The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, Part 13 — Page 19

Brina, your new avatar makes me want to bake. But I need to refrain until at least my Halloween cake.

it really shouldn't usurp the show for highlight of the evening. We're there to see Adam and Anthony in the SHOW, right?

you are correct. At this point my mentality is that I've been lucky to see them both in Rent, and it's been a once in a lifetime opportunity. If I'm lucky I can maybe meet Adam at one of his shows this year, if he tours in NY. It's been a privilege to see the show, that should be enough. And frankly, I'm willing to bet that if there were less people at the stagedoor and people acted with a modicum of civility, that he would come out and sign and pose for pictures and all that. But no one can expect much after the way people have been acting.

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"he kissed me! he kissed me! ahhhhhhhhhh!"

You should tell these crazy fans that story. It's like "if you act sanely, Adam will give you a kiss on the cheek" hehe. Obviously not, because then they'd be 10000 times worse than they are already

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Updated On: 8/19/07 at 08:08 PM

I think some of these people think that doing outrageous things will get them attention from the actors. They don't understand that it's only negative attention. Running down the street after someone only makes them want to avoid them more. It's something I'll just never understand. Maybe it's because I'm usually so softspoken around actors, but I don't get the people that run up to actors saying I LOVE YOU and waving photoshopped wedding pictures in their faces. I wonder if these girls think that this will actually make Adam or Anthony *want* to spend extra time talking to them.

Exactly. It'll get them attention, but probably not the kind you want. And you can get attention by behaving like a sane individual, too. I mean, it's certainly not that he just wandered up to me, went, "oh, you look like a sweet kid," and hugged me -- he knows I've been a big supporter of his work for a long time -- but treating actors like the normal people that they are (even if it takes a while to get there, heh!) has enormous pay-offs.

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That's just creepy.

I'm very soft-spoken around actors (and people in general), but even if I was not I can't imagine doing something like that just for attention.

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Thanks, Jenna. I admit, a lot hinged on Adam and Anthony being on last night. We were in NY for some family stuff also, but my motivations definitely lay elsewhere.

I wish people could find a way to put the stagedoor in perspective. I concur that talking to Adam and getting a hug (he gives good ones!) are incredibly thrilling, but for the most part it seems like people want these things because they're engaged in a strange competition. Like, so they can go onto myspace and spread the word. I very much understand wanting to speak to a performer for whom you have immense respect, but the results are better if you actually demonstrate that respect. I had a similar experience in L.A., Em - Adam hugged me, and a girl demanded to know "how I did it."

I still can't believe what I saw up on that stage, though. I'm still trying to get my head around it

Seriously! You'd think someone pulled a bunny out of a hat. "How'd you do that?!" In my head, I'm usually like, "... I don't know how to talk to you." But yeah. That's like when people ask actors to kiss them or something -- why, so you can go post on MySpace that Adam Pascal kissed your cheek? There's nothing substantive about the gesture, so it comes across as being really competitive. I mean, that night with Raul, sure, I was all giddy because... it was Raul, but at the same time, stunned because it was like "... hey, you showed affection!"

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I think it's funny how people will post that they met Adam or Anthony at the stage door. But really, you just had your playbill signed by them. This situation does stink for people who were looking for this as an opportunity to really get a chance to talk to them, though, because it won't be happening with all the chaos.

Oh dear. Crazies are on the loose again in NYC! Poor Adam! I wonder if this crowd craziness is definitely making him second guess coming back to broadway ever, lol.

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you know, i don't know that it would be the same if he were to do another broadway show. i think most people are going nuts because he has said that he probably won't so they are thinking this is their last opportunity to see/meet him on broadway. if he were to come back, i think more people would be like oh ok, i have plenty of time/opportunities to meet him

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Right, I'm the one who posted it here. I assume someone copied it and put it on photobucket, since it's exactly the same.

From what I heard, the Aida stagedoor was much, much calmer. I think this situation is a result of the combustive combination of Adam and Anthony's almost legendary identification with Rent, the unexpectedness of their return, and the movie. Despite the movie being considered a failure, it has some really big fans. I'm not sure people think that Adam isn't ever coming back to Broadway, and if he were in a different show, I don't think there would be this kind of stagedoor situation.

Updated On: 8/19/07 at 11:08 PM

The AIDA stage door didn't get even remotely crazy until the very end. And even at the end, it was very calm and orderly. Closing night was sort of out-of-control, but nothing like this.

I don't even think it's that he's "never" coming back to Broadway -- because it's not like he said he's not. He just talked about why it's difficult. But I have to wonder if that's even what's on most of these kids' minds. I don't think it's the idea of "OMG, he's never coming back, this is my only chance to meet him!" I'm not really sure that's what's going through their heads. I think it's a lot of "OMGADAMSOHOTILOVEYOUIWANTYOURBABIES!!!" -- and like Chloe said, the fact that it's the two of them in THIS show. It's the legendary, iconic status -- the combination of loving these people AND the wild devotion to the show. It's a bit of a combustible situation. Honestly, more than I see thinking this is some last chance (how many times have we thought that?), I see a usual teenybopper mentality gone wild because... well, these are RENT fans. Notoriously obnoxious, crazy, obsessive... pick your term. It's not a fanbase that's often associated with flattering terms. For good reason.

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