A tradition in the United States is that unions related to the audiovisual industry reward the best work in their professions. And, if last week the actors recognized the best interpretations of both television and cinema, this time it was time for the scriptwriters to celebrate the best audiovisual texts with the Writers Guild Awards. What series are the best written? Severance (Separation), The Bear and The White Lotus at a gala in which the final season of Better call Saul did not leave empty-handed despite losing in the most relevant category.
Severance took home two of the biggest awards for its first season, produced and aired on Apple TV, for its ability to mix science fiction, retro imagery, a critical theme with capitalism, and increasing dramatic tension as the episodes progressed. . It was established as the best drama series ahead of Better call Saul, Andor, The Crown and Yellowjackets and also won the recognition for best new series of 2022 ahead of Abbott College, Sisters until death, Andor and The bear.
The award is shared by writers Chris Black, Andrew Colville, Kari Drake, Mark Friedman, Helen Leigh, Anna Moench, Amanda Overton and creator Dan Erickson. They are the ones who make the most of the day-to-day life of the Lumon Industries workers, who voluntarily undergo a brief medical intervention to separate their personal and work identities. But this has its drawbacks: the two halves of the same person do not have access to the other half’s memories and feelings, essentially making work identities slaves to a hermetic company.
In comedy, Disney’s The Bear took the WGA award ahead of Abbott College, Barry, Hacks and Only Murders in the Building. This means that Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Alex O’Keefe, Catherine Schetina and creator Christopher Storer got their credit for this story about a talented and up-and-coming cook (Jeremy Allen White) who inherits a sandwich restaurant where he must fight debts, the attitude of the workers and the trauma of having lost his brother, who committed suicide.
And, in a miniseries (or, as it’s now called, a limited series), Mike White took the coveted accolade for writing all of the scripts for the second season of HBO’s The White Lotus, which qualified for the category by revamping plots and cast in his sophomore year. American guests vacation at a luxury hotel in Sicily beat out The Dropout, Fleishman’s in Trouble, The Staircase and Pam and Tommy.
These, however, were not the only awards: Thomas Schnauz won the statuette for the best dramatic episode for Plan and execution of Better call Saul (Movistar), the voters considered that Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky wrote the best Comedy writing for The one, The only by Hacks (HBO Max) and Elijah Aron and Patrick Metcalf won Best Writing for an Animated Series for the Undone (Amazon Prime Video) episode Rectify.
