The last time we checked in with Kurt Sutter, the notoriously quick-tempered "Sons of Anarchy" showrunner had turned over a new leaf, promising to avoid talking about award snubs and to stop calling people the C-word in vitriolic rants. Here's a sample of what he wrote three weeks ago:
So, I’ve decided for the good of the village, it’s best if I drop out of all award conversation. Past, present and future. And all critic/review conversation as well. [...]
I guess the point of this entry... is to say that I now understand the shortcomings of my bombastic rants. Although outrageous and entertaining to some, they really serve no greater good. I’ll never effect change with the word “c*nt”.
Then the Emmy nominations came out yesterday, and there was no recognition for "Sons of Anarchy" or Sutter's wife, Katey Sagal, who often appears in awards discussion (and was ignored by the Emmys last year despite a heartwrenchingly excellent performance in Season 2 of "SOA").
Now, showrunners react to snubs in different ways. David Simon ("Treme," 'The Wire") seems unaware of their existence. "Community" creator Dan Harmon wrote a heartwarming story about meeting Midnight Run writer George Gallo. Sutter turned to Twitter, where he shared a series of candid thoughts, jokes about the Academy, and spicy language. What follows is a selection of his tweets -- in order -- after the Emmy nominations came out. Warning: if you're offended by foul language, don't click through.
If David Simon's coming along, I'd expect someone to buy a nail gun as well.
Yes.
Not true. I like ALL of Kurt's foul language.
Sutter followed this with a tweet correcting the spelling of "ammonia." I respect that.
Awww, way to salt his game, Academy. This rant is totally justified.
I have to say, I admire Sutter's anger and candor. I mean, sure, he might be dangerously imbalanced, but I prefer my creative types to be pissed off. They do better work that way.
/clicks "refresh" on Sutter's blog 100 times
Isn't that how Mormons do it?
Much preferable to anything we might hear from Billy Bush.
Great response from "Lost" showrunner Damon Lindelof.
Vegan pudding? So that's how he stays angry all the time.
Whoa, hey. Can't we do both? I'm just a media whore whose business is good fun.
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“Then they both died because they were so fucking old” made me actually LOL for real.
You missed the one the night before the nominations were announced, where he said if SOA got any nods he’d tattoo “EMMY” on his ass.
In fairness, if you followed that in real time he did seem to be joking, though the undercurrent of resentment was always bubbling just below the surface. Kinda like when my wife teases me about having to ask the kids if my socks match today.
Katey Segal has E-cups people. E-cups
Love him or hate him, at least there’s someone in showbiz who isn’t a boring, transparent phony. A bit over the top but hey, it’s not a crime to be a prick. Just ask ol’ Jack Burton.
Sweet soul patch, bro.
To be fair: Season 2 was snubbed, Season 3 was ignored for good fucking reason.
Wow, Peg Bundy looks mighty MILFy there.
I got screeners (Booo, me) and still didn’t vote for his show.
I agree with The Hammer (don’t hurt ‘em) Kurt rocks, but season 3 was a dip from seasons 1 & 2. And Treme isn’t exactly blowing me away this season either (Goddamn right, pun intended). And this may be an unpopular opinion but Community fucking sucks. How can any show intentionally written by underdog females be consistently funny? It’s affirmative action gone wrong.
I love SOA, but jeez what a whiney bitch.
Katey Segal is excellent in everything she does, even in choosing a husband, that lucky bastard.
Did he stab someone in the eye with a pool cue? No? Then he took it well.
This is Kurt Motherfucking Sutter we’re talking about. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
Damon Lindelof is an an academy member? Yeah, that says it all right there.
I watched it last year for the first time. It’s no Justified. And Katy Sagal looks pretty hot for being 57 years old.
Season 3 of SOA was far and away the worst segment in an excellent series. No episode was complete without Jax somberly whispering, “Where’s my boy?” and then later yelling, “WHERE’S MY BOY?”
Yeah….totally snubbed.
The SOA crew visited my friend’s bar last year for a “bike week” event. Nobody knew who they were. They got raunch drunk in the bar. Their manager/wrangler was handing out hotel key cards to girls saying, “YOU NEED TO COME TO THE HOTEL! YOU’RE HOTTT! You need to come or I’ll KILL YOU.” Nobody went. Kurt didn’t go on Twitter bitching about THAT snub, so this snub must really hurt since he’s so fucking whiny about it. “No, no, I’m not hurt. Really. Didn’t you get my 20 count twitter rant? I’m not hung up about it AT ALL!”
He’s such a pussy
I’m sorry – pu$$y
He is pretty funny for a whiner.
My god is he a child. Get over it dude.
I’ll agree that season 3 of SOA was not up to the standard of the past two years. But it’s not angling for a lifetime award.
The $64 question is how does S3 of SOA compare to the shows nominated.
“intentionally written by underdog females”? I think I know why you don’t like Community…
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No idea who this freak is but his tweets were better than 90% of the shit out there.
You could literally make a better show out of these 20 tweets.
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