The Tonys Are Cute, But Democracy Is Watching
No matter how many sequins and confetti you throw at it, the arts are not decoration; they’re infrastructure. Every authoritarian playbook on record starts the same way: silence the artists, bury the work, erase the record.
So, looking at the 2026 Tony Awards in a country where racism is being deliberately stoked like a campaign strategy, the night reads differently. The spectacle is real—but it’s the topcoat.
Underneath, you can see something far more serious: who is actually authoring American culture in real time, and whose stories are refused the luxury of being called “just entertainment.”
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