2002 Awards - Jumping to Conclusions (Part 1)
began with a letter further along in the alphabet than "Q."
This year had 10 post-Q wins (distributed between Sweet Smell
of Success, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Urinetown!).
An adjective in your title will only help you win if you're
a Thoroughly Modern Coward: The Last 5 Years (8
noms, 2 wins), The Phantom Lady (1 nom, 0 wins),
Private Lives (14 noms, 6 wins), Reefer
Madness (2 noms, 0 wins), The Spitfire Grill
(4 noms, 0 wins), The Sweet Smell of Success (23
noms, 3 wins), Thief River (1 nom, 0 wins), Thoroughly
Modern Millie (32 noms, 12 wins), Topdog/Underdog
(7 noms, 0 wins).
Look, I've said it over and over again: Animals in your title
will kill you. The Elephant Man (5 noms), The
Seagull (2), To You, The Birdie! (1),
Topdog/Underdog (7), and The Voice of
the Turtle (1), could not manage a single win. Yes,
The Goat or Who is Sylvia? went 5 for 9, but that
title is waaayyy screwed up with a character name (see below)
and punctuation (see further below).
Being bossy won't help. Thou Shalt Not (4 noms), Morning's
at Seven (19), and To You, The Birdie! (1) managed
only a single win.
A number in your title is not very helpful. Of 36 Views
(5 noms), Four (1), The Last 5
Years (8), Morning's at Seven (19), Summer
of '42 (1), only The Last 5 Years and Morning's
at Seven managed and wins (2 and 1, respectively).
Location, location, location? If you're going to use a location
in your title better use a specific place name. And make it in
America. Preferably somewhere in the mid-West. Oklahoma! went
8 for 26. Franz Kafka's The Castle isn't in America (3
noms, no wins), nor is Homebody/Kabul (1 nom, no wins).
Streets of New York is on the East coast (1 nom, no wins).The
Spitfire Grill is west of the Mississippi, but it moved and
it isn't a proper place name (4 noms, no wins). The rule is broken,
however, by Into the Woods (24 noms, 5 wins) and Urinetown!
(17 noms, 7 wins) which aren't real place name or in the
American mid-West (or are they?).
A character name in the title is not so helpful. Cressida
Among the Greeks (1 nom), Cymbeline
(2), Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (3 noms,
and don't tell me she's not a character), Everett Beekin
(1), Franny's Way
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