She declared that no matter what happened inside, she’d already won. Sheryl Lee Ralph had already broken into tears before the show, when she’d been handed a tablet on the carpet with a recorded message of support from a beloved aunt. There was Ralph’s acting prize and Quinta Brunson’s writing award for “Abbott Elementary.” And then there was winner Lizzo, crying as she reminded her audience of the urgency of young people being able to see people who look like them represented in media and culture. Still, there were new and groundbreaking wins like that of actor Lee Jung-jae of “Squid Game,” the first Asian to win the award and a major breakthrough for a foreign-language show along with Hwang Dong-hyuk’s prize for directing. “Succession” and “Ted Lasso,” the big winners in drama and comedy, were repeat winners, as were a number of actors. It was a show that rewarded previous winners in several major categories. It was the first Emmy (and nomination) for stage and screen veteran Ralph, at 66, and she made the most of it, delivering the ultimate feel-good moment of an Emmy show that sometimes felt flat or uneven, despite the well-known comic talents of host Kenan Thompson and the return of a pre-pandemic crowd. And that’s exactly what Sheryl Lee Ralph did at the Emmys - capturing the attention of a packed theater and a global TV audience with a stirring acceptance speech for the ages. As a kindergarten teacher on “Abbott Elementary,” she can get an unruly class to sit up and listen.
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