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| re: Try to remember: Will Tony ballots test the voters' powers of recollection? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 09:55 am EST 02/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Try to remember: Will Tony ballots test the voters' powers of recollection? - KingSpeed 06:58 am EST 02/21/21 | |
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| I think we pretty much agree about this subject based on your other posts. I'll just address this one a little more. The Tonys can be both a commercial and a chance to honor excellence. The commercial aspect deals with the why it is produced, the award aspect is to acknowledge the work that excels. (There is admittedly a collision every so often, when it seems that some voters take commerce into consideration in making their selection. I think this happens mostly in the show level categories, because it is a well-accepted fact that only they have commercial implications.) Also, a lot of the commercial (especially this year) is brand advertising, not show specific. Finally, just an observation: had McCarrell been nominated, he would not have had a snowball's chance in hell of going home with the Tony. So would that have have somehow legitimized the award for those here who seem to think it is currently illegitimate? | |
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| re: Try to remember: Will Tony ballots test the voters' powers of recollection? | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 04:05 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:55 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Try to remember: Will Tony ballots test the voters' powers of recollection? - ryhog 09:55 am EST 02/21/21 | |
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| ''Had McCarrell been nominated, he would not have had a snowball's chance in hell of going home with the Tony.'' I agree 100%. There's no way he would've won, and I bet even McCarrell would agree. But to me, McCarrell did stellar work that was WORTHY of a Tony nomination. And even in the negative notices for ''The Lightning Thief,'' he got singled out for praise. Of course, who does and doesn't deserve to be nominated, let alone win, is a subjective call. I've seen lesser performances than McCarrell's that got Tony-nominated (and even a couple that won). I still think it's important to recognize excellent work whether it's in a hit or a flop. And to my way of thinking, McCarrell and his ''Lightning Thief'' castmate Ryan Knowles, whom the N.Y. Times cited among ''the Best of Theater 2019,'' were wrongfully written off by Tony nominators. Finally, it's silly to think a Tveit win would be somehow less legitimate because he's the only Tony nominee in his category. For its first decade, the Tonys simply announced the winners; there were no nominees. (Only in 1956 did they start announcing nominees.) |
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