Tatiana Maslanyreceived her just due awardfor playing a multiplicity of well-drawn women in BBC Americas clone dramaOrphan Black.
Rami Malektriumphedfor his brilliant portrait of chaos culture alienation and post-modern identity crisis in USAsMr.
And Louie Andersontook home a trophyfor his daring turn as Zach Galifianakis mom in FXs offbeat gemBaskets.
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FXsThe People v. O.J.
Simpsonscored a number of verdicts, including one for Sarah Paulsons turn as prosecutor Marcia Clark.
We could join her in that apology, for her performance helped us see Clark in a new light.
And heres a sentence I never thought Id be writing: Jimmy Kimmel was a spectacular emcee.
It was also a flat-out entertaining show that affirmed the immediacy and power of the medium.
But yes, I have quibbles.
Lets get them out of the way.
HBOs political satireVeep which won the outstanding comedy award last year was a riot in its fifth season.
But I wish Emmy chose differently.
And as much as I was thrilled to seeThe People v. O.J.
Ironically, while I thought Ryan Murphy should have won for his directing work inThe People v. O.J.
Her victory allowed Emmy to spread some love around in the limited series category.
Those who got to the stage often made the most of it.
Has an awards show ever given usthis many memorable, poignant, hilarious speeches?
There was Yang scoring a big laugh and making a huge point about Asian Americans in the media.
There are 17 million Asian Americans in this country, and 17 million Italian Americans, said Yang.
They haveThe Godfather, Goodfellas, Rocky, The Sopranos.
We got Long Duk Dong.
(His joke also points out that Italian Americans are often portrayed as criminals.
But his point was clear and understood.)
There was Soloway declaring Topple the patriarchy!
We have work to do.
There was McKinnon trying to keep it together as she acknowledged her late father.
There wasThe People v. O.J.
There was his co-star Courtney B. Vance stealing his line to do the same for his wife.
And thenSherlockexec producer Stephen Moffitt co-opted the line to praisehiswife.
And then I was like, okay, you’re free to stop that now.
Rocking everyone was Kimmel.
He took some risks and not everything worked people masturbate toGame of Thrones?
but his ballsiness flattered him and often paid off.
Hewent after Donald Trumpwith a nasty dig, conjuring an image of him in bed with his wife Malaria.
And when she did win again (ugh!
Way to defend Emmys integrity, Jimmy!
When Vance won for playing the late Johnnie Cochran inThe People v. O.J.
Simpson, Kimmel cracked: I have to wonder if Johnnie Cochran is somewhere smiling up at us tonight.
When Soloway signed off with Topple the patriarchy!
Oh, probably not.
But tonight, Jimmy, you should feel on top of the world.
