It will never be ok to me that Book and Score are not given out on the telecast. 1. The awards ARE awards that the people actually watching the show care about and 2. It is the freaking backbone of the musical theater. Grumble.
Also, what was up with all the half produced song bits?
I understand that some technical awards are cut (and in this case I understand why they cut the In Memorandum because while it totally should have been on the show, they need to produce that better)
but still- the stuff they DID include was not well done (except the better songs from the better shows)
I recently watched the 1971 and 1984 shows with the tributes to the past and to the composers, THAT is what they need to bring to the show soon. It's the thing the Oscars do, and sometimes succeed at doing, sometimes fail, but at least they understand their own history.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.