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Mostly About the Tony Awards
Jun. 8th, 2009 04:44 pmThe highlight of Saturday night's story swap was Tim's version of Goldilocks, with dinosaurs instead of bears. (And a boy as the main character, but it doesn't really matter.)
I can't really pick out a highlight of knitting group, but it is always enjoyable. I do find it interesting that some people think garter stitch is easier for social knitting than stockinette, though.
I have more to say about the Tony Awards.
First, I am less enthused about the opening number than some other people seem to be, partly because I'm never really fond of the whole switching back and forth between multiple songs thing. It was also far too long.
I didn't think Neil Patrick Harris (who I generally like) was all that effective a host, but I'm not sure I've ever seen an effective host. I don't blame the hosts - it's the writers who come up write incredibly moronic jokes every single year. Admittedly, I turned off the TV in exhaustion once "Billy Elliott" got announced as best musical so I did not see his wrap-up song, which got good reviews.
The choices of what songs to do from the nominated musicals are often odd and that was again true. The only one that actually made me want to see a show was the bit from "Next to Normal," which I hadn't seen down at Arena Stage because the premise seemed so unpromising for a musical. I kind of understand why they used the dance at the gym sequence for "West Side Story" but it is not the sort of thing to attract a mainstream audience.
The excerpts from the plays were too little to be worth including. I'd prefer they either give a complete scene or nothing at all. If they hadn't included the atrocious bits from touring companies of mediocre musicals, they'd have had the time to do the plays justice.
Liza Minelli looked dreadful (and acted strange). Angela Lansbury seems to have gotten somewhat frail, but I thought having her present Jerry Herman's award for lifetime achievement was a nice touch. Somehow, I had never actually realized that he is three years younger than Stephen Sondheim, by the way. I also thought it interesting (though not at all surprising) which of his shows they mentioned.
The technical problems were also annoying. Not just the bad microphones but the camera alignment during the tribute to the dead which often made it impossible to see who they were supposed to be giving tribute to.
All in all, I don't think it was a particularly effective awards show. Which is a pity since it's the only awards show I care about and, hence, the only awards show I watch.
I can't really pick out a highlight of knitting group, but it is always enjoyable. I do find it interesting that some people think garter stitch is easier for social knitting than stockinette, though.
I have more to say about the Tony Awards.
First, I am less enthused about the opening number than some other people seem to be, partly because I'm never really fond of the whole switching back and forth between multiple songs thing. It was also far too long.
I didn't think Neil Patrick Harris (who I generally like) was all that effective a host, but I'm not sure I've ever seen an effective host. I don't blame the hosts - it's the writers who come up write incredibly moronic jokes every single year. Admittedly, I turned off the TV in exhaustion once "Billy Elliott" got announced as best musical so I did not see his wrap-up song, which got good reviews.
The choices of what songs to do from the nominated musicals are often odd and that was again true. The only one that actually made me want to see a show was the bit from "Next to Normal," which I hadn't seen down at Arena Stage because the premise seemed so unpromising for a musical. I kind of understand why they used the dance at the gym sequence for "West Side Story" but it is not the sort of thing to attract a mainstream audience.
The excerpts from the plays were too little to be worth including. I'd prefer they either give a complete scene or nothing at all. If they hadn't included the atrocious bits from touring companies of mediocre musicals, they'd have had the time to do the plays justice.
Liza Minelli looked dreadful (and acted strange). Angela Lansbury seems to have gotten somewhat frail, but I thought having her present Jerry Herman's award for lifetime achievement was a nice touch. Somehow, I had never actually realized that he is three years younger than Stephen Sondheim, by the way. I also thought it interesting (though not at all surprising) which of his shows they mentioned.
The technical problems were also annoying. Not just the bad microphones but the camera alignment during the tribute to the dead which often made it impossible to see who they were supposed to be giving tribute to.
All in all, I don't think it was a particularly effective awards show. Which is a pity since it's the only awards show I care about and, hence, the only awards show I watch.
