Beyoncé Lost Big At The Emmys And Her Fans Are Out For Blood

After this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, the Television Academy has a new swarm of enemies. This comes after Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé lost out in all six categories it was nominated in this year.

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Homecoming, which was released on Netflix in April, is a concert documentary capturing the lead-up to Beyoncé’s breathtaking 2018 Coachella performance. The film offers viewers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the singer’s creative process, combined with spectacular footage from the concert.

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At the Emmys ceremony on Saturday, Beyoncé lost the directing honor to Springsteen on Broadway, production design for a variety special to Rent, outstanding writing to Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, music direction to Fosse/Verdon, and costume design to RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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Fans were particularly incensed, however, that the concert film lost to James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke in the Outstanding Variety Special category. 

Twitter users were quick to point out how much effort and planning went into Homecoming. One tweet, which has more than 100,000 likes, shows a video of cameramen navigating bleacher-like stairs and weaving between magenta-leotard-clad backup dancers to capture Queen Bey’s complicated choreography.

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When Homecoming premiered early this year to glowing reviews, it was celebrated as an astonishing tribute to the legacy of black music and the culture of HBCUs.

As such, some saw the lack of recognition for the documentary in all of the categories as an example of media industry sexism and racism.

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But, considering the technical achievement of Homecoming, which brought one of the most epic live performances of the century into peoples’ living rooms, the cultural significance of the Beychella set, and the sheer star power of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, the loss certainly qualifies as an upset.