Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Has Perfect Emmys 2020 Energy

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From Esquire

Not to get too personal or anything, but how's your Emmys 2020 evening going? Like...what's your energy? A little grill-out action with some perfectly blackened chicken breasts? Some classic hand-tossed crusts on the 2-for-$5 Domino's deal? (Banana peppers and olives, my guy. Don't sleep.) Or, if you were very lucky, did you manage to channel the Very Perfect vibe Yahya Abdul Mateen II delivered on Instagram this evening?

You mean Doctor Manhattan? you ask. Well, yeah! I absolutely do! How much time do you spend watching annual awards shows without the promise of a semi-translucent, glowing-blue demigod helping guide the conversation? None? Like, none? When the question comes down to: "Who would you like to talk about right now: A terrifying avatar of god on earth—a creature outside of space and time, who views human life as nothing more than a blip on the cosmic map and who couldn't care less whether you, or we, or the whole damn planet lives or dies—or Yahya Abdul Mateen II," I hope your answer is the latter. Because while he plays the former, he's also got the range. Want to be vaporized? Okay, no problem. But at least Mateen knows he's an actor, not a dissociative quantum anomaly.

That said, if we want to talk about the good kind of anomalies, we definitely need to talk about how good Mateen's outfit was for tonight's very strange Emmy awards:

In any other year, this look from Louis Vuitton would have been a red-carpet show-stopper. But there's no red carpet. And it's not just any other year. So here we are, talking about it in a very different sense. It's almost like Dr. Manhattan piped this one into the collective consciousness from his perch far beyond the reach of mere mortals, except for the fact that even a mere mortal—albeit an extremely cool and composed one like Mateen—is the one delivering this very on-point fit.

A tailored-to-perfection DB suit is one thing. That same suit with an unabashed (and cool-as-hell) chalk stripe is another. And those two things on an actor we should all have our eyes on? Well, that sounds like the 2020 Emmys might just be doing okay. Cheers, everyone.

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