BERNADETTE WAS ROBBED

[beautywickedlover]

Bernadette really was ROBBED. I LOVE Laura Osnes to death, but Bernadette deserved the nomnation more. Last year was when Laura Osnes should have been nominated when she plaed Hope Harcourt in 'Anything Goes'.

[Kad]

Guys. She's getting a Tony, for being herself. Just like she would have been nominated on the strength that she is herself. The second it was announced she would be receiving an honorary award, it was pretty clear (to me) odds are she wouldn't be nominated.

[HBP]

I am not not too upset about it. I saw Bernadette as Sally in August and was left pretty cold by her. It was fun to see her onstage, as she is kind of a celebrity, but I kept imagining "if this were a lesser-known actress giving us this kind of performance, people would be pissed."

[E.Davis]

I can honestly say that I am not surprised that she was snubbed. Oh, well get over it. Does she really need to be nominated to prove anything? I saw both her Desiree and Sally and I felt she was much strong in Night Music. Her only saving grace in Follies was "Losing my Mind".

I am just hoping Jan can finally a fresh Tony into that bag of hers.

[Borstalboy]

I always thought Bernadette would be the ideal Sally, but her performance disappointed me. The night I saw it she self-indulgently sobbed through "Losing My Mind" to the point where the song was lost and the performance in general was filled with audience-pleasing dosie-do's that were really off-putting. I really like Bernadette, but shes of an earlier musical generation who deliver everything in the script with a tilted head and a wink. Musical theater acting has moved on, as Danny Burstein and Jan Maxwell proved in the exact same production.

[ChildrenwillListen]

It's not the first time Bernadette was robbed so I'm sure she'll get there again in the future.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

I think it was just a few months ago when everyone was saying Best Actress would be a race between Bernadette and E. Roger.

Guess not.

Naw, baby, I was there, too and you are exactly right. There was quite a vocal camp who were resolute that Bernadette was a lock! A LOCK.

It must suck to be the only one of the four to be nominated, but really, she's the only one of the four who didn't deserve to be nominated.

[After Eight]

"She's getting a Tony, for being herself. Just like she would have been nominated on the strength that she is herself. "

Strange comment. Were Maxwell, Burstein, Raines, and Houdyshell nominated on the strength of their being themselves? If not, then why would that have been the case for Peters had she been nominated?

She wasn't nominated because snubbing worthy people is the modus operandi of the Tonys.

[PalJoey]

She wasn't nominated because her Sally was weird.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Weird, weepy and wrong!

[After Eight]

"She wasn't nominated because her Sally was weird."

Sally is, and has always been weird.

[artscallion]

and unhinged, overwrought, one note and shallow. It was me that was ROBBED, when I paid $150 to see her.

[FindingNamo]

But Bernadette's Sally had an invisible lozenge in her mouth the whole show.

[artscallion]

And I'm normally a fan of hers. But just because you're famous does not mean you're always good...or deserving of a nomination.

[Taryn]

She probably wasn't nominated because her Sally was dismal.

[rjm516]

She really wasn't.

[Kad]

"Strange comment. Were Maxwell, Burstein, Raines, and Houdyshell nominated on the strength of their being themselves? If not, then why would that have been the case for Peters had she been nominated?"

I meant if she had been nominated, it probably would've been solely because she is Bernadette Peters.

[PalJoey]

But she wasn't, so does that mean she isn't?

[Kad]

Yes.

[After Eight]

^

I understood that. But are you saying that it was impossible that some people would have thought her performance good?

I thought it was very good.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Just ignore After Eight y'all. If he's in a Follies-related thread, he be trollin'.

[Kad]

That is not what I am saying.

Her performance was extremely divisive in the community, as evidenced by the opinions in this thread alone, and I feel that if she had gotten the nomination, it would largely have been accredited to her status as a beloved musical theatre icon giving her a boost. People going "But she's Bernadette, so..."

Her castmates were generally more liked, with the exception of Ron Raines, who could be argued managed to eke out a place due to some well-placed snubbing.

However, she didn't get the nomination so it's all hypothetical anyway. And she's still getting a Tony, effectively honoring her work in Follies and every other role she's ever done.

[Mister Matt]

Somebody broke into Bernadette's house? What do you think they took?

[tazber]

Her original script of The Jerk.

[Kad]

I'd be pissed if that happened, too. The Jerk is great.

[Johnnycantdecide]

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