But it was the conclusion of her speech that took the breath out of the theatre when she dedicated her award to her father, Willie Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away a mere two days ago.
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On Veep, Louis-Dreyfus portrays a somewhat bumbling vice president who later becomes the acting president, despite her hapless staff making political blunders along the way.
“I think Veep has torn down the wall of politics and comedy”, she said.
Fighting back tears, Julia said, “I’d like to dedicate this to my father William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday”. Our show started out as a political satire, but now it feels more like a sobering documentary. With this fifth win, she is now the most-awarded lead comedy actress in the history of the Emmys.
The HBO series also won best comedy series for the second consecutive year.
“He calls women pigs if they don’t look like beauty pageant contestants, he blames Muslims and Mexicans for our problems, he makes fun of disabled people”, she said angrily.
“Well, I couldn’t tell whether she was going to be a star”, he told Today. She won the award for her work on the first season, saying in her acceptance speech, “I’m not somebody who really believes in curses, but curse this, baby!” In a video bit, Jimmy Kimmel was shown trying to get to the ceremony and encountering former GOP presidential contender Jeb Bush as a limo driver. Then we had Ryan Murphy win another Emmy for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story in the Limited Series category.
Because you know escaped “the curse”?
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The Julia Louis-Dreyfus vehicle beat out ABC comedies Black-ish and Modern Family, fellow HBO comedy Silicon Valley, Amazon’s Transparent, and Netflix’s Master of None and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
