The Screen Actors Guild announced nominees for its 13th annual motion picture and primetime television acting honors this morning, and as I feared, my fellow SAG members slept on the best drama on television, failing to recognize the talented ensemble cast of The Wire.
Amazingly (totally fucking amazingly!), they included the cast of Boston Legal in that category. Give me a break! Boston Legal next to The Wire is like comparing a paper match to a raging forest fire. There is no comparison, but apparently the latter show is too deep for the limited attention spans of some actors.
ANYWAY, Dreamgirls received nominations in both individual and ensemble categories, as did a movie I thoroughly enjoyed, Martin Scorcese’s The Departed.
Read the entire list of nominees here.
Because actors make up the largest contingent of Oscar voters, these awards are often seen as an indicator of likely voting for that award. The SAG Awards will be held Sunday, January 28 and broadcast on TBS and TNT cable networks.
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I really don’t get it. At the very least, The Wire should have been nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
On the bright side, Beyonce wasn’t nominated as a “leading actress” like with the Golden Globes. Was that a joke?
I hate that people are SLEEPING on The Wire. Honestly, it IS one of the best if not THE best drama on TV. I watch Boston Legal, too and honestly… they aren’t even in the same league!
The Wire had an excellent season on top of three already excellent seasons. Maybe it is not important to look at why certain shows don’t get their credit and due, but I suspect it’s because your colleagues respond more to “big names” than the craft.
That, and the fact that 80-85% of SAG membership is in Hollywood. The Wire is shot in Baltimore, using actors from NYC, DC, Baltimore and Philly, primarily. The west coast members can’t relate to shows they haven’t been on or have no shot of being on.