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re: Why did Meryl wait so long to do musicals???

Posted by:	AlanScott 04:10 am EST 11/22/14
In reply to:	re: Why did Meryl wait so long to do musicals??? - garyd 01:26 am EST 11/22/14

Yes, it certainly would have been great to have a record of either song performed by Streep. Do you mean that Streep would have been up against Martin as one of two ladies performing a big, dramatic solo? Or do you mean that she would have been in competition with Martin for a Tony? If you mean the latter, Martin was nominated in featured or supporting, while Streep would have been nominated in leading. It's too bad that they couldn't have had five ladies nominated that season. Clamma Dale had to be nominated. Loudon had to be nominated, even though the truth is she was in the wrong category. It's a supporting role. But there are times when the size of a role is irrelevant, and we all know that was one of them. McArdle had to be nominated because it would have been a terrible snub not to nominate her. Ernestine Jackson, who was wonderful, really luminous as Sarah Brown, perhaps did not have to be nominated in the way(s) that the other three ladies had to be. They should have been allowed to nominate all five.

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