THE OFFICIAL 2018 TONY AWARDS VIEWING THREAD — Page 20

This is the board for people who love theater, and the thread for discussing recognition for excellence in theater. I am on exactly the right board. I will not keep my morals and ideals in the closet any more than you will.

Morals? So those of us who believe in live and let live, inclusivity, kindness are immoral, by your yardstick? It's disturbing that you claim to be a theater fan yet are entirely unaffected by its power to touch hearts and open minds.

richsmo said: "ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "richsmo said: "JBC3 said: "Theatre-goers who cannot handle someone thanking his husband should probably stay at home lest they accidentally come to a show that will more deeply challenge their delicate sensibilities."

How about "deeply offend their religious values" ? I guess there no Tolerance in this "inclusive community" for that kind of diversity. It's not called bigotry, it's called keep your private affairs private.If you cannot conceive of the possibility of someone sincerely believing that gay marriage is wrong, then maybe you are the delicate one, snowflake.

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You're in the wrong board and wrong community. Asking gay people to not thank their husbands and wives is like telling the straight people to not acknowledge their spouses and children. If a white person thanked his/her black spouse or vice versa would you be saying the same thing? People used to use religious arguments to argue for slavery and against integration as well. Gay marriage is legal in all fifty states and non-discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation exists in 21 states and in more cities."

This is the board for people who love theater, and the thread for discussing recognition for excellence in theater. I am on exactly the right board. I will not keep my morals and ideals in the closet any more than you will. And I doappreciate what you are saying, that it's not reasonable to ask gay people to not mention their loved ones. I'll think about it some more. It's equally not reasonable to expect me to be able to share the Tonys with my young kids if men make it all a big show about singing to their husbands. One day my kids will be older and more sophisticated and able to understand and empathize with all people, all of whomare made God's image.

The racial thing is a straw man argument. Religion has nothing to say about the kind of racial intermarriage you are talking about.

Theatre is a self-professed open community, where outcasts are welcome. As a person who is religious I am definitely anoutcast in secular society, and I would expect more from you all, more inclusivity and tolerance, than I've seen so far.

Didn’t man create god in his own image?

Sondheimite said: "South Fl Marc said: "Dear Sondheimite - you are horse**** I sincerely hope all naysayers heads explode

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Do you know me? Why would you launch words like this at me because you don't agree with my opinions on theatre? You are the type of person that makes theatre a pretentious place where people are scared to join the community because of backlash from fVckweeds who think that they are gatekeepers.

But since this is how you communicate, I'll mirror:
Grow up and I hope they find your ugly head during your next prostate examination, you bitter old claptrap."

Honey, tomorrow, I won't remember you at all. You said Tony Shaloub winning was horses&t, and I said the same thing about your opinion. The Band's Visit won a lot of awards, get over it. But in the end, I don't care what you think or say.

Updated On: 6/10/18 at 11:11 PM

Couldn't bring myself to watch, knowing the outcome was going to be grim, grim, grim. Glad I didn't. The outcome was grim, grim,grim.

The tuneless, crashing bore received the expected coronation by the sages known as the Tony Award voters.

The critics had already hyped the thing to the nth degree, got it to transfer to Broadway, and got it to to play to sellout audiences. Then a funny thing happened. Word of mouth started to spread that the tuneless bore was ..... a tuneless bore. And then the critics' darling stopped selling out.

No way that could stand. The eminent sages known as Tony Award voters came riding to the rescue, showering it with awards galore. Awards that will once again lure unsuspecting members of the public to buy tickets to something they will hate, and push the thing to sellout status once again. That is, until word of mouth spreads anew.

The critics, the Tony voters, the theatrical elite must be so pleased this evening! They win once again.

Don't they always?

Unfortunately, the public loses. Once again.

And the theatre, too.

South Fl Marc said: "Sondheimite said: "South Fl Marc said: "Dear Sondheimite - you are horse**** I sincerely hope all naysayers heads explode

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Do you know me? Why would you launch words like this at me because you don't agree with my opinions on theatre? You are the type of person that makes theatre a pretentious place where people are scared to join the community because of backlash from fVckweeds who think that they are gatekeepers.

But since this is how you communicate, I'll mirror:
Grow up and I hope they find your ugly head during your next prostate examination, you bitter old claptrap."

Honey, tomorrow, I won't remember you at all. You said You said Tony Shalooub winning was horses&t, and I said the same thing about your opinion. The Band's Visit won a lot of awards, get over it. But in the end, I don't care what you think or say."

You are twisting, honey.

I said Ethan not winning was horsesh!t. I would have said that if any of the other nominees won. I'm sorry my opinion of a theatre awards show angered you to the point where you had to call me horsesh!t but you honestly DO care what I think to engage me in such a way. Your logic is all over the place and you obviously have issues in your personality that you need to get to the bottom of that cause you to behave in a way such as this,

Let me tell you something that might change your little life:
People can have different opinions than you.

Updated On: 6/10/18 at 11:13 PM

After Eight said: "

Couldn't bring myself to watch, knowing the outcome was going to be grim, grim, grim. Glad I didn't. The outcome was grim, grim,grim.

The tuneless, crashing bore received the expected coronation by the sages known as the Tony Award voters.

The critics had already hyped the thing to the nth degree, got it to transfer to Broadway, and got it to to play to sellout audiences. Then a funny thing happened. Word of mouth started to spread that the tuneless bore was ..... a tuneless bore. And then the critics' darling stopped selling out.

No way that could stand. The eminent sages known as Tony Award voters came riding to the rescue, showering it with awards galore. Awards that will once again lure unsuspecting members of the public to buy tickets to something they will hate, and push the thing to sellout status once again. That is, until word of mouth spreads anew.

The critics, the Tony voters, the theatrical elite must be so pleased this evening! They win once again.

Don't they always?

Unfortunately, the public loses. Once again.

And the theatre, too."

It was the best of the bunch, deal with it x

I was very surprised that Ethan Slater did not receive the Tony.

Miles2Go2 said: "fashionguru_23 said: "Did Lauren Ambrose mouth "Big Deal" after Once on this Island performed?"

Did she really?!?!?"

No, she didn't. Couldn't replay it anymore, but I thought she said something like "Amazing".