Michael Emerson at the Emmys

[spicedogs]

Some people in my forum expressed that Michael Emerson seemed a bit upset at the Emmys. Perhaps he felt that the Emmy should have been his. Far from it! Here's a good possibility for Michael's misty eyes.

Terry hears that his name is called as the winner. Carrie Preston is overjoyed. Lori O'Quinn kisses her man.

Michael is happy as anything for his friend Terry. Look at Michael's smile.

Terry gets up to get his award and make his speech.

Michael is smiling. He does not look upset.

"...then I think about my cast- and crewmates, represented here by the great and glorious, Mr. Michael Emerson and …"  (Michael is listening to the speech. It hasn't hit him yet that Terry is actually praising him.)

Terry's words just hit him. He is proud and choked up by the admiration just bestowed on him.

He smiles back at Terry.

He is basking on the applause that is given to him, thanks to Terry.

No,  the man was not upset. He was choked up. Terry O'Quinn, you just went up a number of notches in my book.


Click on the pictures to see the larger versions.

My thanks to LOST-media.com for making these great hi-def captures. Without them, we would not be able to see how happy Michael Emerson was for Terry winning the Emmy.

Comments

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I see Masi Oka in the fourth one. What the heck was that thing Terry was doing when he touched his head? Did you know that their name is really Quinn? ;)

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did know that their name was Quinn. He changed it for theatrical purposes. LOL>

Love your avi. I have some more HUGE pix of Terry. I will upload them and e-mail you the link.

[j-locke.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to see the pics! I wonder if any of them would serve well for an icon that says "SQUEE!"

By the way, I'm using the "Winner!" one on the Fuse and I've had many compliments. I've been telling everyone you made it.

Speaking of the Fuse, Terry came on and thanked his fans. I knew he would!!!

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

What the heck was that thing Terry was doing when he touched his head?

Did Lori kiss his forehead and he was wiping it? Or maybe he wiped some sweat off. Or it was a private sign to someone he knew.

[j-locke.livejournal.com]

She kissed his lips. I dunno. I looks like a sign, but maybe he was just wiping it. LOL I REALLY wanna know who Riley and Marie are, though. LOL His sons are Hunter and Oliver.

Officially they are still Quinn. I've seen them listed that way.

By the way, do you think I could get one of those tiny icons for my forum with just Terry's face, rather than trying to squeeze in the Emmy, as well?

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

I'll work on it. I cannot upload it to the same site, as I am at work. I will give you the new link.

[j-locke.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If I sound anxious for all this, it just seems like the prime time to get more people onto the TOQ band wagon. :)

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

I sent you an e-mail.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I know, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do with the URL you said to plug in...

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Stupid LJ logging me out!!!!!!

[greenleaf-y.livejournal.com]

If Michael so is happy for Terry why I do not see his enthusiastic comment? Why he does not thank Terry for "great Michael"?

[j-locke.livejournal.com]

But how do we know Michael didn't say that to Terry at some point? Do you mean, why didn't we read it in an interview?

[maeve-lob.livejournal.com]

Michael did not publicly thank Terry for three reasons:

1. There was no physical place for Michael to speak publicly. At the Emmy ceremony itself no one in the audience is allowed to speak so Michael couldn't just stand up and say thank you. After the ceremony there is no place for the losers to speak.

2. Over here no media person wants to interview the losers. Their audiences only wants to hear from the winners. All the winners thanked people (some of them thanked a very long list of people). No one wants to listen to all those thanked say thank you back. That is not entertainment.

Before the awards show Micheal got interviewed because he was news-one of the nominees. But as soon as Terri's name was read Michael became old news. No one cares if Michael wants to thank Terri. They only care who won, who wore what dress, and who made a spectacle of themselves.

3. Even if Michael managed to say something publicly it would get cut from the interview and we would never know about it. When an actor gives an interview not everything they say makes it into the interview. What you read is often a greatly condensed version. Quotes from the person being interviewed are often selectively chosen. For example, if an article has to be 500 words the interviewer is only going to put in what Michael has to say about season 4 of Lost. That is what people are interested in. That is what sells. So the author doesn't have room to put the whole interview in the article. They will cut any other topics discussed (for example, "I would like to thank Terry for what he said") to make the finished article 500 words.

Terri would not expect Michael to make a public thank you for his thank you. That is something that should be done privately just between the two of them. The proper public response from Michael is a simple congratulations with appropriate praise for Terri's work. If you are afraid Michael was not being appropriate, don't be. Michael has beautiful manners.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

This is T.R. Knight:


He was one of the nominees. He is not that happy that he didn't win. You can see it in his smile.

This Michael Emerson:



He definitely looks happier than T. R.

[greenleaf-y.livejournal.com]

If I do not live in the USA it does not mean that I am the idiot. I understand in laws of show business and journalism. You know that Michael is the excellent actor and he can play any emotion including huge happiness for Terry's victory . But it not is true. All actors are naturally self-centered. I do not think that Michael is exception of this rule. But it does not make by his is bad guy and it does not mean that he hates Terry. I never considered that Michael feels the hostility to Terry, probably I was misunderstood. Or I have incorrectly written my idea in English. I think Michael smiled and applauded because it is laws of show of business and no more.

[maeve-lob.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I did not mean to imply anything about you personally. I do not know if you are an 11 year or a 99 year old. I don't know how well you understand the intricacies of American life. I don't know how good your command of the English language is. I don't know enough about you to call you an idiot and to be blunt you don't know enough about me to be assuming I was inferring you were. You are only words on a page and I answered as best I could based on how I interpreted your original post.

To me the answer seem painfully obvious. Therefore, I assumed you did not understand the situation. I thought I was answering your question. I didn't want to be someone who jumped on you for flaming Michael when you innocently just did not understand. I erroneously (if I understand your present post) assumed you were not flaming Michael.

And yes it is very possible to distinguish between a genuine smile and one that is faked. Between a face that is happy and one that is pretending to be happy. The study of facial expressions is a science. One the FBI and CIA use. A real smile involves more than just an upturned mouth. It involves many other facial muscles. I can tell the difference. Yes, actors can fake a smile but they cannot replicate a smile.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Since I know the poster, let me give you a bit of background:

1. She has a fairly good command of the language, but is not perfect at it. So you and her are having a bit of communications problem.

2. She was not flaming Michael. En contraire,she is extremely hurt that he did not win the Emmy. She thinks he deserved it a lot more than Michael did. Unlike we, who are aware of the Emmy and its politics, she views it as the absolute determinant of good and excellent acting skills. Of course, we know that at the level that both Terry and Michael are in their acting skills, it is very difficult to determine who is better. Sometimes, politics steps in.

3. She is interpreting the point where Terry praised Michael and Michael was choked up, as Michael showing his hurt at not winning the Emmy. No matter how much I try to show her that Michael was genuinely happy for Terry (you can see his genuine smile when Terry gets up from his seat), she refuses to accept it. I even showed her T.R’s fake smile vs. Michael’s smile, and she doesn’t accept it. I think that’s where the cultural difference steps in. We were raised knowing the true validity of the Emmy. She just sees it to be equivalent to a Nobel-type of prize.

4. Summing it all up, she is a true fan of Michaels. She is hurting for him for not getting the Emmy. Whereas we all know that Michael is in Hawaii doing his acting and not even thinking about the Emmy anymore.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

On #2, I meant to say that "She thinks he deserved it a lot more than Terry did."

[greenleaf-y.livejournal.com]

Dear Edith! You have correctly stated a state of affairs.Thanks you for it!! But I understand that business was damaged by a politics and a pity to me that exactly Michael became her victim. I understand your respect to Terry, but I think Michael all the same the best actor.
I hope he will show it to us his job on Lost.