Why Jensen Ackles Doesn't Deserve an Emmy

[dinkerluz]

Following is a post made by "dumdorf" on the WB forum. It was the only post that person ever made. I usually revive this every year, when Jensen gets ignored in the nominations--I'm happy to be able to revive it this year, in celebration that he's actually being considered! Credit to "Crogos" who kept this on his/her page, since my original thread here is gone...or is buried too deep to find.

NOTE Please actually READ the thing before you make an a55 of yourself and go on a rant. (Yeah, no matter how many times I say that, SOMEONE always rants anyway. )




A nomination for Jensen Ackles?

By: "dumdorf" on the WB forum, July 2006:



No way, man. First off, that WB/CW? - Whatever the heck it is - doesn't have the financial or political clout to muster the necessary votes. Besides, you have to be in a sexy hospital drama, or a blood spatter crime series, or at least have something with the President floating around if you want to be nominated.


Come on, everybody knows shows that ghosts, witches and demons are aesthetically inferior garbage. (Sure, Hamlet and Macbeth have that sort of Supernatural stuff, but let me tell you - if Shakespeare were writing today; he'd be cranking out hot locker room scenes for "Grey's Anatomy." Now that's art!)


As for performers, mediocrity is where it's at. Heck, the last thing anybody wants is for some honest-to-goodness actor to roll down the pike and shake up the status-quo. The next thing you know the public will start demanding things like: depth, range, versatility - even realistic performances! - from their favourite celebs. Stars can't be expected to excel, after all, Hollywood has to maintain its standards. Hot dudes and babes - that's the ticket! Just make sure they can't really act - the public doesn't know the difference anyway. Take the big names: Sean Penn for example; this guy's got more agonized expressions than a hamster trying to pass a stone the size of a football. You think audiences believe he can act? You bet they do! He's won awards up the kazoo, hasn't he? And Clint Eastwood, well talk about consistency! He's been playing that Spaghetti Western Cowboy for decades. Now that's staying power! What more proof do they need?


But I digress. Here it is in a nutshell: A hunk who can't act beyond the requisite grin or glare presents no problem - give him an Emmy, you'll up the ratings; a plain-looking guy whose acting is better than average? No threat, no problem - give him an Emmy too. But Jensen Ackles? Whoa mama, he's trouble - Big Time! And let me tell you why:


You start watching this guy, and you're going to find out real fast what real acting is all about. See, he doesn't play a part so much as undergo a dazzling metamorphosis - expression, tone, gestures, mannerisms - everything about him changes according to the shifting moods of the scene. Have you ever seen a light breeze flicker across the surface of a pond? That's how quick it happens - like magic, and you're left thinking, wow! How come I know so much about this Dean character when the actor hasn't said anything about him? And that isn't even the worst of it! All the subtleties and nuances of this guy's acting invests the character with such depth and complexity you'd think you were looking straight down into the pits of Dean's soul! Since when does Hollywood do souls?


And the range? Fughettaboutit! This guy's got so many layers to pull back he could fill the Astrodome with the number of characters and different personality traits he can pull out. Then there's that damned delivery. Come on already, they're just words on a piece of paper. You're supposed to spit them out, grab your paycheque, and go home like everyone else. But Ackles? The guy doesn't even know how to throw away a line! He's out there every week giving even the most ordinary dialogue some new and special significance, so you feel as if you're hearing words you've heard a million times before for the very first time. ("He forces language into meaning" to borrow from that T.S. Elliot idiot) Soon as I found out Alan Ackles is Jensen's father, I knew who was to blame. Those guys think they can go around transmuting base metal words into gold? Well, let me tell you - Emmy voters won't stand for that hocus-pocus. Shakespeare's dead man! Nobody wants to think about what you're saying!


Okay, don't get me wrong here - the guy's not without potential. With those looks and that charisma Ackles could race home with a truckload of Emmys and awards. But first he's got to learn to imitate his betters. So here's some advice kid, for most of next season stand there like a post and think about lunch. When sweeps come around you should just chew up the scenery so they'll have a little overblown melodrama to broadcast at the awards ceremony. Oh! And quit bein concerned about putting others in the spotlight instead of grabbing it for yourself - Nobody likes a nice-guy in this town, much less a professional. Finally, stow all that hard work, discipline and extraordinary talent away. I mean good grief! Watching you perform is like watching a freakin; virtuoso at the London Symphony, or Michelangelo doing his thing on the Sistine Chapel.


Haven't you heard? This is television - No geniuses allowed.

[magoghair]

Dink...thanks for posting this...I so Love it ...and I so agree...especially about the Tone..

My favorite Jensen scene is where he uses his tone to make you think of 4yr old Dean seeing his mom for the first time since she died...in WIAWSNB...the change in his voice just completely floored me ,and it gave me a sense of what it mustve been like for Dean to see his mom...alive...it was amazing..and by far my favorite episode because of it.

I'm still amazed they never used that scene when he was nominatied last year...the range the talent...i'm still in awe of it...and it amazes me that those idgits havent got a clue how really talented the man is...so maybe this post is right...its because he is way too talented.

[SamaholicChick]

what...was....that??????........

[LindsayW]

You start watching this guy, and you're going to find out real fast what real acting is all about. See, he doesn't play a part so much as undergo a dazzling metamorphosis - expression, tone, gestures, mannerisms - everything about him changes according to the shifting moods of the scene. Have you ever seen a light breeze flicker across the surface of a pond? That's how quick it happens - like magic, and you're left thinking, wow! How come I know so much about this Dean character when the actor hasn't said anything about him? And that isn't even the worst of it! All the subtleties and nuances of this guy's acting invests the character with such depth and complexity you'd think you were looking straight down into the pits of Dean's soul! Since when does Hollywood do souls?


And the range? Fughettaboutit! This guy's got so many layers to pull back he could fill the Astrodome with the number of characters and different personality traits he can pull out. Then there's that damned delivery. Come on already, they're just words on a piece of paper. You're supposed to spit them out, grab your paycheque, and go home like everyone else. But Ackles? The guy doesn't even know how to throw away a line! He's out there every week giving even the most ordinary dialogue some new and special significance, so you feel as if you're hearing words you've heard a million times before for the very first time. ("He forces language into meaning" to borrow from that T.S. Elliot idiot) Soon as I found out Alan Ackles is Jensen's father, I knew who was to blame. Those guys think they can go around transmuting base metal words into gold? Well, let me tell you - Emmy voters won't stand for that hocus-pocus. Shakespeare's dead man! Nobody wants to think about what you're saying!


Okay, don't get me wrong here - the guy's not without potential. With those looks and that charisma Ackles could race home with a truckload of Emmys and awards. But first he's got to learn to imitate his betters. So here's some advice kid, for most of next season stand there like a post and think about lunch. When sweeps come around you should just chew up the scenery so they'll have a little overblown melodrama to broadcast at the awards ceremony. Oh! And quit bein concerned about putting others in the spotlight instead of grabbing it for yourself - Nobody likes a nice-guy in this town, much less a professional. Finally, stow all that hard work, discipline and extraordinary talent away. I mean good grief! Watching you perform is like watching a freakin; virtuoso at the London Symphony, or Michelangelo doing his thing on the Sistine Chapel.

SIMPLY OUTSTANDING. Thank you for sharing this, Dinkerluz!

[jnj4ev3]

i dont think that guy has seen his work
i mean come on he is Jensen Ackles
he is the best i dont judge people in their looks
Jensen has some god given Talent so yeah is is
the most deserving guy

[LindsayW]

Originally Posted by jnj4ev3

i dont think that guy has seen his work
i mean come on he is Jensen Ackles
he is the best i dont judge people in their looks
Jensen has some god given Talent so yeah is is
the most deserving guy

RE-READ it. He/she is saying how amazing Jensen is and that most Emmy winners are complete crap. Seriously, please re-read it, slowly...

[magoghair]

yeah the guy was making fun of the emmy judges....not Jensen...if you read it..you'll get the gist...

He's saying Jensen is too good,and thats probably why the emmy judges wont nominate him....because he's soooo goood..

[dinkerluz]

Hey there, Magog! I see you already found this thread. lol! I just mentioned to you in the "Kudos" thread that you'd appreciate the post by "dumdorf" found here.

I think Jensen has kept himself just outside the radar, and he doesn't fit the boring, cliche, "McDoofus" doctor-does-nursedebbie-in-the-locker room character types, which usually get all the Emmy attention.

[magoghair]

Originally Posted by SamaholicChick

what...was....that??????........

can i just say i Love your location...

[dinkerluz]

Originally Posted by LindsayW

RE-READ it. He/she is saying how amazing Jensen is and that most Emmy winners are complete crap. Seriously, please re-read it, slowly...

O-M-G! A new record!