Oliviers being announced now - Mary wins Best Actress — Page 2

Congrats to Nathan and The Producers. Despite the few criticisms here, it's been an enormously popular show. Everyone has a right to their opinion and mine is that I loved the show and Nathan deserved to win. He stepped in at the last minute and was wonderful as usual. And if Oscar should find his way to Nathan's door because his was the best performance of the year, that would be just fine with me. He'd join that short, but illustrious list of actors who have won both a Tony and an Oscar for portraying the same role. I'm looking forward to seeing how the movie turns out.

I think 'needed' is a bit of a strong word - the woman has three Oliviers already! I am a bit disappointed that The Woman in White didn't score a couple more, and I'm with the camp that didn't really 'get' The Producers However, I was bowled over by Nathan Lanes performance which elevated a rather average musical (IMO!) to a good evenings entertainment

Personally, I was just annoyed that the efforts of the cast and crew of Bat Boy weren't acknowledged, but a panel who give an award to an actress whose understudy plays more performances than her clearly have some kind of bias going on each year . . .

I am under the belief that it should not matter how many Oliviers (or Tonys or Oscars, etc) that you win. The awards should all be judged on artistic merit but rarely are. Any award is more political than artistic. A perfect example of this is saying: "So and So deserves an Olivier because his work on Show A ten years ago was overlooked. So lets give him an award now in Show B even though he is not as good." I just think there should be a blank slate for everything regardless of past when deciding. Just my humble opinion.

MaterLcZ wrote:

"Congratulations to Nathan and THE PRODUCERS for a well-deserved win.

Seeing all these bitter Bettys stewing in their own sulphrous juices made my evening."


I couldn't have said it better myself!
If it would have been "Wicked" they would have been peeing in their pants with glee....

I saw Mary on vacation with my family. It's gonna be a big stinking Broadway hit.

Yes, a big congrats to Nathan and The Producers for a job well done!

And I'd also like to note that I would also be extremely happy for Mr. Lane if he is nominated for or wins an oscar.

I can't say that I like THE PRODUCERS anywhere near as much as the original film on which it is based; but I can say that I liked it about a billion times more than MARY POPPINS. As for awards, I've given up on them, years ago. They're meaningless. I don't care who/what wins.

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