Emmys Feature A Light Snipe At King Charles III And A Few Quips About Donald Trump, But Lofty Political Speeches Are Fleeting

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Perhaps the most controversial part of the Emmys, on a night when political speechifying was fleeting, came at the very end, when Succession‘s Jesse Armstrong attempted to make a quip or light snipe about the British monarchy, now dominating the television landscape following the death of Queen Elizabeth.“A big week for successions.

A new king in the UK. This for us. Evidently there’s a little more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles,” Armstrong said on stage.

Standing next to him, series star Brian Cox seemed to be trying to quiet him up, as he said, “Keep it royalist. Keep it royalist.”Then Armstrong added, “I’m not saying we’re more legitimate in our position than where he is.

We’ll leave that to other people.”Other than that moment, seemingly made in jest, this year’s ceremony was largely devoid of partisan statement or attempts to highlight a cause, or the kind that have been sprinkled into winners’ acceptance speeches in past award shows.There was no reference to Ukraine, as it was during the Oscars this year, nor was there a direct appeal to vote in the midterms, coming on the heels of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe Vs.