The game of the production company of The Bear series paid off in the Emmy awards

TV industry The Emmy Awards has been shared again. As expected, the biggest winners were two drama series Shogun and The Bear. Shogun won 18 Emmys, The Bear 11. Both have earned their awards, especially when The Bearista was now nominated for the second season of the series, not the weaker third season.

Of these two dramas The Bear however, was not nominated in the drama series category, but among the comedy series.

Why the hell? It’s hard to consider the series a comedy. The Bear was nominated in the comedy category already after its first season. That’s when it won the Emmy for best comedy and received a total of 10 awards.

The Bear tells about the staff of a small Chicago restaurant and especially its head chef Carmen Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White). The mood is mainly anxious and stressed. The series is about the emotional knots that people get themselves into and the difficulty of communicating, especially with those closest to them. Timeless drama subjects, then.

Sure The Bearissa has its funny moments and the production company promotes it as a drama comedy. But that comedy?

FX production company’s decision to put The Bear nominated in the comedy category feels like a game tactic. In the drama category, the competition would be tougher.

Emmy Awards Rules

are short and open to interpretation. In a comedy, the majority of the time must be primarily comic, in a drama, the same amount of time should be drama.

The Bearin the creators have defended the comedy classification. This begs the question of what kind of tragic drama they make, that’s how unnerving this “comedy” is.

If that’s the case was about tactics, this one in it didn’t pay off. The Bear won the main acting awards in the comedy category, but missed out on the actual crown. It was chosen as the best comedy series Hacks. In the drama category The Bear would have faced a tough competitor in Shogunand the choice would not have been easy.

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Art or its creators don’t need categories, art sellers do.

Art or its creators don’t need categories, art sellers do. Almost all drama, even the most tragic, has its funny moments. Every screenwriter and director knows that the dark cloud of tragedy feels heavier the sunnier day it comes to ruin.

Like this year for the second time in a row for the best supporting actor in a comedy series for his role The Bearissa won Ebon Moss-Bachrach quoth, when this year’s Emmy nominees were announced: “the idea of ​​comedy and drama is already a bit outdated. We’re just trying to portray the messiness of being human, which is deeply amusing. We all suffer”.