S U N D AY, A U G U S T 2 7 , 2 0 0 6The Emmys: Who To Root AGAINSTEveryone making Emmy predictions tells you who they would root forand who they think will win.</p><p> Not me.</p><p> Half the fun of awards shows isrooting AGAINST a certain nominee.</p><p> For example, at the 2004Grammys, I really loved Green Day's "American Idiot," liked AliciaKeys' "The Diary of Alicia Keys" and didn't mind Kanye West's "CollegeDropout." And Usher's "Confessions" was catchy as hell -- just plainirresistible.</p><p> So I was rooting for Green Day but I was rooting AGAINSTRay Charles even more strongly.</p><p> Of course I love Brother Ray, but thetepid "Genius Loves Company" (jammed full of tired celebrity duets) isa terrible introduction to such a titanic talent.</p><p> And the mere fact that hedied meant this unworthy final CD could become many people's first(and last) album of his they buy.</p><p> That would be a disaster, so I rootedagainst it...and watched it win Album of the Year.</p><p> At this year's Oscars,I loved "Capote" and "Good Night and Good Luck." But my heartbelonged to "Brokeback Mountain," which would be an overduetriumph for Ang Lee.</p><p> And even Steven Spielberg's "Munich" wouldhave been such an oddball choice, I could have enjoyed it.</p><p> But "Crash"was virtually my LEAST favorite movie of the year, an empty-headedWest Coast look at racism that was about as insightful as an episode of"Diff'rent Strokes" (and not nearly as funny).</p><p> Lord, how I wanted thatmovie to lose.</p><p> Naturally, it won.</p><p> I could give many other examples (notall of them thwarted desires), but the point is clear: sometimes ourgreatest passion is poured into rooting against a nominee.</p><p> So here ismy Emmy rundown, highlighting the one choice I would HATE to seetriumph on Emmy night and why.AND THE WINNER HOPEFULLY ISN'T...BEST DRAMA -- please not..."The West Wing." A worthy show at first,though winning four years in a row also reflected Emmy's worsttendencies of repeated knee-jerk nominations and wins.</p><p> Sure, itregained a little momentum for its last hurrah, but it and "TheSopranos" should not have been nominated this year.</p><p> Please nosentimental parting gift.BEST COMEDY -- please not..."Two and a Half Men." A perfectlyserviceable show and I like both Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen.</p><p> ButNext Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: The Emmys: Who To Root AGAINSThttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/emmys-who-to-root-ag... 1 of 37/28/09 7:49 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyAaronMichael in New York POPSURFING.COM: The Emmys: Who To Root AGAINSThttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/emmys-who-to-root-ag... 2 of 37/28/09 7:49 PMPOPSURFING.COM: The Emmys: Who To Root AGAINSThttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/08/emmys-who-to-root-ag... 3 of 37/28/09 7:49 PM
