Michael in the bathroom Tony’s parody

Do I dare start this conversation.... lol

Ive already seen some chatter here about that performance - very weird they used a song from a current show that had one nomination and didnt even give credit to the person who created it. I get its a parody and not necessarily needed, but struck me as a little odd.

Anyway, thats not the point of starting this thread. It was actually to ask a semi-unrelated question than to share my opinion: how does it work monetarily that they used that song as a parody? Did they have to pay for the right to use the song or the other way around? Did BMC have to pay in order to have their song played - albeit with different words - on television? Was just curious how that worked. I would assume if BMC paid for the sort of advertising there would have been mention of it, but since there wasnt it leads me to believe that wasnt the case.

Either way, I was happy to hear SOME sort of BMC representation, even if it was just through a parody. Thought it was hilarious and they did a good job with it.

For being such a godawful piece of "theatre," it's lucky that the Tonys did more than just pass gass in its general direction. With the grosses that its got, it's lucky to get any sort of recognition.

George Salazar is certainly not happy about it on Twitter

Totally agree...I feel like the entire cast / creative’s (specifically producer Tepper) true colors have come out out since nominations. If George was nominated he would’ve probably loved the parody

The fact that the sketch was done with nothing to credit the work to source was unprofessional as all get out and everyone should've known better. And seeing as how it didn't only use what it needed to or didn't really say much about the source it's not really protected by parody law.

And I don't even like BMC.

Updated On: 6/10/19 at 02:05 AM

I don't really use twitter, and I tried to navigate it just now but I'm hopeless, haha. Can someone explain what this video on George Salazar's twitter is?

Updated On: 6/10/19 at 02:14 AM

A pretty clear slam of the show. Strange.

I thought it was cute but I am sure Aunt Bea in Bruno, Nebraska wondered what the heck was going on. It was a bit of in the know humor.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Joe Iconis actually helped to write the parody. So, if that is true, nobody should be complaining or being a sore loser over it. And if Joe didn't want to do it, he should have said no.

https://ew.com/tony-awards/best-moments-2019/

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The parody on the Tonys was hardly anything new (although I DID like it very much!) This was posted on YouTube in April:

Updated On: 6/10/19 at 08:12 AM

I thought the parody was actually really funny and awesome. The whole ceremony had the funniest bits from Tony Awards in recent memories.

People being offended that they didn't credit it is wack. Like, come on...I mean they technically had 4 celebrities singing a song from the show. How often does that happen?

Feels a lot like sour grapes...which I completely understand...the show got 1 nom and very little tony attention. Also, how many other ONE NOMINATION SHOWS get 5 minutes of airtime in any capacity? Chill out, BMC stans.

I'll be honest - as much as I despise BMC, and as much as I would be highly entertained by an all-out controversy around this, I don't think there's much here.

Williams and Salazar's tweets don't seems all that salty to me. A little sassy maybe, but nothing nothing indicating they are genuinely upset about it.

I have to admit, I always hated this song whenever I heard Salazar sing it with Iconis' lyrics. But last night I found myself thinking "this is actually a little catchy"! I kind of understand why many people say it's the best song in the show even though I thought it was just as whiny, meandering, and annoying as all the rest.

Hmm? https://twitter.com/nickblaemire/status/1137934573755613184

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