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I agree with you
Posted by: KingSpeed 06:57 pm EST 02/21/21
In reply to: re: Try to remember: Will Tony ballots test the voters' powers of recollection? - Singapore/Fling 01:42 pm EST 02/21/21

I was disagreeing with ryhog who said the ONLY reason for the Tonys was marketing.
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re: I agree with you
Posted by: ryhog 09:13 pm EST 02/21/21
In reply to: I agree with you - KingSpeed 06:57 pm EST 02/21/21

"I was disagreeing with ryhog who said the ONLY reason for the Tonys was marketing."

I never said that and I never would. What I said is that, were it not for the marketing opportunity, the Tonys (as we know them over the last half century) would not exist.
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re: I agree with you
Posted by: KingSpeed 12:25 am EST 02/22/21
In reply to: re: I agree with you - ryhog 09:13 pm EST 02/21/21

That’s not what you said.
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re: I agree with you
Posted by: Singapore/Fling 08:10 pm EST 02/21/21
In reply to: I agree with you - KingSpeed 06:57 pm EST 02/21/21

That's not the message that I've been getting from what ryhog has been sharing. I don't think he's saying that marketing is the only reason the Tonys are happening, but that marketing is a primary driver of WHEN they are happening.. and perhaps that viewpoint exposes the ugly truth that for the Broadway League, marketing truly is everything. But it is too late in the day for us to be surprised that money and commerce matters on Broadway, as opposed to art and artists.
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Here are ryhog’s exact words:
Last Edit: KingSpeed 12:27 am EST 02/22/21
Posted by: KingSpeed 12:25 am EST 02/22/21
In reply to: re: I agree with you - Singapore/Fling 08:10 pm EST 02/21/21


“But, let's try to remember: :-)

1. The modern Tonys exist for one and only one reason: marketing. “

There you have it.
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which you refuse to read correctly per my explanation
Posted by: ryhog 09:08 am EST 02/22/21
In reply to: Here are ryhog’s exact words: - KingSpeed 12:25 am EST 02/22/21

This is getting silly. Why do you refuse to process what I have written?

The modern Tonys [meaning those produced on a national TV broadcast, with lots of production, as opposed to the earlier ones that were essentially private affairs] exist only for one reason, because there is a big payoff in marketing. The League and its members would not spend the millions of dollars otherwise. But that has to do with causation, not some other reading of my words that you seem obsessed with. I have made my meaning clear.
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