The Kristin/Kelli/Chita competition... — Page 14

"I wouldn't consider in any way , shape or form a Kelli win as some sort of "Tony pity award". She would be a contender this or any year for her take on Ana."

I don't think a Kelli win would be a Pity award, but so much of the reasoning on this thread leans in that direction. My point was that it should be judged objectively from, not comparatively to the past. Going that direction only enforces the idea that she should win because she hasn't won one for past roles, i.e. a pity award. To be clear: Her performance his year is certainly worthy of the nomination (and hypothetical win) in its own right.

""Philly: How many voters voted for Kelli?"
I dont know anyone who voted for Kelli. They all said Kristin lol"

You also don't know any Tony voters, so that's 0 for Kelli and 0 for Kristin.

"it still feels too close to call", in how that sentence from the NYT votes poll ends

I understand that they came very close in the poll, probably something like within 2-3 votes, something that could easily be reversed in the batch of the next 44 votes you ask.

We gotta count all the votes I guess.

All signs seemed to be pointing in Kelli's direction.

We shall know in a few minutes.

She did it.

Reminiscent of when Chita won in 1984 over the superior Bernadette Peters. She was overdue too.

"Chita waited a much longer time than Kelli, though.
So happy for Kelli! "

The way these posters have been writing, you'd think Kelli was the unluckiest Tony nominee ever and had been waiting her whole life to win.

"As for Miles, I thought Lucas blew her out of the water with her performance. I'm shocked the youngster didn't take the Tony.

I do think this is a case where Lucas and Kuhn may have split enough votes to help Miles take the win. I would have strongly preferred either of the former to win, but Miles did give a performance that I found award-worthy.

Oh Bilbo. You just keep telling yourself that. I guess it's impossible for you to fathom that people are capable of disagreeing with your personal taste, and they happened to like Kelli more than Kristin. But again, keep telling yourself what you need to in order for you to sleep at night.

I am still on cloud nine from her win and acceptance speech last night.

Friom this thread one might think it's exceptional that overdue-ness is a factor in award voting.

When in truth it's more the rule than the exception.

Moreover, often the winner who gets honored for body of work ostensibly wins for a performance that isn't really impressive.

That's not the case with Kelli's Anna.

Updated On: 6/8/15 at 08:45 AM

She should have won for Bridges instead.

Updated On: 6/8/15 at 09:00 AM

Oh Bilbo. You just keep telling yourself that. I guess it's impossible for you to fathom that people are capable of disagreeing with your personal taste, and they happened to like Kelli more than Kristin. But again, keep telling yourself what you need to in order for you to sleep at night

This has nothing to do with personal taste. I wanted Beth to win. I'm just calling a spade a spade. Don't get all huffy just cause some people don't agree with who won. Get over yourself. And for the record, I DO think Kelli deserved the award. Her and Kristin both did. All I'm pointing out is Kristin was being judged by the performance she gave this year, and Kelli was not. It's not a dig to Kelli, It's not like she has any control over the voting, so you can put your little Kelli flag back in your pocket. The one thing I love about Kelli is that she has never let this whole overdue thing define her, even though many of her supporters very much tried to define her as the poor woman who still hasn't gotten a tony. "Woe is her" shtick. She never succumbed to it and has always remained professional about it. In the end, her speech was great and Kristin was so classy and funny about the loss. Life goes on.