"classy speeches"

#1

"classy speeches"

Posted: 6/6/04 at 11:50pm

I've read this in a couple threads.....the Idina thread, of course. And I do think that Idina's speech was great....but Ms. Rashad's speech.....
First of all, I have never seen someone so collected but her speech seemed VERY well put together to me. I mean, maybe it was the product of advance planning but I thought it was very well done....

---

(formerly bronte604) "You really just love money and power and capitalism? You know they're never going to love you back." "Things happen for the best...I don't even believe that myself."

#2

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/6/04 at 11:55pm

I agree: Ms. Rashad was so dignified and glamorous--she is truly a class act. I also thought that Michael Cerveris (sp?) gave a wonderful acceptance speech--very gracious

~m~

---

For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical. ~The Importance of Being Earnest~

#3

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/6/04 at 11:55pm

My dad's eyes were rolling all through her speech. But to each their own. I actually really liked Anika Noni Rose and Idina Menzels' speeches, even if they didn't seem as planned.

#4

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/6/04 at 11:56pm

Both ladies from RAISIN were very graceful and elegant. It was very nice to see. :)

---

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#5

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/6/04 at 11:57pm

Mr. Mays without a doubt and Michael Cerveris

---

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

#6

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 12:03am

I thought it was so sweet that Idina mentioned Kristin in the way she did and said such wonderful things about her. Seeing Kristin about to cry was making ME tear up.

And Mr. Cerveris was funny.

---

DJ Jellyfeltz's Weekly "Don't You Just Hate That?" (courtesy of Scott Cohen)
Walking by the same person you've already walked by in the dairy, produce, and frozen-food sections.
*I AM A MEMBER OF THE BWW.COM RADIOACTIVE SQUIRREL CLUB*

Updated On: 6/7/04 at 12:03 AM

#7

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 12:58am

I was listening to Rashad's speech and was thinking to myself. "I wouldn't want to have to be in the pit playing the music over Rashad's speech if it goes too long."

---

My avatar is a reminder to myself. I need lots of reminders...

#8

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 2:49am

I liked Rashad's speech, my dad thought it was awful and that she came off like a snob.

---

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

#9

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 2:52am

See EVE HARRINGTON AWARD thread.

---

PEACE.

#10

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 2:52am

I didn't like Rashad's speech.
I don't like it when people seem like they're acting when doing their speeches.
There's a time and place for acting.
Shouldn't a Best Actress winner know that?

I loved Menzel's speech.
"my beautiful husband who tells me he loves me everytime I feel like I'm being a huge loser"
Maybe not the most eloquent line in the world, but definitely from the heart.

---

I starred in a short film called Magnetic Personality. Check it out!

#11

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 3:00am

I must have seen a different speech than you guys. I went back and watched it again and it was a very nice, "classy" acceptance speech from an incredibly graceful lady.

---

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#12

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 3:07am

Now go watch the awards scene in ALL ABOUT EVE again.

---

PEACE.

#13

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 3:09am

Suleen, I can't take anything you say seriously with that pic! Where did you find that??

---

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#14

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 3:11am

Me, eighth grade.

---

PEACE.

#15

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 4:04am

Rashad's speech was magnificently delivered and I adore her in everything I've seen her in. Yet I couldn't help but feel like she was delivering an audition monologue. There is such a thing as being too classy and dignified, almost as if she had expected to win all along. On the other hand, it's not often you see such composure and class from anyone on TV, so I'll chalk it up to my cynicism. She did a great job.

---

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#16

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 6:27am

I loved Idina's speech and most of the speeches that did not seem planned...they all came from the heart and were more touching that the prepracticed ones.

#17

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 8:11am

I think everyone was surprised with Idina thanking Kristin in her speech and the way in which she did. Truly a class act regardless of the behind the scenes drama with the two divas.

---

Call it a regime change...

#18

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 8:16am

Well, I think that one of the speeches given by some guy winning for 'I Am My Own Wife' (it wasn't Jefferson on this one) was kind of inappropriate. I mean, yes, the point he was trying to make (gay marriage should be allowed) was a very good one, but right at the exact moment he started saying it, the orchestra started up and he closed with something I thought was a little idiotic. "What if Charlotte wanted to marry Alfred?" (something like that) The guy had trouble collecting his thoughts to put all that out there anyway, so it didn't work out at all. Just a thought.

#19

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 8:19am

"Behind the scene drama??" What is this? I thought they were friends both on and off the stage...

And PR's speech came of horribly snobby to me. Sheesh.

---

"I'm gonna jump! Don't do it! Okay!"

#20

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 9:12am

My dad as Idina during her acceptance speech: "Kristen, you just light up that stage....but IIII won the tony...nahnahnahnahnahnah."

I loved Idina and Anika Noni Rose's. Michael Cerveris' was my favorite. Jefferson Mayes' was classy. *Phylicia Rashaad....her speech sounded SOOOOO rehearsed. It was GOOD. But REHEARSED.

*spelled that REALLY wrong the first time

---

Plince! Plince! Nein! T-Rex!!

Updated On: 6/7/04 at 09:12 AM

#21

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 9:18am

I liked Jackman's speech. His tribute to the Australian actor who originated the role was a classy touch - as was his dedication of the award to Peter Allen.

---

Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!

#22

I agree - Rashad was classy

Posted: 6/7/04 at 10:46am

she was not acting. She was composed and she knew what she wanted to say. I think she was eloquent and got her point across very well.

---

"Life is a lesson in humility"

#23

idina was very touching

Posted: 6/7/04 at 10:54am

i think that idina's speech was very touching and from the heart.

#24

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 10:57am

I thought Idina's speech was wonderfully real and from the heart. She is wonderfully talented and extremely hard-working, and I think she absolutely deserved that award. I have to say though, I think my favorite speech was by Brian F. O'Byrne for Frozen. He opted not to thank anyone, mentioned that he had the best role on Broadway, and used the rest of his time to plug Frozen. There was just something so amusing in that to me.

#25

re: 'classy speeches'

Posted: 6/7/04 at 11:04am

All of the speeches were wonderful. Just about all of them really set the bar for acceptance speeches, both in content and heart. The only crap speech was that abortion of a comment about an important issue that came out of the Best Play acceptance.

---

Hamlet's father.