Profile for pmensky

MemorableUserName said: "pmensky said: ""Women went to him privately and said Ben Davis treated them inappropriately. That’s why this is being discussed. Turning around and insisting you can’t engage until you personally see their accounts lets you shift the entire conversation onto access instead of the seriousness of what those women reported. Calling that gatekeeping doesn’t expose anything. It just dodges what they said."Again, we can't dodge anything when nothing has been said.In what wa...

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "The vagueness is what's continually offputting about Sweaty.If he's got legitimate, newsworthy informationto share, at least do High School Newspaper level of reporting, instead of some vague reference to "dark sexual behavior that's legal but creepy" (paraphrasing)and five minutes of screaming about the industry. What he just posted helps nobody."He didn’t give “vague references.” He said he spoke directly to the women. It would be a betrayal for him to divulge...

MimiChika said: "pmensky said: "MimiChika said: "Sweaty Oracle is doing something very dangerous. Asking for moral purity in order to be on a Broadway show.We don’t even ask that for politicians.I just think is scary when we start digging actors personal lives in order to check for morality for them to be worthy of a role on Broadway"Calling basic accountability asking for moral purity is ridiculous. Nobody is asking actors to be saints. The point is that when people say someone caused real h...

MimiChika said: "Sweaty Oracle is doing something very dangerous. Asking for moral purity in order to be on a Broadway show.We don’t even ask that for politicians.I just think is scary when we start digging actors personal lives in order to check for morality for them to be worthy of a role on Broadway"Calling basic accountability asking for moral purity is ridiculous. Nobody is asking actors to be saints. The point is that when people say someone caused real harm, brushing it off as moral po...

Kad said: "pmensky said: "MemorableUserName said: "pmensky said: "The reactions to the allegations against Ben Davis are telling. Instead of engaging with the claim that multiple women reported inappropriate behavior, people here are mocking the messenger’s body, his clothes, and even suggesting he should be sued. His entire point was that the industry enables this behavior because people simply don’t care. This thread proves it."What allegations? What claim? So far all there's been is vaguep...

MemorableUserName said: "pmensky said: "MemorableUserName said: "pmensky said: "The reactions to the allegations against Ben Davis are telling. Instead of engaging with the claim that multiple women reported inappropriate behavior, people here are mocking the messenger’s body, his clothes, and even suggesting he should be sued. His entire point was that the industry enables this behavior because people simply don’t care. This thread proves it."What allegations? What claim? So far all there's ...

MemorableUserName said: "pmensky said: "The reactions to the allegations against Ben Davis are telling. Instead of engaging with the claim that multiple women reported inappropriate behavior, people here are mocking the messenger’s body, his clothes, and even suggesting he should be sued. His entire point was that the industry enables this behavior because people simply don’t care. This thread proves it."What allegations? What claim? So far all there's been is vagueposting. When the messenger...

Kad said: "I take allegations of abuse seriously when they come from legitimate sources. But Sweaty Oracle is not a good-faith reporter and relies on sensationalism to draw engagement. He also defended himself in the past as someone who merely repeats what he's been told with verifying it. Vague allegations from a compromised source with his own very clear and self-serving agenda should not be seen as immediately credible. Smearing somebody as an abuser on such shaky grounds is unethical."“Le...

The reactions to the allegations against Ben Davis are telling. Instead of engaging with the claim that multiple women reported inappropriate behavior, people here are mocking the messenger’s body, his clothes, and even suggesting he should be sued. His entire point was that the industry enables this behavior because people simply don’t care. This thread proves it.

SidebySidebyLogan said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "everythingtaboo said: "I saw somewhere online today someone actually upset about the supporting cast, that in a normal case these roles would be filled by regional actors, not "stars" like this case. An interesting point."Ogunquit casts are typically all New York/Broadway actors.And it’s not like Beth and Matt Doyle and Ruthie Ann are “famous” despite being Tony winners — they’re jobbing actors like everyone else."Completely agree with y...

In another video he seems to be suggesting that Cynthia Erivo will be doing a revival of Passion this season.

BrodyFosse123 said: "It’s baffling how her memoir clearly states on the cover that she didn’t write it yet people keep referring to things she wrote in her memoir.as told to Michael Feinstein:"“As told to Michael Feinstein” doesn’t change anything. It’s still her memoir and it still presents her account. Having someone shape the material doesn’t make her a passive bystander. She approved it, attached her name to it and is promoting it as her life story. Treating that phrasing as if it disconn...

The signature issue is the latest example of the same problem. Liza and Michael Feinstein told one story about the Oscars for years. The producers forced her into a wheelchair. In the book she claims Lady Gaga engineered the whole thing to harm her. She also says she would never allow AI to use her voice, yet the audiobook is obviously AI generated. Put it all together, and there is a pattern of dishonesty there. I have supported her for decades, but the last six months have made one thing cl...

Sutton Ross said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "No one publicly moralizes in quite the same way as theater people. What is it about our industry that attracts such insufferable prigs?We are not "excited" for the show to close. Jesus."Best comment. Period."The Baritone forgot to mention the part where theatre people are delusional liars who make crap about us screaming at people for days and accusing people of being “gleeful” about shows closing when neither of which happened.

Sutton Ross said: "Right so you have no examples of any attacks and have been screaming in this thread for days lecturing people, today's victims beingThe8re Phan and Kad, both incredibly reasonable and intelligent posters.You've made your point a thousand times now, we all got it. Keep screaming into the wind, no one is listening any longer."If you need to invent tone, motives, and imaginary “victims” to make your point, that’s on you. I made a straightforward comment about the way job loss ...

Sutton Ross said: "pmensky said:Yeah, we understand the way the business works. Many of us much better than you. People losing their jobs deserve empathy, not cruelty. You talk about these situations like the people involved are disposable. It shows how far you are from the reality they’re living, and the embarrassing lack of empathy and respect you have for the people who keep this business running."I think Kad is just taking the emotion out of it. It's a business, as you obviously know. I h...

The8re phan said: "while I'm certainly not celebrating anyone being out of a job, there is clearly no way to save this show. Most of us are simply curious why they are delaying the inevitable. Actually, i'd much prefer they put this out of it's misery so that the very talented cast and crew can quickly move on to other projects that stand a better chance........ my ultimate hope is for Ms. Vosk to move over to the Lunt, and perhaps prevent Death Becomes Her from closing as well"I love how you...

Kad said: "The industry is built on the idea of show turnover and it is understood that when a production cannot do sustainable business, it closes. This needs to stop being treated like a tragedy."Yeah, we understand the way the business works. Many of us much better than you. People losing their jobs deserve empathy, not cruelty. You talk about these situations like the people involved are disposable. It shows how far you are from the reality they’re living, and the embarrassing lack of emp...

broadwayboy222 said: "^This.Also, I don’t understand the comment that “she’s not the type that would do Encore’s.” I didn’t realize there was a type for Encore’s? It’s a short time commitment with a likely transfer attached. She’s perfect for the role? So why not?"Exactly. Nicole Scherzinger has done one Broadway show, won one Tony, and just had her ****cat Dolls tour cancelled. Ariana DeBose has six Broadway credits and an Oscar.

I’d be surprised if QOV gets any nominations. A lean year doesn’t mean the Tonys hand out slots by default just for showing up. Harmony ran longer than QOV and still didn’t get a single nod. And last season there were 13 eligible shows that walked away with zero nominations. The committee has no problem leaving categories partially empty when the work isn’t competitive.