I didn’t watch the 73rd Annual Emmy Awards. I didn’t have much interest in watching a bunch of Hollywood elites pose on the red carpet in the midst of a raging pandemic. It seemed to be a week of red carpet photo ops from the Met Gala to the Emmy’s. Since I haven’t sketched Nicki Minaj‘s cousin’s friend’s balls, I decided to sketch the Emmy balls being held high by the supple hands of winged women.
Seth Rogan expressed what was on the minds of many viewers when he got on stage as the first presenter in his pumpkin colored suit. “Let me start by saying there is way too many of us in this little room,” he said. “What are we doing? They said this was outdoors. It is not. They lied to us.” “We’re in a hermetically sealed tent right now. I would not have come to this. Why is there a roof? It’s more important that we have three chandeliers than to make sure we don’t kill Eugene Levy tonight. That has been decided.”
Levy, of course, is the beloved Schitt’s Creek star and co-creator who was in attendance to present during the ceremony after his comedy had a banner year during last year’s so-called Pandemmys. He’s also 74, putting him at a higher risk of severe illness if infected by COVID-19.
“This is insane,” Rogen quipped. “I went from wiping groceries to having Paul Bettany sneeze in my face.”
LA requires that everyone must wear masks indoors but apparently there is an exemption for Hollywood types. Folks at the Emmys were fully vaccinated but breakthrough cases and asymptomatic spread are common these days. “No Masks at the #Emmys because rules are for the little people,” wrote one Twitter user, echoing the sentiments of many others. Of course I would have respected Seth Rogan even more had he dropped the mic after making his remarks and ran the hell out of that tent.
53 year old Brigerton make up artist, Marc Pilcher, flew to LA from England to pick up his award in the hermetically sealed tent on top of a parking garage. He was fully vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions. He died from COVID-19 several weeks after receiving the award. Did he get infected at the ceremony, on the flights or at an after party? No one knows. He would probably still be alive however had he not gone to LA. He died October 3, 2021.