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BY LINDA MOSS
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
New Jersey native Kurt Sutter went very public Tuesday with his ire over his FX drama, "Sons of Anarchy," being passed over for any Golden Globe Award nominations.
In a series of angry tweets on Twitter, Sutter angrily slammed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands out the awards to films and TV shows.
"Sons of Anarchy," a dark drama about a California motorcycle gang, did not receive any Golden Globe nominations. In contrast, AMC's critics' darling "Mad Men,' HBO's "Big Love," Showtime's "Dexter" and FX's "Damages" received multiple nominations.
"Had most of the day to process the GG snub...still want them all dead," Sutter tweeted.
Sutter, who was raised in Clark, N.J., is the creator, executive producer and writer of "Sons of Anarchy." He also directed and acted in some episodes of "Sons," which just finished its second season and is a hit for FX.
Sutter's wife, actress Katey Sagal, plays the motorcycle club matriarch in "Sons."
In the one tweet, Sutter wrote that Tuesday he "relaxed, toy shopping for esme, nice lunch with katey, gratitude list...still want them all dead."
Shortly after midnight, Sutter seemed to have calmed down.
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Under "Sutterink" he wrote on Twitter, "thank you tweeties for giving me a place to be honest and real. the support and love has been inspiring. let the healing begin."
Before the nominations were announced Sutter, who just signed a new deal with FX with "Sons" getting a third season, had tweeted and already was predicting that "Sons" would not fare well with the Golden Globes.
"Call me a dark realist, but i'll bet half my new salary that this will be the golden globe nomination score...madmen: 7, Sam Crow;0." Sam Crow is the acronym for the "Sons" bike club name.
In an interview in October, Sutter said he was accustomed to show's he's produced, not only FX's "Sons" but also FX's rogue-cop drama "The Shield" to be passed over for awards. Michael Chiklis won an Emmy as best actor in a drama for "The Shield' during it's first season, but that was it for the show in terms of awards.
"We got very used to it on ‘The Shield,'" Sutter said. "The initial show was so ground-breaking that it couldn't be ignored. But then once that acknowledgement happened, we were just out in the dust with no acknowledgment by awards. Never acknowledged by the WGA (Writers Guild of America) or the DGA (Directors Guild of America) or the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awards — or then never really the Emmys and Golden Globes after that. So we sort of got used to it."
Sutter cited "Two And a Half Men' star John Cryer's acceptance speech after winning an Emmy.
"When you're not nominated and when you don't win, it's very easy to sit back and say that they're (Emmy awards) shallow and meaningless," Sutter said. "And yet when you do win, suddenly, they are the most important things. I'm sure I'm subject to that flip-flopping bias."
Sadly, as a devoted fan of "The Shield" I had no doubt the brilliant "SOA" would be ignored come award time. The most egregious oversight is Katey Sagal not getting a nod. I am sure the hacks from "Grey's Anatomy" are all well covered though.