Friday Open Thread | 2016 Tony Award Winners: Cynthia Erivo

Today’s Tony Winner is Cynthia Erivo, who won Best Actress in a Musical for the Color Purple, where she played Celie.

 

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12:  Actress Cynthia Erivo accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in "The Color Purple" onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City.  (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Actress Cynthia Erivo accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical in “The Color Purple” onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Cynthia Erivo of "The Color Purple" performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City.  (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 12: Cynthia Erivo of “The Color Purple” performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

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28 Responses to Friday Open Thread | 2016 Tony Award Winners: Cynthia Erivo

  1. rikyrah says:

    FX makes me mad. They never really got behind this show.

    If not for the miracle of the DVR, I wouldn’t have even known this show is back on.

    Tyrant!!

  2. Liza says:

    This website is a mass shooting tracker. I believe the magic number is 4. To be a mass shooter, you have to hit four people but they do not necessarily have to die. Well, you can see that just in 2016 there is an outrageous number of mass shootings.

    So, the obvious pattern we are seeing is that these shooters who want national attention, those who believe they can change the course of events by their actions, have to up the ante. Otherwise, your mass shooting remains a local issue which most of them are. Examples:

    Tucson – attempt to kill a congressional representative to show hatred of government
    Aurora – open fire in a crowded movie theater for high injury and body count
    Newton – open fire on little children in school for high body count
    Charleston – open fire on black folks praying in a church for white supremacy
    Orlando – open fire with an assault weapon in a crowded LGBT nightclub for highest body count
    Dallas – open sniper fire on police monitoring a protest

    https://www.massshootingtracker.org/data

    • Liza says:

      Notice how many unknown shooters there are. But still, think about what it takes to get recognized, and that is certainly the goal of domestic terrorists. That is why these acts are becoming increasingly outrageous.

  3. rikyrah says:

    Law professor’s response to BLM shirt complaint.
    by KatakaMaka · 2 months ago
    1L Student’s complaint, page 1.

    http://imgur.com/a/YkDVQ

  4. Ametia says:

    We need more JANE ELLIOTS

  5. rikyrah says:

    Ladies, check you email.

  6. Ametia says:

    Trained assassins? No one on the GROUND

    So the answer to keeping cops safe for white people mean they kill black folks?

  7. Ametia says:

    TGIF

    The family of these slaughtered cops are grieving. May God have mercy on them.

    So riddle me this: Why don’t we see these cops speak out about the ongoing senseless MURDERS of Black people?

    Now they trot out the black guy. The suspect said he wants to hurt white people? The suspect I dead so that’s hear say.

    THIS WHOLE incident STINKS.

    I’m going to focus on the two killing of black communities this week.

    • Ametia says:

      That’s how they play the game, folks! throw the fishing line out and pull up a nigga to further STOKE the fear of white folks.

  8. rikyrah says:

    Morning Everyone.
    Once again, I can’t sleep.

    • Ametia says:

      The focus is now on Dallas. WE need to keep up our support of Alton and Philando. The cops are NOT our friends. I don’t care what city they’re from.

  9. That’s big fucking guns

    Eyewitness video of downtown Dallas shooting

  10. Good morning, everyone!

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