by Nathaniel R
"Normal People" animation by Nadia Hazzahrah
Though I thought about sharing my personal Emmy ballot I realized I would have to abstain since I haven't seen some of the key series that many feel are deserving. This is not true of the limited series category where I have seen enough to have passionate favourites and others I do not care for (sorry Little Fires Everywhere and Hollywood). My ballot would read like so:
- Mrs America
- Normal People
- Unbelievable
- Unorthodox ★
- Watchmen
So for this week's Curio let's look at fan art for the two shows from that ballot that we're most worried about Emmy voters skipping...
NORMAL PEOPLE
Readers who follow me on Twitter will already know that I fell hard for Paul Mescal's work on this show.
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) May 26, 2020
In fact I'd rank his work over most of the Emmy AND Oscar winners for Best Actor over the past several years but I also think the show is uncommonly sensitively realized and Daisy Edgar-Jones is also a real find. I hope they both get a ton of job offers hereafter.
Plus the sex scenes are *gasp* incredible. Alternately charged, romantically confusing, totally hot, genuinely upsetting, and emotionally revealing... you know, like real sexual encounters.
It turns out artists like the show, too.
Art by Stevie Lewis
Art by Heidi Im
Embroidery by Miks
Art by Hannah Louise
Art by Tajini
Art by The Little Studio
Dotwork Orange has multiple Normal People drawings for sale on stickers, masks and coffee mugs
UNORTHODOX
If Paul Mescal is my easy choice for Best Actor over anyone this year (and I think Hugh Jackman is pretty great in Bad Education) the easy choice for Best Actress in a Limited Series is the astonishing Shira Haas. So proud to have noticed her gift and said so the first time I saw her (Zookeeper's Wife). This is a masterful performance from start to finish with so much range and depth and authenticity. If you haven't yet watched this on Netflix, do so. It's my choice for Best Miniseries of 2020.
This one was harder to find fan art for but here we go...
Art by Franni Stone
Art by Giuditta Matteucci
Art by Mayar Ghaly
Art by Carrie Anne Brown
and finally some fan collage and illustration art and conversation from the YouTube channel of Femme Rebele