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Are the Finley Awards a crock of @!#$?

Wed, 1 Dec 1999, 09:39 pm
Walter Plinge12 posts in thread
Every year everyone raves about this award night but I am always nonplussed

RE: Are the Finley Awards a crock

Fri, 3 Dec 1999, 07:35 pm
Walter Plinge
Of course the Finley Awards are a crock!
Why?
Because as a theatre community we are all too nice!!
When was the last time there was a fight outside the venue because someone didn't like the fact that they came second?
When was the last time an entire theatre group walked out en masse because they were ignored in the awards?
When was the last time the objectivity of the adjudicators was called into question?
[Oh, I'm sorry, that happens every year doesn't it]
Maybe it is time that the ITA thought about extending the awards... Y'know I bet that if we actually did have Best Actor/Director awards at the Finleys there would be a lot more bad blood about.
And this is EXACTLY what we need to make the night TRULY interesting!
More fighting, more bitching, more irreparable rifts between people...
Paul "Way too much Scorpio in my chart" Treasure

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Are the Finley Awards a crock of @!#$?Walter Plinge1 Dec 1999
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