I agree that it's a bit of a two-man race for lead actor in a musical, but Platt has been the safest bet for a prediction all season. Are things actually changing?
I'm also always amazed when someone doesn't believe that Ben Platt is deserving of that Tony. Say what you want about the show, but there is someone wrong if you can't recognize Platt's virtuosic performance in DEH. Andy Karl is great, but his role (even though it is a physically demanding performance) is no where near as vocally or emotionally demanding as Platt's. Platt's performance is absolutely one of the greatest performances that I have ever seen and probably will ever see. Riedel is just being an ass by saying otherwise.
I honestly don't really think that there is a two man race. Platt is basically a lock. Yes, if Platt were not there, Karl would win, but Platt is there and is giving a performance that is out of this world.
Well, based on Riedel's predictions from previous years, either Great Comet or DEH should expect to have a clean sweep at the Tonys, with CFA being shut out.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
icecreambenjamin said: "muscle23ftl said: "I actually agree with him for once
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O for God's sake....
You're obsessed with me :)
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"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Say what you want about the show, but there is someone wrong if you can't recognize Platt's virtuosic performance in DEH.
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icecreambenjamin, I really don't believe you when you tell people to say what they like about the show. In a previous thread where people were attempting to have an intelligent discussion about the flaws within the book of the show, you said what equated to "la la la I can't hear you it's perfect and you're all wrong". Honestly, that's fine (I've been known to steamroll those who disagree with me myself), but it's not like you're particularly objective about the show.
That being said, Ben Platt gave an all-time great performance in Dear Evan Hansen. The kind of musical performance that will get talked about in twenty five or thirty years as still one of the most fundamentally complete and powerful performances people have ever seen. The show sucks, but hey, what can you do?
I hope Riedel is right about Dolly!, but I've learned never to underestimate the tenacity of the the powers that be in trampling on things that give people joy.
I fear he is only too right about A Doll's House, 2, alas. Just look at the plethora of nominations the critics' darling got. The woeful business it has been doing indicates just what appeal it holds for the public. So now the public has to be "taught" (i.e., indoctrinated) to see it--- and say they like it, no matter what! It's the kind of smart-ass, "look at how hip and cool I am," play that flatters smart-ass "look at how hip and cool I am" people by reaffirming how hip and cool they are. Unfortunately, there are numerous people of that stripe who decide what should win awards --- and what should not.
Does Riedel start these threads on here just to have people talk about him? His articles are the worst and he makes up half of what he writes. Can people be banned on here for starting threads based on his articles?
djoko84 said: "Does Riedel start these threads on here just to have people talk about him? His articles are the worst and he makes up half of what he writes. Can people be banned on here for starting threads based on his articles?
Well, this site could ban posters for starting threads you don't like, or I dunno, you could just ignore them.