F*ck the Tonys
Okay the oscars always choose whatever improves the artform. Films that push the boundaries and do amazing things and great cinematography. The films with moving and daring stories. The reward the people who improve the art form. The reward the ones who went the extra mile. Tonys? Oh they don’t do that here. Nope the only time they’ve ever done that is with Hamilton. They only like what makes them feel good. The stories that make them all warm and fuzzy and happy. The go lucky ones. Or the funny ones. Or the ones with happier endings. The ones that are more “traditional broadway”. West Side Story lost to Music Man Wicked lost to Avenue Q Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 lost to Dear Evan Hansen. The ones who won aren’t bad shows. I personally do like DEH a lot and Avenue Q is funny. But they do not push the boundaries like their counter parts. West Side Story was a story about racism in the 1950’s and how it affected not black people, hispanic people. Wicked was a new and fresh take on a story that has been done to death and is now known as a classic. The songs are beautiful and original and the visuals are great. Great Comet used a proscenium stage something that has been hardly used on broadway. If not hardly, than it’s never been used. It made this strange mix of electro and traditional russian music work. It interacts with the audience which is more than what most of these plays can say. It teaches a lesson that isn’t heard often. Follow your dreams but with caution. It’s a musical adaptation of War and Peace for f*cks sake. Yet the adademy doesn’t choose these and I’m getting sick of it. Dear Evan Hansen already had a cult following. Avenue Q I believe had one as well. They would have been just fine without that tony. Wicked was fine without the tony. Great Comet was not. And Great Comet went the extra mile DEH didn’t. Again I really enjoy DEH, but from a structural and historical view point, Great Comet deserved that tony. And I’m getting fed up with their stupid decisions.
EDIT: So yes Avenue Q did push boundaries it pushed a lot of them and is a great show so I should have said that not only is it the ones who push boundaries but also the ones that are better structurally and theatrically. Wicked is better at the art form in general because of how it is presented and the songs are stronger. So it should have one because again it was the one that really outshined when it came to the art form in general. Which is the problem with these tonys they don't seem to know when to give what. It is best if it pushes bounds AND is structurally and theatrically amazing. But again they seem to have a biased which really sucks...