Tony Voting Problem

FORBES says that voters break the rules re. seeing all of the nominated shows. Is this really a problem?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2018/06/10/the-tony-awards-should-stick-to-the-rules/#53249a46549e

Also, I see two reasons for the lack of enforcement:
1. Bway League/ATW didn't think of it.
2. Bway League/ATW is lazy, and didn't care.

It hasn't been enforced because it's kind of unenforceable.

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Oscar voters are not shy about actively not watching some nominated films (like Brokeback Mountain).

Grammy voters vote for the same ol’ crap every year. I bet they didn’t even try to listen to Lemonade.

Emmy voters...you think they watch entire miniseries before voting? At least actors just submit one episode each, but series votes are tough when they have to watch several hours of each show just to “vote fairly.”

So yeah, the Tonys have less of a problem than the other awards shows. You can knock them all out in one or two trips to NYC.

The article says that there is a self-reporting system. Using that is better than nothing.

The ATW does not have unlimited resources. There is no efficient way to make sure that every Tony voter- hundreds and hundreds of people- has seen everything.

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The Oscars are even worse for this.

I know someone who votes who gives his screeners to his bimbo wife and 16 year old daughter and they decide his votes.

I literally JUST voted for the Emmy’s an hour ago and I haven’t seen every show that could be nominated. Not by a long shot. But I voted. And I think I made some good choices.

JSquared2 said: "Impossible2 said: "The Oscars are even worse for this.

I know someone who votes who gives his screenersto his bimbo wife and 16 year old daughter and they decide his votes."



Gee that doesn't sound like you have a personal grudge at ALL!"

Well I don't like his wife much and his daughters lovely and all, but she really shouldn't be having a say in who wins Academy Awards x

Updated On: 6/11/18 at 06:04 PM