| re: Is there another major award that has MORE favorable odds than the Tonys? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 08:30 pm EDT 04/29/24 | |
| In reply to: Is there another major award that has MORE favorable odds than the Tonys? - WaymanWong 07:21 pm EDT 04/29/24 | |
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| Of course, my point was not about odds. Wait, are you saying that in the entire broadway season there are only 9 lead actors in a play? Only 9 plays, new or revival, in the entire season, had a male role that qualifies as a lead? If there were 6 Best Musical slots in 2022 why would there only be 5 now when there were more eligible musicals? I don't think the Tonys are about only nominating what *DESERVES* it... it's about presenting a platter of the best of shows that were good enough to not be considered bad. But it's also so subjective. I would eliminate MJ, others would eliminate Girl From North Country. I know people who genuinely don't think Strange Loop is very good, and that won. I know people who were blown away by MJ and some who thought it was "meh" at best. Everyone seemed to think Paradise Square was a mess, but without it being nominated we wouldn't have gotten that Tony performance (one I don't think was particularly good, but everyone else seemed to fall over for). And I think Six is clever and fun, I'm not sure I would have ranked it "best musical"... In theory only things that deserve to win should be nominated for anything, and then it's a battle of many other elements among 3-5 deserving contenders on who actually wins. I've lost that feeling with the Tonys, which feels more to me to be about shinning a spotlight, advancing careers of theater artists and future lives for shows, and selling what Broadway has to offer as a season and as an institution of entertainment and art. |
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