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[rogueslayer452]

Tatiana Maslany finally won her Emmy for Orphan Black!

I'm honestly so proud of her, so incredibly proud. Not only does she rightfully deserve this award for all the hard work she has put into the show with her performance portraying the variety of the different clones, but Orphan Black as a whole deserves this kind of recognition. Genre television hardly ever gets acknowledged by the Academy and this was just a little Canadian science fiction show that aired on BBC America. While we all wanted and wished ever since the first season that Tatiana deserved all the awards for her impeccable talent and acting skills, just the fact that she was nominated last year was enough. And now she finally won an Emmy! I know that winning awards aren't everything (as evident that there are so many amazing shows out there, past and present, that hardly got any kind of consideration) and that the love and support of the fanbase is rewarding enough, but even so it still feels so good nonetheless. It's been a long time coming, that's for sure.

Orphan Black in general is a wonderful little science fiction show that has brilliant writing, amazing acting (and not just by Tatiana herself) and strong representation of telling women stories, the fact that the show finally got this recognition makes me very happy, indeed.

Other highlights from last night include Rami Malek winning for Mr. Robot, and the Stranger Things children being adorable little cupcakes. ♥ ♥ ♥

Comments

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy to see genre television finally get some recognition! Tatiana does such a fantastic job so it's perfect that she finally won an award for it!

I don't watch award show anymore myself but I still think it's important to see genre tv be recognized there as that's how it will get more funding and more shows.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Genre television often gets the shaft during these things, and it makes me so incredibly sad, bitter and disappointed because so many good shows end up getting ignored because the Academy doesn't deem them "good" or "popular enough" to even be considered, or whatever. But whenever a genre show get nominated and then win, it's a huge win for all genre shows everywhere and a hope that someday more genre television will eventually get more recognition.

(Game of Thrones is nauseating in getting so many awards when it doesn't rightfully deserve it anymore, but we can't deny that a fantasy show getting this recognition is pretty good when normally fantasy has never gotten this kind of treatment at the Emmys. So even though I hate that it has broken records, I'm hoping that it breaking records puts more fantasy and genre television more into the Emmy category.)

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Agreed about GoT. I can't even watch it any more to be honest. But the fact that it does get recognition gets more funding for other shows that I may love so I can't begrudge it too much.