I mean, that's a weird analogy, because the entire season is the playoff game - we're watching each show and each performance, and then debating and analyzing who should win, and then going through all of the other awards to build up the excitement, and then finally at the Tony Awards we're in like the last minute of the game, and either the score is super close or we know it's pretty much a blowout, but either way it's not decided until the buzzer blow and the envelope is opened.
I'm not a big fan of the way Chromolume is framing the awards show as being about the competition first and foremost, but I can't say I don't also get caught up in the competitive spirit of it all. And that aspect of it is cultivated by the awarding bodies, in order to get us more invested in it, and therefore watching all the content, and therefore supporting the industry. |
