So, I don't know if you are fans of Katherine Heigl or not, or if you heard the latest, but my opinion of her has changed a bit.
She recently pulled her name out of Emmy consideration. Why? This is what she said:
"I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and (so), in an effort to maintain the integrity of the Academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention. I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."
That's kind of obnoxious, is it not?
I mean, first there's the open swipe at the writers. She was never given the material? Okay. I don't watch Grey's Anatomy, but I do know that it's called "Grey's Anatomy". Not "Whatever the hell Katherine Heigl's character's name is Anatomy". She's about four or five down on the feeding chart on the show. Heck, they don't have to give her any material if they don't want to. If her character doesn't appear in an episode of the show, I doubt that the world would end.
Besides, there was a writers strike this season. That means a limited number of episodes. What were the writers to do? Stop advancing the main character to throw as many "For Your Consideration" moments at Heigel as they can? "Hey guys! Stop writing those scenes for the Ellen Pompeo. Katherine wants another scene where she can cry so she gets another Emmy. Get on that! Stat!"
And not only are these many of the same writers who wrote the season that won her the Emmy, she'd be nowhere without the show in general. She's be starring in the Sci-Fi Network's movie of the week. Maybe she'd play a scientist chasing after a giant, cannibalistic, zombie turtle and not a co-ed who gets eaten by said turtle in the first act. And maybe she'd last to the final act before getting eaten. But that would be her lot in life without Grey's Anatomy.
My favorite part of the statement is the very concrete implication that she believes that she was a lock for an Emmy nomination, bad material or not. Maintain the integrity of the Academy organization? Like, people would just vote for her if she sucked because she is the awesome. "Hey, voting for Katherine Heigl is morally wrong, because we all admit she wasn't the best supporting actress in a drama or comedy this year. But, come on! It's Katherine Heigl! We got to nominate her." Yeah, right. Get off of that cloud.
Am I supposed to feel pity for her? That the show that made her famous isn't sacrificing their long range plans to give her meaty scenes--forget that they are accomodating her movie career by working around her schedule--so she can get another award?
You might think that I'm coming down on her because she is an opinionated woman who speaks her mind. No. Being opinionated isn't bad. Not thinking before you air those opinions willy nilly is bad. Being hurtful to the people who work so hard to make you look good is bad. Speaking your mind without ever thinking of the consequences or who you might hurt is bad. Her being a woman has nothing to do with it.
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