The HBO's US-channel cable-comedy series Game of Thrones was crowned Sunday best drama series at the 71st Emmy Awards, the American television awards. Game of Thrones was arch-favorite in this category, although the eighth and final season, broadcast in April and May, was criticized by many fans, who considered it sloppy and significantly lower than its predecessors.
The British series Fleabag won the "best comedy" award at the ceremony, which also honored its creator and lead actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge. "It's just wonderful and reassuring to know that a disgusting, twisted and angry woman can win at the Emmys," the artist said with his usual irony. The black and squeaky comedy series was ignored last year by the Emmy Awards, but the second season drew a lot of buzz, as did Waller-Bridge, which has already warned that it would not be a season.
Billy Porter Awarded
The British actress Jodie Comer has created a surprise by receiving the award for the best actress in a drama series, for her role as a serial killer in Killing Eve . Ironically enough, the 26-year-old comedian, disturbing in her role as psychopathic murderer Villanelle, has supplanted her partner Killing Eve , Sandra Oh, who was a favorite, but also Emilia Clarke, the Game of Thrones' Daenerys Targaryen.
Finally, actor Billy Porter received the Emmy Award for "Best Actor in a Drama Series" for his role in the Pose series, becoming the first openly gay black man to be awarded in this category. A series produced by FX, Pose explores the culture of homosexual "balls" in New York in the 1980s. Billy Porter's award at the Emmy Awards reflects Hollywood's efforts to better represent the diversity of the United States.