| re: If you think the Tonys are all Moishe Kapoyr | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 05:11 pm EDT 08/31/20 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:03 pm EDT 08/31/20 | |
| In reply to: re: If you think the Tonys are all Moishe Kapoyr - BroadwayTonyJ 10:55 am EDT 08/31/20 | |
|
|
|
| I definitely do not by any means agree with him that LuPone or Williams were justified in being nominated as Leads. That is clearly him trying to get more nominations for the show. But I do think that Donna as Cassie is justified. It kills me that it meant Chita and Gwen wouldn't win for their much bigger and indisputably lead roles... but that is up to the voters not the nominating committee at that point. But producers petitions for actors to be in one category or the other is not new or specific to Bennett or the Tonys. Normally I want it to be fair, based on what the reality of the role is. But I also get that some actors who have Tonys for leading roles nominated as Featured (or Supporting) wouldn't have won if they'd been in the category more suited to the role. Which means a great performer in a great role for to have an award recognizing that. On the other hand, when a lead role competes against other featured roles, it isn't really fair because it's hard to compete with a heavyweight in a middle weight fight. So it's hard to say. But with ACL, and any show like it, I think that when there is no lead, picking someone who is the lead within the context is not unfair. It's not like they said that Mama Morton was a lead in Chicago. I find Cassie being called a lead (no matter by what means they arrived at that decision) much more fair and sensible than Meryl being nominated for Lead in Devil Wears Prada at the Oscars, for example. |
|
| reply | |
|
|
|
| Previous: | re: If you think the Tonys are all Moishe Kapoyr - BroadwayTonyJ 07:02 pm EDT 08/31/20 |
| Next: | re: If you think the Tonys are all Moishe Kapoyr - BroadwayTonyJ 06:12 pm EDT 08/31/20 |
| Thread: |
|
Time to render: 0.012047 seconds.