie "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler."
"I wish Anna Paquin had been nominated. Her performance is just stunning," said her co-star Marcia Gay Harden, who was nominated for supporting actress in a miniseries or movie.
"True Blood" can at least expect its chances to be better next year, when its second season has run entirely..."

Whatever. My theory - and this may be totally whacked - but I think that television industry bigwigs are afraid of attacks by the religious right for spotlighting "occult" type programming . The networks are constantly getting letters from fundamentalist Christian groups that become apoplectic and rabid at any mention of magic, wizardry, witches, demons, vampires, etc. That much is a fact. It's not really a leap to conclude that networks and closely-related industries are sensitized to that pressure. It's perfectly ridiculous of course, but that's how this industry works. Only the most dull-witted of the ass-kissing conformists, those with a repertoire of utterly predictable, formulaic paplum, rise to the decision maker level in corporate Hollywood. You know, like government!
And like government, they seem to have no such squeamishness about torture and butchery, ala Dexter, 24, etc. Just that wicked "supernatural" content. Gawd. What stupid, tasteless fucks.