Schitt's Creek does a clean sweep!!!

Hilarious series. Went over the heads of some, but it sure made me laugh. Catherine O'Hara is a goddess and played a goddess!

Sigh.

Happy for all of them except Miss Danielle Levy. Exhausting both on and off camera. The lady balls on that Mary to write parts involving himself in relationships with attractive and straight acting gay men was not only unbelievable, but the epitome of conceit and self delusion. He is fug and super queeny. Unwatchable in seasons 5 and 6.

[quote]For the first time, a single comedy show – Schitt's Creek – won all four acting awards. Schitt's Creek also became the first series of any genre to sweep all seven relevant categories, with Dan Levy becoming the first person to win an award in four disciplines (acting, writing, directing, producing) in one night.

Some of us used to like Dan Levy, but now he will be punished as overrated (which he is) and annoying (which he is).

I mean, he's not James L. Brooks or Carl Reiner or Larry David. Or even Schur/Goor (The Office, Parks and Rec, The Good Place) for fuck's sake.

Get him, girls!

I don't think this sweep is going to be viewed positively in hindsight.

Well deserved. So happy. Did those other two shows win Directing, Writing, and Best Comedy in the same year too?

You bitches miss me, right?

Phoebe Waller-Bridge should have won Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her SNL hosting gig. She did a ton of characters, many American, perfectly.

It's the first show where the actors all win in a single season.

The entire cast didn’t win an Emmy. Every member of the Rose family won, but there were other regular cast members like Emily Hampshire, Chris Elliott and Noah Reid.

And R5 is right. It feels like when La La Land won every Golden Globe, even Screenplay. The show went from formerly undervalued to ridiculously over praised in the space of one hour.

Agree r5.

Its a perfectly nice show that I enjoy, but this was historic sweep was going overboard.

Wow! Well deserved. Great work behind the scenes and on screen. What was the episode that got Annie Murphy the Emmy? Was it the break up episode? She was really awesome in that one.

What we have is two career awards: Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. Totally deserved.

And a newcomer award: Annie Murphy, who made magic out of a standard spoiled-rich-girl part. Every one of her line readings was so inventive. Totally deserved.

And then Daniel Levy hitched his wagon to all that: Is he really a great comic actor? Really a great comedy writer/director? I guess we will see.

They probably should have given the Supporting Actor and Writing Emmys to someone else, R13. It probably would have meant another unnecessary Emmy for Tony Shalhoub, but Writing could have gone to The Good Place, which had a fantastic finale.

Dan Levy would still be a multiple Emmy winner, and the show would still have dominated without raising comparisons to Angels in America, the last program to do a clean sweep. Sorry, Dan Levy, you’re not exactly Tony Kushner.

Of course this was going to sweep, every Frau “discovered” this show over the last year.

Dan benefited from a surprisingly weak year for Supporting Actor.

Arkin and Shalhoub have already been recognized a million times. Ali and Sterling K. Brown are not really comic actors and had been recognized elsewhere. Andre Braugher has two Emmys already and was nominated for a past-its-prime show. The Good Place guy and Kenan Thompson were just not going to happen.

Sometimes, timing is everything.

Shit’s Creek was absolute Schitt.

Something must be wrong with me: I LOVE Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy.

Hell, I even like Chris Elliott.

But I have tried more than once to get into this show - and just can’t.

Did Dan Levy steal Antoni Porowski outfit?

Congratulations from the PM:

Dan's a girl. I don't fat girls in grey pleated skirts. kd lang wouldn't be caught dead in that mess. Catherine O'Hara's speech was the best of the night. She's a bit of magic that one. Still a hometown Toronto girl - who's best friends with Streep.

* I don't like fat girls in grey pleated skirts.

Totally deserved. Funny and heartfelt.

Well deserved

Love O'Hara and Eugene Levy, but the episodes I've seen weren't funny.

I can't lie, as a Canadian, I'm so proud to see this happen. I remember when the commercials for the show first aired, I thought, "It's going to flop like every other Canadian show" and fast forward a few years later, it completely swept the Emmy Awards. That is amazing for Canadian television.

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Is this a Canadian show? I didn't know that. I thought the Levy's were from LA.

flabbergasted....shit creek most infantile bozo series in the history of man

They made a huge mistake ending the show. With the audience it’s gained they could have gone on doing it another six years.

Yeah, they definitely could have done two more years but they obviously wanted to leave on a high note.

The show was totally past its prime, but consider that the first three seasons, when it was at its peak, it barely had any notice at all, let alone awards. It was only once it started airing on Netflix that people really discovered it. And the Emmys only really started nominating it last year. So all the awards it won tonight are for all the seasons of great, unnoticed work the company put into the series. They just happened to honor a lousy season.

I've loved O'Hara and Levy since SCTV days, so I watched the first episode of this with high hopes years ago...and didn't really like it. Didn't watch it again.

Fast forward a few years. Friends are talking it up, Moira memes have taken off, and I decide to give it another chance. This was a couple of years ago. After the first couple of eps, it really took off and I mostly binge-watched all the seasons.

I do think it swept the Emmys because it became flavor of the month. But it's a great show, satirical yet with a lot of heart, which is a razor-thin line to tread, and they did it masterfully. If you don't get a lump in your throat when Stevie sings "Maybe This Time" in the season five finale, I'm pretty sure I don't want to know you.

The show ended exactly when it should have.

Now we see the forced diversity thing doesn’t work: they shoehorned black nominees in every category and still the white white white white show won everything.

Great for Eugene Levy and O’Hara but the sweep was unnecessary and Dan’s ego is just going to be even more unmanageable. It’s weird when shows sweep so completely these days with the amount of talent out there.

What's with all Dan Levy hate? I've just binge watched season one and he was such a babe. I hadn't even noticed he's also a writer. I'm so glad the show is being recognized since there's something wickedly great about it.

BTW, I tried getting into it years ago but I had just been laid off and the show just hit too close to home. Now I'm totally enjoying the show and can't wait to see Dan with hot guys.

Levy commented when he accepted that you bitches were going to turn on him.

I love him, and Schitts Creek. And love Annie Murphy, I’m not sure who was in her Supporting Actress category, but nice win.

Zendaya is charming too, seems to have potential. But Euphoria can be a bit overwrought at times.

I feel the same r18. I really really want to like this show, but it's just not happening. :(

R3 Dan Levy clearly isn't aware of his own nellyness, if he was he wouldn't have written that storyline where he was "bisexual" and had a relationship with Stevie. He's under the impression that most delusional queens are where he thinks he can "pass", even when wearing a leather skirt.

OP, “All in the Family” also saw all four regulars win Emmys.

I've never seen a character like DAVID in Schitt's Creek on television. It is as if every emotion he is feeling is visible on his face. It is unique.

I’m just going to be honest, the show did not deserve ALL of those awards. Doesn’t even make sense. Just shows voting bias.

Justin Trudeau:

Congratulations to the cast and crew of @SchittsCreek for their historic Emmy's sweep tonight - and for bringing such joy and humour to all our lives these past six years. And to all Canadians who were nominated this year, we’re so proud of your great work too.

[quote] The show was totally past its prime, but consider that the first three seasons, when it was at its peak, it barely had any notice at all, let alone awards.

Interesting you say that. I actually thought it the other way around. I can watch seasons 3 through 6 over and over, but never had an interest to re-watch seasons 1 and 2. Adding the two milk toast boyfriends grounded the show a little bit which I found over the top and unrelateable in its beginning. The Roses were so removed from real life in the beginning - which was intentional of course. But the Schitts Creek residence were not exactly real life people either. Except Stevie, they were pretty quirky too. So when Ted and Patrick became a bigger part of the show, everybody had to be gauged against 'real standard folks'. And I believe that helped me to get into the show.

I'm not sure this is just my view or others' too. But it would explain to me why the show became a widespread success so late.

[quote]What's with all Dan Levy hate?

A sizable percentage of Dataloungers love to tear down successful queer people. Weird but true.

Plus, Levy is a performer of limited range.

Plus, almost anything you didn't like about the show can be blamed on Levy as writer & producer.

Plus, a sizable percentage of Dataloungers love to tear down successful queer people. Sad but true.

My problem with Levy is that he used the show as an excuse to write hot straight love interests for himself. Patrick, that photographer guy, that Lumberjack dude, there was no shortage of them. I hate gays who use the shows they star in as a vehicle for weird wish fulfillment, especially when it involves writing a parade of hot masc models into the script for no narrative reason other than you wanted an excuse to be all over a hot masc model.

Who is Dan fucking? One of you gurls has to know. Spill.

[quote]Adding the two milk toast boyfriends grounded the show a little bit which I found over the top and unrelateable in its beginning.

Oh, my.

I prefer french toast.

I prefer milk steak.

[quote] he used the show as an excuse to write hot straight love interests for himself

I guess that's where we, the audience, just have to compromise. We all wanted a chubby bald guy with bad teeth for David. But all we got was a hot guy.

Well deserved for an outstanding script, cast, and the wonderful Levy family.

Isn't it suspicious that entire cast was gathered and there were Emmys waiting outside to bring into all of them?

R35

Not even true. Several black people won.

R35

And I have a feeling whites like you wouldn’t like the show Succession.

R3 Super fugly queen that can't get a str8 acting masculine guy for herself even though there's an ocean of them out there

What a shit show, that creek show is for imbeciles.....toilet humor of lowest calibre.

R51 I just wanted someone a little less masc to be with him. I didn't believe that Patrick, a man from a small town who is just coming out of the closet would decide that he wants his first rendezvous with homosexuality to be with a man whose wrist is limper than FDR's legs. David literally wore leather skirts and opened up a boutique that sells organic tea and skincare products. Why would all of these men who are on the verge of hetero be attracted to someone who is a mustache away from being a dead ringer for Robin Williams' character from The Birdcage?

The ending was terrible. It should have ended with the jet-setting ALEXIS getting married and settling down in Schitt’s Creek instead of going off to New York. Annie done dirty in the finale.

But Miss Levy needed it to be about his relationship with Mary Sue Patrick. Simply the Best was an amazing show moment but their relationship was such fanfic.

R56 is such a mean gurl. Tsk. Tsk.

R58, I kinda agree with you that I, too, never figured out what Patrick found so enticing when he fell in love with David. But not because David was much more flamboyant than Patrick. But rather because David was such a broken individual. David was all flaws when they met, so I wasn't necessarily buying Patrick's infatuation. But what can you do? People fail in love for the strangest reasons. I've seen couples more surprising than these two. Btw, same with Alexis and Ted. How Ted was willing to put up with such a broken character as Alexis - I don't know.

I'm with R37. R3 sounds like such a pest.

Sad commentary that in this times....such a piece of fluff show is considered award worthy.

Euphoria vastly superior on all levels.

Perfect ending of the show's run.

It only won awards because it's the last season.

Ignore the haters which is rather easy on DL (just set the comment on ignore and all the other comments of that hater's IP address disappear).

[quote] What's with all Dan Levy hate?

Are you new here? He’s a successful, out gay man. Therefore, DL hates him. Gays must be as unassuming as possible and not call attention to themselves, otherwise it makes the straights nervous. Or at least it did in 1983, where most Dataloungers live.

good god jimmy kimmel is horrible. nasty lookiin son bitch

For the RECORD, I don't hate Dan Levy. I actually found his character hilarious in the beginning. Then it took a creepy turn with the Stevie sex, then it became Mary Sue city as the show got more praise. He is entitled to be proud of that, but my criticism of that isn't borne of intense jealousy (unlike the writing out of Alexis and Ted, the far superior couple).

Plus he wore a fucking skirt last night.

Actually, when you check older Schitt Creek threads you can see that DLers loved him and the show very much. Only after the right wing haters, the Russian bot trolls tried to take over DL you can see hateful comments showing up.

I loved Schitt's Creek from the start and I'm really happy it eventually got the recognition it deserved.

Though part of me does wonder if Dan Levy is going to be a one-trick pony. I'm interested to see what he does next because he's clearly very talented.

The Patrick relationship was sloppily written. It was basically love at first sight. Zero conflict or tension.

I like Dan Levy and the show but I don’t think the show deserved ALL of those awards. I’m not a hater please don’t take this the wrong way lol

Anne Murphy deserved to win at least once for what she did with Alexis the entire run of the show. She turned a vapid, shallow "David, eeeew!" character into a loveable character you were rooting for.

So sorry. Annie Murphy.

Absolutely R47. Levy broke the “unbelievability meter” by writing fantasy scenes with guys who wouldn’t give him a second look in the real world.

-r3

[quote] They probably should have given the Supporting Actor and Writing Emmys to someone else, [R13]. It probably would have meant another unnecessary Emmy for Tony Shalhoub, but Writing could have gone to The Good Place, which had a fantastic finale.

You make it sound like the Emmys are awarded by a group of people who sit in a room and decide who to give what. Each category is voted on by the members and no one knows who is going to win in any category. The votes are counted and the results are what they are.

[quote] Absolutely [R47]. Levy broke the “unbelievability meter” by writing fantasy scenes with guys who wouldn’t give him a second look in the real world.

Oh great. The real world argument. How very novel.

Because Hollywood has always been about reflecting the real world.

[quote] It only won awards because it's the last season.

It usually is the other way around. Shows on their way out are usually getting no Emmy love.

My God, some of you hateful bitches need to get a life. I understand that not everyone is going to love everything, but if you have a problem with this show, there is something seriously wrong with you and you might want to reflect on your emotional health.

I'm willing to bet good money that Dan Levy is better looking than 90% of the posters on this site. I don't understand why people feel better themselves by tearing down others who have obvious talent and have achieved at least temporary success.

This show was consistently amusing and very heartfelt with a very Canadian sensibility. It's a huge achievement just to take four characters who could have been snide, mean, and hateful, and, instead, make them relatable and even loveable. This is especially true with the David and Alexis characters since they had been super rich and entitled their entire lives. When you take a step back, what Annie Murphy was able to achieve over the arc of her character was pretty incredible. She had great writing, but she also had to be able to "sell" it which she did brilliantly.

R76 & R47 We cannot wait for your comedies debut! Dreary reality, featuring only ordinary people, how novel. Now that's a concept people will enjoy.

People did and do, R82. The Middle got 9 seasons. And look at Roseanne and the revival.

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Schitt's Creek is about acceptance, kindness, love, and other things that are anathema to Datalounge.

R83 Right. You created or wrote for those awful shows? I wouldn't readily admit that here. It's not like straight men prefer casting ugly or frumpy women as partners for the schlubby male characters. The same can be said for the female leads. It's much kore fun, and escapist when the lovers or partners are attractive. It's fictional to begin with. Why don't you question the programme's very premise if you are a critic, writer or producer. I feel the two were well matched, and not far fetched at all.

What I do find more unbelievable are all the schlubby American men who are nearly 30lbs with thin beautiful wives. That is much more of a contrast, and a fantasy. (especially as these schlubs had no great intellect or money either) Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

^300 lbs

Dan must be a careful queen in real life because it seems like NO ONE has had him. I find that vv unusual for an out gay celebrity. We have no stories whatsoever of his antics.

I wish he would show off his hairy body more. Always so covered up.

R35, “forcing diversity” as you put it isn’t just about awarding people of color. Great show or not, it could still be reasonably argued that all of these awards for Schitt’s Creek are just another reflection of Hollywood “wokeness” gone amok given how long the LGBTQ+ community has also been waiting its turn for more recognition.

What many of DL's elderly gay men who live alone or with a partner don't get is how much this show resonated for other Americans who were also forced to spend a whole lot of time with their families in a confined space in a world that seemed to be turned upside down.

There's a difference between wanting a show to be complete reality and not wanting to sit through a gay showrunner writing love stories for himself every single episode just so that he can have an excuse to grope hot straight models. It's tiresome. Even Patrick is clearly just Dan Levy living out his fantasy of getting a hot straight acting man.

I don't want the show to be reality, but I also don't want to have to sit through a flouncing queen's romantic or sexual wish fulfillment just to get to the next Cathrine O'Hara scene. It's exhausting.

[quote]I also don't want to have to sit through a flouncing queen's romantic or sexual wish fulfillment just to get to the next Cathrine O'Hara scene.

I sincerely apologize for forcing you to.

The Middle was a great show, shit head.

R76 Doesn't quite understand the meaning of farcical. Stick with documentaries and biographies then.

[quote] [R3] Dan Levy clearly isn't aware of his own nellyness, if he was he wouldn't have written that storyline where he was "bisexual" and had a relationship with Stevie.

David and Stevie hooking up was funny and weird AND touching exactly because David is a what he is, an entitled and vapid gay clothes horse.

On the other hand there are girls and women who go totally crazy about non-masculine guys, especially guys like David who actually have basic masculine traits e.g. a manly body and lots of body hair. I know that from firsthand experience since I was a super nelly teen but I suddenly had girls chasing me. There's a reason why all these boy bands with teeny and many times non-masculine guys are so huge with certain women. Stevie is actually a totally believable character in that sense.

Noah Reid is very cute, but it isn't like he is so spectacular looking that he would be out of Dan Levy's league. The characters of David and Patrick look realistic; both are attractive but not 'roided out super model attractive.

Yeah I believe Patrick would be with David. They live in a small town.

I bought it.

It's also clear that the show is just romantic wish fulfillment for Dan Levy because of the seemingly endless parade of hot (openly) gay men in this backwoods small hick town.

FWIW, I grew up with a lot of female Davids-- high maintenance, spoiled, self-centered, insecure JAPs and the vast majority of them wound up with guys like Patrick. Clearly there's some sort of yin-yang thing going on there.

You obviously haven't watched the show at all, R98, so STFU. There was no parade of men, openly gay or otherwise. We saw him kiss one other guy besides Patrick. If you're going to chime in, at least know what you are discussing.

What the fuck show are you talking about, R98?

R18 It’s possible to show might not be for you. It’s also possible that you never got past the first half of the first season. There have been six seasons, everyone of them is better than the last. Shows take a while to find their voice. Dan Levy had zero experience as a show runner at the beginning. He learned and he also added some great writers along the way. The great TV show rarely resembles its first few episodes. Even Breaking Bad was in season 3 before it turned into a bullet train to the finale. The first 2.5 seasons were slower paced with less tension and danger.

This has been one of the funniest, warmest, and most adorable shows I've seen in some time and it had a really slow burn cult following that's grown more and more mainstream over the years which is very inspiring. I couldn't be happier for everyone who won, especially Catherine O'Hara who has been one of the most underappreciated comic talents for years.

I live in Toronto and knew Dan Levy socially (friend of a friend) back when he was at MTV Canada and still [laughingly] in the closet. He was kind of a 'meh' in terms of being likeable. He was funny and sociable but totally had a "spoiled, rich kid" vibe. Though, he has freely admitted he used his dad's name and his connections to jump start his careers, so at least he's honest. Also, I kind of got the "prefers to be single" kind of vibe from him and interestingly at 37 as far as the gossip goes in TO, Dan has never had a long-term boyfriend.

Schitt's Creek is a warm, funny and loving show. And in all honesty, it has to be one of the most gay positive shows to come around in years (and last). I will give Dan Levy a ton of credit for doing that. I will agree, however, , the show did frequently rely on the Catherine O'Hara's talent to get the laugh. I actually think Kim's Convenience (another Canadian show) is actually consistently funnier.

Thanks R104.

Eeewwee David!

[quote]the seemingly endless parade of hot (openly) gay men

Patrick is a parade? I mean he's nice but....

How about the writing? Did The Good Place win anything?

I thought the last season was by far the weakest, except for the final episode. I enjoyed the season, largely, but I doubt I'll rewatch it whenever it shows up on Netflix. (I've rewatched the middle seasons a couple of times.) Delighted that Catherine and Eugene won, and it'll be interesting to see what the rest of cast does next (with any luck, not more of the same).

The Good Place was an infinitely better series, but that's comparing addition and algebra.

"Guys like Patrick would NEVER be into queenier types like David"

Oh honey, if you only knew

Watching season 1 as we speak!

Patrick isn’t THAT hot. He’s handsome but dan levy is also cute - he just makes those absurd faces and acts like a flaming queen and had gained a bit of weight.

But in photos he’s actually quite handsome. Hairy, nice features, I would do him.

You bitches are acting like he’s some hideous monster.

Patrick is handsome, David is not.

David is hideous

There R112; I fixed it for you.

I've recently binged watched the series up through season 5 (season 6 isn't available on Netflix yet) and have really enjoyed it, but I think Catherine O'Hara's Moira may be my least favorite character. The vocal affect that she puts on becomes really grating after awhile. I kind of wished her character wasn't played so over-the-top. I think she would have been just as effective without relying on as many gimmicks. Dan Levy also kind of bugs with that default shit smelling expression on his face in nearly every scene, but he's still super cute and I prefer him even more with glasses. Annie Murphy and Emily Hampshire are my favorites by far.

R113 he’s not hideous. My god.

Wonder why he’s never had a boyfriend though

Catherine O’Hara is insufferable on that show. It is a directing problem since she’s usually good.

Patrick looks like a thumb.

Dan Levy is non binary in real life and that is what he's trying to communicate, even to his own family through his work. He's highly neurotic to the precipice of mentally ill. He'll never be a gay icon because he's under 40 and has been fagging on TV for over a decade - he is still seriously uncomfortable being labelled gay. The family dynamic there is not as close as it might seem. But mostly that's Dan's problem. He's troubled. He was briefly a quick dirty fuck bottom, but he's more into caressing nipples through cowl neck sweaters. His next project goes much further into questions of gender and identification.

Dan was cute back in his MTV days and the occasional slut - but always cold and uncomfortable. But his features were handsome and his more feminine characteristics were under control. Just an urban gay guy concerned with The Hills and being sarcastic. He queened out over a few people. Cute.

The faces he makes as "David" is not a comedic or acting choice. He's become big on making statements through clothing and writing fairy tale stories that are disturbing in their naivete. Dude is uniquely talented as a small show creator and niche product. I couldn't agree more that Catherine O'Hara kept us more out than in by her WAY too specific characterization. A weird cross between an SNL or SCTV character with someone who we had to watch and LISTEN to on a sitcom for six fucking seasons. I gave up after 2. She's not AbFab or and catch touch the hem of Karen Walker. The whole show was just too removed from life, while wanting to be believed as real. I don't buy that arrested development shit. Dan Levy is to blame for it. That's HIM.

He'd transition but he likes being called handsome. But he's not a dude. Not even in his own mind. It's coming though. Fair warning girls. Dan is not gay. He's other.

[quote]I'm willing to bet good money that Dan Levy is better looking than 90% of the posters on this site. I don't understand why people feel better themselves by tearing down others who have obvious talent and have achieved at least temporary success.

What the fuck are you even doing here in the first place?

* can't touch the hem of Karen Walker.

R115 - “ [R113] he’s not hideous. My god. Wonder why he’s never had a boyfriend though.

That’s an easy one R115. David doesn’t have a boyfriend, because David is hideous.

Patrick is cute but plain. Very fitting for the character. Dan is not attractive no matter how you slice it, and it's a combination of being screwed in the genetic lottery (which isn't his fault and is out of his control) and his insufferable personality (which is his fault and is totally within his control). The unbelievability is not in that someone as attractive as Patrick would be into fugly David, as Patrick isn't really anything special and isn't really out of David's league looks wise. The unbelievability is that a man who has just stepped out of the closet and is still masc acting in a small town would choose a reject from Queer Eye as his first male significant other. Again, I suspended disbelief early in the show when Dan Levy wrote himself into a storyline where he and Stevie were both fucking that hot bi guy who would never give Dan a passing glance in the real world, but it's still hard to believe that a man who has just come to terms with his homosexuality and is still struggling with that wouldn't run for the hills from someone like David, who is one wig away from being a drag queen.

Yeah, R122, you wrote all of that before. We get it, we get it: you have a limited understanding of how human attraction can work as well as how small towns work. You repeating it over and over isn't going to make you come off any better.

Gay men are so vicious. The nastiness some of you bitches are spewing is beyond.

You guys are nuts. Dan Levy is incredibly handsome.

At this point I'm semi-convinced the people defending him in this thread are Dan himself. Even the people that like him have to admit that he's clearly writing storylines that don't make sense for the sake of giving himself hot masc on-screen boyfriends. If you refuse that fact you're either blind or Dan Levy himself.

R126, are you R98? You obviously haven't watched the show so just shut up. You reference "boyfriends" like there are a ton of them and there were a grand total of TWO, one of which was barely a bump in the road.

Actually I‘m semi-convinced that it’s the same deranged troll who keeps attacking Dan and bringing up this “hot masc” argument.

And there is a huge fan following for the David-Patrick story - I would argue most viewers really loved them as a couple and it’s the nasty Marys here who are in the minority. So let Dan write his fantasy love story. WTF do you care? If it makes thousands of flyover fraus more tolerant and helps gay kids with positive representation on TV, it’s a good thing.

The show is probably the least watched Emmy winner ever along with Succession.

Both shows only averaged 500K viewers per episode.

The overwhelming majority of this thread is the OP/DL’s rabid Schitt’s Creek troll taking to itself. It was indeed a sometimes funny program but nothing near worthy of the weeks of Emmy shilling and promoting suggested it to be. And all of these suddenly new fans on DL is as fake as Trump’s love of merca and Jesus. There has been an intense PR campaign for this show for several week and DL is one of those websites that often attracts PR bots.

Oh, and Dan Levy. a Canadian decided to ruin his newfound American notoriety by standing up and telling Americans they should vote and “vote for love”... WTF?!! Who here has EVER seen an American go to another country, accept their honor and tell them how to vote? Fuck that queen.

I get it when people say they cannot enjoy a show or they don't warm up to a certain actor, director, producer etc. But this flat out hate against Levy in this thread is bizarre and quite disturbing. R128 and his earlier posts show so much disproportionate negative energy against a person he never met. He sounds like a dumped ex who doesn't handle the break up well. I don't know anyone in real life who invests so much energy to simply be negative. If I knew him, I'd keep a safe distance. Here, I just blocked him.

Besides Patrick, David only dated the hot bi guy for a split second and there appeared his narcissistic photographer ex. Hardly a parade of hot straight guys like some people have said upthread. The affectation is what is somewhat uncomfortable to watch. But Alexis had the same affectation when speaking, I bet very few girls (even rich spoiled ones) speak like her.

What really is unreal-like is how a family like them would find themselves in a place like Shcitt's Creek in the first place. Like they were stuck there for six years. Even if they went completely broke, someone with the experience and connections of Johnny Rose would find himself being a CEO of a small to medium sized company very quick. Moira, even if she couldn't resurect her career, would make decent enough money in the Small town or Cruise Ship circuit. And the offspring could either find work in a small or medium sized art galleries, museums (David) or high-end clothing or department stores (Alexis). Hell they could even find work as baristas and go up from there. The combined income would provide them a decent upper-middle class lifestyle.

Having said that, I love the series and the Emmy sweep was well deserved.

R132 It's fiction, darling. It's a TV show. Go with it.

r131 - I believe you misread r128's post.

r128 does not attack Levy, quite the contrary.

Before you block people, you might want to actually comprehend what they say.

What's odd about being a masc guy in a small town, coming out and marrying a femme guy who is the first person you date?

One of the recurring plot lines was that David never had relationships before Patrick, that guys pretty much used him for his money and dumped him and the longest relationship he'd had was three months.

R136. Please learn what a recurring plot line is.

It's not unbelievable that David would be with Patrick, it's unbelievable that Patrick would be with David. Just like in every relationship, one is the reacher and one is the settler. And I think we all know the settler ain't Miss Nelly Babyfat McEyebrows The Third.

My apology to r128. As r134 noticed, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about r126 and all his previous posts.

No problem - I knew what you meant. Agreed about the dumped ex vibe. Maybe we do have a disgruntled ex among us.

Realism or not - that simply the best scene (Patrick singing to David and David’s reaction to him) was beautiful. In that documentary they aired after the finale, someone talked about how that moment really resonated with her as a gay person because you’re taught you will never have that kind of love story and watching David’s defenses drop as he watched Patrick sing was really moving. I agree. I hadn’t seen anything like that before on a tv comedy and I’m 40 years old. Representation is important.

r135 Come to think of it, Dan does look a bit like Chasten (round face, glasses.)

"Schitt's Creek is a warm, funny and loving show. And in all honesty, it has to be one of the most gay positive shows to come around in years (and last)."

Gee, considering the star and creator detests being gay and flits around claiming he's "non-binary" or some other bullshit term, do you really think the show is gay positive. Self hatred is not gay positive.

And isn't Levy way too long in the tooth to be "experimenting" with adjectives and adverbs to describe his sexuality?

@r142: No and No.

Yes, the show is gay positive. I do not recall him detesting being gay. But even if he wants to be binary or an alien from another planet, he did a great show with a very warm and gay friendly story and attitude.

And it's none of your fucking business what he considers experimenting. When he is 80 he can still experiment all he wants. Get your head out of your ass and start evaluating things from a rational thinking person and not as a narrow minded individual who thinks that people should all behave like yourself. Schitt's Creek is mostly entertaining and doesn't hit its message over peoples heads much. But you clearly didn't get the inclusion aspect.

Dan Levy is not non-binary. He says he’s a gay man in every fucking interview he does. I’m a fan of the show and watch the press they do. I don’t know how much gayer you expect him to be but he’s pretty fucking clear about his sexuality to the public. The character was pansexual but Dan has clarified over the years multiple times that he himself is a gay man.

It’s the disgruntled ex who keeps pushing this non-binary bullshit.

Remember when they randomly decided to make Twila a millionaire at the end of the show out of left field?

Levy being non-binary is #fakenews being pushed by some disgruntled DLer

This thread reminds me of the countless DL threads where someone posts photos of some Insta-ho who, while he may not be your personal dreamboat, is clearly a 9.5/10 in the looks department.

And then a subset of DLers will spend 50-100 posts pointing out minor flaws (his left eyebrow is too thick! His right nipple slopes downward! His fingers are too long for his hands!")

I used to wonder who these people were, especially as some were so invested in dissing the Instaho, posting 30 times in a single day. But hitting "ignore" a few times revealed that several of them were also guys posting "I am clinically depressed and don't know how to get out of it" or "My life is going nowhere and I can't hold a job" type threads and it all suddenly made sense.

#emmyssowhite

Did someone say non-binary?

R109 I agree that the last season was the weakest of the show, but not unexpected. Most comedy shows, whether traditional sitcom or single camera show like Schitt's Creek, usually peak by the fourth or fifth season and then start to decline after that.

I don't really care if Dan Levy is non-binary or not, I mean does it actually fucking matter? He's identifies as a gay man in interviews but has admitted that he likes to push gender boundaries. And I say good for him whatever he decides. Does anyone else have the feeling that Levy has the hots for Noah Reid who played Patrick? Reid is straight and just got married, but Dan seems infatuated with him.

"Reid is straight and just got married, but Dan seems infatuated with him."

Sounds quite fucked up to me. Hardly something an out and proud gay man would do.

DL seems to be close friends with Reid’s wife - not sure if that’s infatuated?

Reid seems somewhat fratty IRL. I watched an insta live he did back in April where he was taking song requests on the piano while drinking beer. His wife was in another room and kept suggesting stuff (bc she was reading the comments) and he was dismissive and kind of a dick. Their dynamic reminded me of straight couple friends I have where the guy turns into a frat boy asshole when he drinks. It didn’t get to that point but you could sense a tension.

Also his music isn’t great.

He’s def not a Patrick (to be fair - who is?) but I loved him on the show.

[quote] Does anyone else have the feeling that Levy has the hots for Noah Reid who played Patrick? Reid is straight and just got married, but Dan seems infatuated with him.

I cannot really tell how much is real of that. On Reid's Instagram it looks like they're best buddies, and Reid seems to be more than comfortable to play the gay love interest. But then again, celebs' Instagrams are primarily public relations vehicles of course. Actors are contractually obligated to maintain an Instagram and Twitter account etc, and prohibited to say anything remotely negative until after the show ends. And even after that time they better play nice to look like a reliable asset for any project. So it may be real or all be an act.

The show is gay positive. Even though I hate Dan Levy and his "I'm unlabeled" bullshit, you have to give him credit for never having a female love interest on the show. The Stevie thing was only for one episode and it was basically a joke. Every other person he ever fucked or dated on the show was a man, and a real man, not a tranny or a non-binary. And for that I applaud him, because very few "LGBT" representative shows, even the ones with gay male showrunners, would do that today.

Dan is a great guy. I did background on this show a few times, and it was a great experience. Everyone was lovely. So proud of Canadian television

Any idea who he’s fucking r154?

As much as I want to dislike Dan Levy, he seems likable. Even following him on Twitter, he is nice to his fans and isn't over the top with the non-binary stuff. He seems like a decent person.

of course Dan Levy gave himself the fantasy guy and relationship. That's what creators do. Ryan Murphy cast a younger version of himself and then had the character dating Darren Criss. Even Spielberg's casting of Shia LaBouf was basically inserting his younger self into an indiana jones movie.

Also i think Dan Levy is fucking hot. But I'll say this, some of you people really, really dont get sexual attraction and how varied it can be. Such a limited view of the world.

Ooooo, yeah, big and hot Dan Levy. The epitome of masculinity. Can’t wait to hit on that!

Gentle soul, sure. Other than that, hard pass.

“Sexual attraction”? “Fucking hot”? Go for it R157. Lol

I read on here years ago that Eugene Levy is bi. Has anyone else heard this?

I wonder if the guy who plays Patrick is bi. He says he's straight irl but he half-pings to me. I wouldn't be surprised if he likes a side of sausage with his fish.

R159, that's something I don't need to hear.

R144 Agreed. I have no words for R118 after reading that screed either. I'm beginning to sense a bit of some unjustified intense hate here which may be down to some anti-Jewish sentiment, or simply people who don't particularly find Jewish men attractive. I could be wrong, just saying it smells a bit familiar.

I particularly don't enjoy people who seem to be a gushing and endless wellspring of hateful and toxic tosh, such as suggesting he is "other". It's divisive and dehumanising comments like that the world can live without, but more importantly our community generally, or a gay board such as DL. None of this passes for wit, or even inane pointless bitchery.

I think certain comments here questioning his masculinity, whether or not he qualifies as a "real"man or "dude" speaks more to the mind of the deranged poster than it does to Dan Levy. I believe there's some serious self loathing going on as well with the homophobic comments, bottom shaming, etc. I don't see the point of disliking anyone so passionately, let alone a stranger on the television.

R162, if I could I'd give you two WW.

I find Eugene Levy more attractive and infinitely more talented than his hack son, R162.

Does that make me homophobic, ageist and anti-Semitic in your esteemed, woke opinion?

No, not at all, r164. It makes you look like a bitch with negative attitude though and makes me wish I never meet you in real life.

Cheers R163!

R165; crazed mean fangurl. So tiresome and such a fucking cunt.

If and when you ever meet your idol, make sure you bring a double headed dildo. You'll both need it.

... and blocked another one. Who would think that a thread celebrating Emmy winners would display so much negativity. Don't really understand why.

I remember Dean from 1G5G. He and Dan were close it seemed. Any stories there from the Toronto posters?

Just ignore the non-binary troll. He shows up on every thread about this show or Levy and starts hysterically ranting about that and how Levy refuses to label himself as gay - which is just absurd. So fucking tiresome.

On an older thread someone posted Dan likes it rough and drunkenly asked some poster and his bf to spit roast him. THAT is the dish I want to read. I think he’s adorable.

do I have this right? If someone gay is the underdog then we are all for him. But when that person accomplishes something that most of the rest have not then he is no longer any good, is not good looking, is not good at his job, is underserving of anything, should be disowned as belonging to the gay population and should just go away.

Yes, r170, I think that pretty much sums it up.

Some may say, well, this is Datalounge, it's what we do. But thankfully, it's just a minority that is like this. They are loud and cause a lot of commotion, but it's still just a minority. I just try to get the most out of the more constructive or happy responses.

The issues is that, once someone's successful, others (aka insecure haters, trolls, bigots, etc.) chime in with their "well, he/she isn't all that!". Because someone becoming successful could *gasp* get others inspired and *clutch pearls* have ideas of their own how to get successful and *faint* find the courage to take action!

Our friend Dan posted about Breonna Taylor on twitter and the MAGA crowd came for him hard. These responses are intense. Now he says he’s taking a social media break.

[quote]Just ignore the non-binary troll.

I think he's tremendous.

Now LOOK AT ME!!!!

David is my spirit animal.

[quote] Remember when they randomly decided to make Twila a millionaire at the end of the show out of left field?

The point of this was to give Alexis a final lesson in “money doesn’t equal happiness.” It wasn’t random (or subtle). Her not accepting Twyla‘s money was the last step in her becoming independent.

[quote] The show is probably the least watched Emmy winner ever along with Succession.

Then it's appropriate it is honored on the least watched Emmy broadcast ever.

[quote]The show is probably the least watched Emmy winner ever along with Succession.

Goes along with the recent spate of least-watched Oscar winners.

I was late to the party on this series. Finally started watching last week, and I can’t stop laughing.

I freakin’ LOVE Catherine O’Hara! Love her x a million.

Can't stop laughing? You're undemanding. It's cute and occasionally charming, but it's not a laugh riot.

OMG, I love Mutt’s bedroom/barn home, and I also love Mutt.

R180, can you please stop picking me apart? Just stop.

Dan is so dreamy

Fourth time, OP . All four cast mates on All In The Family won Emmys.