America Rocks/America Sucks.
HOORAY to America Ferrera, who won the Emmy last night for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her excellent work as the title character on the utterly fabulous Ugly Betty, which is this self-proclaimed tv addict’s uncontested favorite show now that Gilmore Girls is no longer a contender. Unfortunately Betty’s Vanessa Williams and Judith Light didn’t win for their equally superb (perhaps even superber!) work in their respective categories of Best Supporting Actress and Best Guest Actress. But no worries. I just can’t wait until the second season commences on Thursday, September 27. OMG THAT’S NEXT WEEK! WO-HOO!
And HOORAY to Sally Field, who won a truly well-deserved Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her amazing work on a new favorite of mine, Brothers & Sisters. But BOO-HISS to the censors who bleeped her impassioned acceptance speech. This is what she said, a sentiment with which I wholeheartedly concur:
"And let’s face it, if the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place."
Also censored was the brilliant Kathy Griffin, whom I’ll be seeing here in DC once again on Wednesday night. She won for Best Reality Series at the Creative Arts Emmys, or "Schmemmys" as she likes to calls them - the awards given out two weeks ago in the categories of lesser importance. (Less important than Best Writing in a Miniseries? Whatever.) The Schmemmys telecast aired on some cable channel this weekend, but her speech was cut. Here’s what she said:
"A lot of people get up here and thank Jesus for helping them win this award, but I have to say nobody has been less helpful in getting me to this moment than Jesus… So I guess all I can really say is, ‘Suck it, Jesus! This statue is my God now!’"
Hilarious. Absurd. And pretty much, true. But worthy of censoring? What happened to freedom of speech? There are no "bad words" in there. It’s not like she said, "Jesus didn’t do shit to get me here!" It’s not as though Sally Field went on a profanity-laced tirade about "the fuckin’ war." So where is this invisible line drawn? Does America - the U.S., not Ferrera - not have a sense of humor or a heart? Sometimes this country is so retarded. That’s all I’m sayin’.
Oh, and not that this is news or anything, but Ryan Seacrest?
You’re a douchebag.
