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Lack of Diversity? 'We Solved It,' Says Emmys Opener

Emmys opening number

It's tongue-in-cheek, of course -- and hilarious, with an array of out talent.

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Hollywood no longer has a lack of diversity, according to the hilarious, LGBTQ-inclusive opening number from tonight's Emmy Awards ceremony.

"We solved it!" assert the number's diverse participants, including Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Kristen Bell, Tituss Burgess, Sterling K. Brown, Ricky Martin, John Legend, and RuPaul -- plus Andy Samberg, who discovers there's no place for a straight white guy in the number.

They congratulate the Television Academy for finally nominating an Asian for best lead actress in a drama for the first time, saying "we're done" now that there's one, while the actress in question, Killing Eve's Sandra Oh, declares from the audience. "It's an honor just to be Asian."

They also observe that political views in Hollywood run the gamut from "Democrat to liberal Democrat" and that sexual abusers are now doing hard time in a spa in Arizona -- and that maybe they shouldn't stand with Roseanne. Along the way, they realize the problem hasn't exactly been solved. Watch the number below.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.