Emmy Reactions: 1 Day Later

5 things concerning Emmy Nominations:
1. The Best Comedy Field
I have lots of problems with this. The first and foremost being that The Big Bang Theory is considered by the Emmy voters to still be worthy of a Best Comedy nom. Like it hasn't even been funny since Season 3. Modern Family is also very uneven. I wouldn't have nominated it at all. And I would also replace the 30 Rock or the Curb Your Enthusiasm nominations for Louie, Parks and Rec, and Community. I am happy to see Veep and Girls up there since I do think that they are probably the best new comedies of the season and two of the best shows on television now.

2. Acting Noms in Comedy
I wouldn't have Zooey Deschanel nominated. She isn't the best thing about her slightly better than good show. would have Laura Dern instead of Zooey Deschanel or Edie Falco. In the supporting actress, basically take away all the Modern Family noms. It is a bit ridiculous. And replace them with Zosia Mamet, Allison Brie, and Gillian Jacobs. And Audrey Plaza deserves to be up there as well. Also remove Kristin Wiig who is great in everything but SNL. Mayim Bialik is the best and only currently good thing about BBT so I am okay with her nom. I wouldn't have Don Cheadle, Jon Cryer, or Jim Parsons in the male field as noms. At least one of them (preferably Cryer) should have been replaced by Joel McHale. All the Modern Family noms should be replaced by Nick Offerman, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, and Adam Scott in the supporting category.

3. Drama
I don't watch as much drama as I used to. But on the whole I am pretty pleased with the field. There are some acting noms I definitely disagree with (like Kathy Bates and Glenn Close) but on the whole I am happy with most of the nominations.

4. Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story is awful. The fact that it got 17 nominations is a tragedy. Literally just a really awful TV show. And it isn't a miniseries at all. Game Change and Hatfields & McCoys both are not very stellar. Overall just a weak year in this category.

5. Reality Series
It is stupid that Amazing Race keeps getting nominated despite having slow, boring seasons. Dancing with the Stars, I don't think, is produced at a very high quality. Project Runway was really really bad these past two seasons, and The Voice needs a lot of fine tuning. Top Chef and So You Think You Can Dance are really the only deserving noms. I would put Work of Art and RuPaul's Drag Race both up there. Also, does Betty White have a deal with the devil? Just because she is on television does not mean that she needs to get nominated. Get Padma/Tom or better yet RuPaul up there instead. What a waste of a nomination. 

On Tosh.0 and Rape Jokes

I threw this together really quickly. I am sorry that it is not my best work. It is more of a "reactions" post than a logical post.

Okay, so you have obviously heard about all the talk about Tosh.0. And what I am going to say about it probably isn’t new at all. But whatever, I am going to talk about whatever I like to my tiny number of followers. So here it goes:

1. Rape jokes can be funny. But just like most jokes, they have to be told by funny people. Daniel Tosh isn’t really funny. Thus his rape jokes are not funny, just like all his other jokes aren’t funny. Louis CK, Patton Oswalt, and Sarah Silverman are funny. Thus their rape jokes are funny. Just like all their other jokes are funny.
2. Comedy shows aren’t open forums to discuss matters. If you do not like the performer then you can leave. 
3. On a more serious note, if you place rape on some kind of pedestal, then that is making it an even more taboo topic. It reinforces the belief that we cannot openly talk about sexual assault. Which then goes and makes it harder for victims of sexual assault to be able to converse about their experience. 
4. By placing sexual assault on a pedestal, we make it different from every other crime. Which means we treat the victims different than every other crime. We already treat rape differently than any other crime. When we hear about sexual assault we ask “What was she wearing? Was she drunk? Was she participating in overtly flirtatious behavior?” Making rape jokes is one way to treat rape like any other serious crime. 

In conclusion: Daniel Tosh was right and wrong, funny comedians can make funny jokes about rape. Daniel Tosh just isn’t a funny comedian.