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| re: I think six score win was well deserved. | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:21 pm EDT 06/25/22 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 01:14 pm EDT 06/25/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I think six score win was well deserved. - mikem 08:37 am EDT 06/24/22 | |
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| It's telling how much of a disparity there was between ''A Strange Loop's'' number of nominations (a leading 11) and its actual wins (2). You have to go back over 4 decades to find a Best Musical winner that's scored only 2 Tony wins: ''42nd Street'' in 1981. GoldDerby experts predicted ''A Strange Loop'' to win 5 Tonys. And when it won Best Book, the Radio City audience went wild. But the Tony voters didn't seem to really embrace it. If they LOVE a musical, they show it; they tend NOT to ''spread the wealth.'' * 2021: ''Moulin Rouge!'' won 10 out of 14 Tony nominations * 2019: ''Hadestown'' won 8 out of 14 Tony nominations * 2018: ''The Band's Visit'' won 10 out of 11 Tony nominations * 2017: ''Dear Evan Hansen'' won 6 out of 9 Tony nominations * 2016: ''Hamilton'' won 11 out of 16 Tony nominations |
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| A STRANGE LOOP, CULLUD WATTAH, and Other Things | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:14 am EDT 06/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I think six score win was well deserved. - WaymanWong 01:14 pm EDT 06/25/22 | |
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| There was no consensus this year regarding what musical was the best. Six and MJ seem to be doing very well when it comes to just pleasing their respective (possibly not too demanding) audiences. After 10 noms and winning Best Musical, A Strange Loop has apparently found a solid niche group of fans. However, for a show that was written and composed by a black artist and that features an all-black cast, I find it troubling that not a single one of my black theatre-going friends (who have actually seen it) are willing to say anything good about it. Others who have heard about it just plain do not want to see it. Some find it offensive because it depicts black males as weak, self-loathing, and/or effeminate. Of course, these are just anecdotal comments that have come my way via my partner, his family, and my acquaintances. Jonathan Capehart will be interviewing Jackson and Spivey on MSNBC tonight specifically about A Strange Loop. BTW I saw Erika Dickerson-Despenza's Culled Wattah yesterday at Victory Gardens in Chicago. What a powerful and emotionally hard-hitting play! Very nice crowd at one of the city's finest theaters. It was quite refreshing to see such a large audience of African-American theatregoers at a play that has well drawn characters they can relate to and issues that have meaning and importance to them. |
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| Literally everyone I know who has seen A STRANGE LOOP has raved... | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 10:51 pm EDT 06/27/22 | |
| In reply to: A STRANGE LOOP, CULLUD WATTAH, and Other Things - BroadwayTonyJ 07:14 am EDT 06/26/22 | |
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| ... especially my black queer friends. And if anyone thinks that weakness, self-loathing, and effeminate characteristics are "offensive," they've completely missed the point of the show. We should not be offended by what is true of the sort of human being who we've spent centuries choosing to ignore. Kindly invite your friends to wake up. - GMB |
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