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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gives an Emotional (and Funny) Speech


Striking: when a moment of genuine emotion turns up during something as choreographed and formulaic as an awards show. More striking: when that moment comes from a perennial winner who you’d think would be blasé by now. Even more striking: when she gets in a pretty good joke first.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus of “Veep,” accepting her fifth straight award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy, began with a gag. “Our show started out as a political satire, but now it feels more like a documentary,” she said. “So I certainly do promise to rebuild that wall and make Mexico pay for it.”
It was a funny bit, but she was trembling the whole time she was delivering it. We saw why when she got to what was really on her mind: dedicating the award to her father, William, who had died just two days earlier.

“His opinion was the one that really mattered,” she said.

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