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Biggest Snubs and Surprises from the 2021 Emmy Nominations
The Mandalorian lands among this year s drama nominations, Mj Rodriguez makes history,
The Underground Railroad cast is overlooked, and
Emily in Paris surprises again as a comedy series nominee.
The Crown‘s 24 nods make it the most nominated show of the year, alongside
The Mandalorian. But there were plenty of actors and series missing from the list on Tuesday morning, and many who upset some category stalwarts to score coveted nomination slots.
There was plenty of outcry when
Emily in Paris was nominated for the Golden Globes, but the mixed-reviewed Netflix series managed to sneak into the Comedy category at the Emmys, too. On the other hand, shows like Amazon Prime Video’s
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Lydia West as Jill Baxter and Nathaniel Curtis as Ash Mukherjee in It s a Sin on HBO Max.Ben Blackall/HBO Max
“La!”
Sung cheerfully, that one syllable occurs again and again in HBO Max’s It’s a Sin as a marker of group identity. Set in London in 1981 (but filmed in Manchester), the show stars a group of gay men and their straight den mother who utter la to one another in every possible context. It s Liverpool slang, but sun-spoken in their staccato, theatrical way, it s more like aloha. It functions as hello and goodbye, but also “I’m here for you” and “I see you” and “I’m going out for the night, and when I get home, there’s a good chance something terrible may have happened and I will need you to help me get through it.”