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09-19-2016, 06:30 AM
Thanks for making us cry at the Emmys, 'Transparent'
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Actors are k**wn for crying at the Emmys, but rare is the speech that actually makes the audience cry.*
At tonight's Emmys, Transparent director Jill Soloway became a much needed exception to the rule. Soloway, who won Best Director for a Comedy, delivered an acceptance speech that was both poignant and memorable, and included a powerful call to "topple the patriarchy."
SEE ALSO: The best looks from the 2016 Emmys red carpet (http://mashable.com/2016/09/18/red-carpet-looks-emmy-awards/)
"When you take women, people of color, trans people and queer people and put them at the center of the story, the subjects instead of the objects . . . it changes the world," Soloway said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/18/transparent-topple-the-patriarchy-emmys/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Actors are k**wn for crying at the Emmys, but rare is the speech that actually makes the audience cry.*
At tonight's Emmys, Transparent director Jill Soloway became a much needed exception to the rule. Soloway, who won Best Director for a Comedy, delivered an acceptance speech that was both poignant and memorable, and included a powerful call to "topple the patriarchy."
SEE ALSO: The best looks from the 2016 Emmys red carpet (http://mashable.com/2016/09/18/red-carpet-looks-emmy-awards/)
"When you take women, people of color, trans people and queer people and put them at the center of the story, the subjects instead of the objects . . . it changes the world," Soloway said. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/18/transparent-topple-the-patriarchy-emmys/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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