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Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?- Page 2

Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?

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newintown
#25Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 12:30pm

Funny you should ask, Gotham - several years ago, I was tortured at a workshop of a show called That's Andy! (the exclamation point may not have actually been there), a show about a little boy who wants to play Annie in his school production, throwing his entire town into a tizzy. Unbearably witless dreck, although the simple description sounds promising.

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#26Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 1:12pm

I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused.

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#27Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 2:04pm

Jordan has the best threads.

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Bettyboy72
#28Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 2:06pm

That girl doing the impersonation of Audra MCDonald didn't deserve a Tony nod. Sorry.


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LindaTNo1
#29Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 2:56pm

WOW! This thread can be a loaded one, for sure. Now, a person would have to do a racial spreadsheet of all the nominations/wins of Broadway shows to get an accurate representation. It is hard to say. Is there racial balance on Broadway? I would think so, especially this year around with Fences, Memphis, Ragtime, among others. Is there some bias? Maybe and maybe not. Would organizations such as NAACP, Operation Push and others have a valid argument on the omission of Black Actors for consideration for awards?

I would hope that the nomination committees of all Broadway/Off Broadway shows would look at performances and let that be their criteria in nominating, etc. Ethnic origin should have no bearing on the actor and his/her performance. It is performance and should be only performance!

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#30Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 3:26pm



Updated On: 5/18/10 at 03:26 PM

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tazber
#31Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 3:37pm

The person who started this thread was joking.


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#32Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 3:47pm


Updated On: 5/18/10 at 03:47 PM

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wonderwaiter
#33Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 3:51pm

Threads like these are the reason I pay to be a member here.


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#34Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 3:56pm

Reading opinions of hyper-solemn people is like [verb here] in a warm bath...

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#35Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 3:58pm

Donkey punching?

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doodlenyc
#36Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 4:16pm

If they seperated the categories, Mako would never had been nominated and BD Wong wouldnt have won for playing a woman playing a man...or...whatever. Then who would've opened the Law and Order floodgates?


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newintown
#37Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 4:40pm

"Donkey punching" was exactly what I had in mind!

But I would also have accepted "hot carling."

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BroadwayBaby6
#38Why Were Only The White Actors From RAGTIME Nominated?
Posted: 5/18/10 at 5:31pm

Because the revival performances of Coalhouse and Sarah couldn't match the original DEFINITIVE performances by Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald.


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