Posted: 6/10/19 at 11:24am
Did Patti LuPone get the memo that there would be more than one joke about her last night?
Posted: 6/10/19 at 11:33am
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Posted: 6/10/19 at 11:43am
If Joe is OK with it, then that should be the end of the story.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 11:44am
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bwaywrldmember6853 said: "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"
What specifically about Tepper? I am genuinely interested.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 11:51am
It was funny, but this kind of cutesy interruption only shaves time off the acceptance speeches of way too many winners.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 11:57am
Lin manuel miranda tweeted on the subject. https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1138093178882576384
Posted: 6/10/19 at 12:00pm
Posted: 6/10/19 at 12:05pm
people are upset it didn't get any credit and no mention of be more chill.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:09pm
TheQuibbler said: "Because who could forget the golden rule of comedy: explain the joke and tell the audience exactly what it is you’re parodying and how you’re doing it. "
This ^^^. People are so pissed about this imagine if people got this made that in 2017 they joked about how Andy Karl tore his ACL in Groundhog Day. Yes, not everyone understood the joke but if you explained it it would ruin the whole thing.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:11pm
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Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:28pm
TobiasRagg said: "I personally thought the whole thing was tacky. We could’ve skipped something like this to leave room for more awards to be actually shown live, and not cut. Like, Best Choreography, which is a pretty important award."
Yeah, that's not how this works.
Had they not done this specific segment, they would just have done some other musical/comedy/skit/number. They would not have included the awards that were given out before the broadcast, no matter what.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:30pm
Holy overreaction on behalf of....everyone. If Be More Chill wanted publicity, they should have booked a spot on the show or ran a commercial.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:33pm
Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:38pm
ChildofEarth said: "Holy overreaction on behalf of....everyone. If Be More Chill wanted publicity, they should have booked a spot on the show or ran a commercial."
Apparently producers tried to pay for a performance and Tony producers shot them down saying they didn't have time for it in the broadcast. Regarding a commercial, only Best Musical/Revival/Play nominees are allowed to purchase commercial spots. I know this sounds dumb, but its true, or at least it used to be. Laura Bell Bundy commented on this issue, during her media for the MTV airing of Legally Blonde. She said that producers knew they wouldn't be allowed to perform, but were shot down they they even tried to buy a commercial. She then went on to say the MTV airing was/will probably be a lot better for promotion then a 30 second ad on the Tonys, but she specifically stated on nominated Best Musicals/Plays/Revivals are allowed to purchase ads. I am guessing this is has extended to any previous nominees as well, since the only musicals I saw ads for were Frozen, and Dear Evan Hansen.
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Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:57pm
bdn223 said: "ChildofEarth said: "Holy overreaction on behalf of....everyone. If Be More Chill wanted publicity, they should have booked a spot on the show or ran a commercial."
Apparently producers tried to pay for a performance and Tony producers shot them down saying they didn't have time for it inthe broadcast. Regarding a commercial, only Best Musical/Revival/Play nominees are allowed to purchase commercial spots. I know this sounds dumb, but its true, or at least it used to be. Laura Bell Bundy commented on this issue, during her media for the MTV airing of Legally Blonde. She said that producers knew they wouldn't be allowed to perform, but were shot down they they even tried to buy a commercial. She then went on to say theMTV airing was/will probably be a lot better for promotion then a 30 second ad on the Tonys, but she specifically stated on nominated Best Musicals/Plays/Revivals are allowed to purchase ads. I am guessing this is has extended to any previous nominees as well, since the only musicals I saw ads for wereFrozen, andDear Evan Hansen."
This is categorically false. Moulin Rouge and Disney shows ran commercials last night. Book of Mormon runs one every year as well.
EDIT: The Wing has nothing to do with the commercial break content as it's sold by the stations/network.
Updated On: 6/10/19 at 01:57 PM
Posted: 6/10/19 at 1:59pm
I saw numerous commercials for Moulin Rouge last night
Posted: 6/10/19 at 2:22pm
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Posted: 6/10/19 at 2:25pm
Does anyone else think this was just a giant, desperate publicity stunt cooked up by the show?
Posted: 6/10/19 at 2:29pm
No, especially since there is a ton of different, conflicting information today about it. I just think they should have mentioned the show last night, instead of doing it today (Corden and Lin-Manuel Miranda) when nobody cares.
Posted: 6/10/19 at 2:30pm
BroadwayRox3588 said: "Does anyone else think this was just a giant, desperate publicity stunt cooked up by the show?"
You know, I never thought of that until you mentioned it, and I can completely and 100% get behind it. It was a surge of social media that got the show to Broadway, so why not now.
