Adam Pascal sounds off on the haters!

From his facebook:

Adam Pascal
So, I need to get this off my chest. I have said before how I hate these Broadwayworld chat boards, but yet I occasionally take a look, only to get burned every time by some hater. Well, last night I went up on my lines during one of my #'s in Chicago. It happens... Well, wouldn't you know it, one of these chatroom bullies happened to be in the audience and was obviously frothing at the mouth to get home and blast away at me. "I cant remember lines", I'm not professional", "they feel bad for me"..blah blah blah.
Now, I am aware that because of what I do, I am a target for all sorts of judgment and criticism. I accept that. But for all the people who sit at home and use their words anonymously as tools to make others feel bad, so they can feel good, you will never feel good. Real happiness comes from within. As I learn this myself, I can tell you that with every drop of vitriol that comes from your lips, you are poisoning your own soul. I will sit here for an hour, be annoyed at what you said, do some deep breathing and then let it go. You, will undoubtedly stew in your own unhappiness and dissatisfaction with life, pick your next target, sit in the dark in the balcony, as you did with me and wait for them to make a mistake so you can once again, hide anonymously in front of your computer screen and say "Ha! see everyone..see, they're no good, they're not deserving of success, they're phonies".
The truth is, you could never in a million years do what it is we do 8 times a week. You would step out on stage and piss your pants. So Please hater, don't feel bad for me as you said you do. You need to feel bad for yourself for being the kind of person who gets off on trying hurt others.
Finally, to all my fans who will read this, please don't comment with defending me. I'm not looking for compliments or "yeah you tell em Adam". Just try and remember the sentiment, next time you want to use your computer as an outlet for bullying..
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I agree with Adam. You all should be ashamed. It's not like you have the talent or stamina to do his job.

Updated On: 6/7/13 at 01:44 PM

Wow, it's like some people don't even know that being on broadway in in the top 5 most demanding jobs!

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The comments in the thread in question were hardly bullying- I wouldn't even consider them necessarily bitchy.

For someone who claims he is letting the criticism "go," he certainly didn't really seem to let it go.

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Also, I tore a muscle rolling my eyes as soon as he broke out with the "Well, YOU try doing it 8 times a week!" argument.

That's not the audience member's job. That's YOUR job. It's not my job to perform knee surgery either, but if my surgeon messes up, I'm not going to be silent just because I personally don't have the ability to perform the surgery.

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Here is the twist everyone: I am Adam Pascal HAHAAH :p

I haven't read the thread that soaked this, but performers have a legitimate right to defend themselves. He made a mistake. Everyone does. It's not as if it is happening consistently.

Found the thread.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1060757&dt=10

I HATE when someone prefaces an insult with a disclaimer, such as:

Now, I am aware that because of what I do, I am a target for all sorts of judgment and criticism. I accept that. But for all the people who sit at home and use their words anonymously as tools to make others feel bad, so they can feel good, you will never feel good.

No Adam, you obviously aren't aware that you're a target because if you truly understood that then you wouldn't have continued to be a bully yourself.

I've always liked him too. Shame he's such a baby.

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Updated On: 11/17/14 at 02:42 PM

Tell me when there's a copy editing message board and we'll talk.

(OK, so there are blogs dedicated to funny typos, but you know what I mean. Some jobs have a mass audience and some don't. It's not like one goes into the entertainment industry imagining they can perform in a vacuum.)

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For most people on here, our jobs don't involve performing for an audience of 1000+ nightly for months at a time- audiences paying top dollar to be there.

They've already exposed themselves and opened themselves up for critique. This board is an extension of the discussion that goes on in bars and at dinner tables blocks from the theater.

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how are you a bigger person if you judge Winston as being a nobody or a loser deriving joy from the experience of catching a Broadway star in a flub? This does more damage for him than what Winston said.

EXACTLY

Then, show us where Winston bullied. By saying that he should have covered better? I'm sure even he knows that.