I’m watching the Tony Awards, hosted by the phenomenal Neil Patrick Harris, and as always I am blown away by his ability to do it all. Sing. Dance. Tell a joke. Perform magic. And, most importantly…
Have a sense of humor about it all.
But once the Tony winners start taking the stage, that goes right out the window.
Take the lovely Judith Light, who won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
She graciously thanked everyone in the American Theatre Wing, the voters, her cast and crew, the box office workers, her family, her manager and agent, etc, etc.
And then she started talking to the theatre community. Got all hyper-earnest and intense. You could see sweat start to glisten on her upper lip, and veins pop out on her forehead.
And I just wanted to say, “Judith, chill. Let’s get some perspective here.”
I mean, I had a letter to Sports Illustrated published in the mailbag of the June 10th issue, and you don’t see me standing on a street corner making speeches about it.
(Maybe tomorrow.)
Fair-weather friends
Fickle, thy name is golf announcer.
You can quote me on that.
The leader board morphed and changed throughout the four-day tourney at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
But nothing compared to the announcers’ ever-changing opinions and support of the players at the top.
When Phil Michelson was leading the pack going into Sunday, they couldn’t say enough about his talent and the timing, with his birthday and Father’s Day all coming together. He could finally erase all the other runner-up finishes at the Open.
When he failed to deliver? They just wrote it off to “missed opportunities.” There were no shows of support, no explanations.
Phil just messed up.
As other golfers took the lead – Mahan, Day, Els — the announcers’ support surged and waned. They could always explain who was best, and just as quickly write them off. Might as well keep them behind the microphone, though –
They’d be murder on a real relationship.
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