Ahhhh...Helene2...I was wondering when your demented, distorted view of the world would be heard from again.
You claim:
t's one thing to love a show, it's another to attack anyone who doesn't. Unfounded and untrue. There are literally dozens of posters on this board who have voiced negative opinions about Addams and I have said nary a word. I voice my disagreement with certain opinions and do so selectively either when I disagree vehemently or when I feel that the opinion expressed is unsubstantiated.
You have used this board to promote and boost the Addams Family from the time it opened in Chicago. Promote? Hardly. Express my affinity for? Absolutely. In the same way many many other posters do for shows they like or hate as passionately.
But you don't respect anyone else's right to an opinion. Again, unfounded and untrue. I didn't respect YOUR right to express information as fact that you could not know or that could be reasonably disproven. But what I very specifically don't do is invalidate anyone's right to an opinion. In point of fact, in almost every instance, you'll note that I go to specific lengths to make it clear that the person with whom I take issue is in fact entitled to their opinion. However, if I think they're opinion can be disproven, I will seek to do so. But if it's a pure subjective opinion, please show me where I've denied (whatever that means) anyone the right to theirs.
You constantly try to intimidate and discourage anyone who posts an opposing view. You have repeatedly gone on long emotional diatribes attacking everyone, myself included, who criticized this show, questioning motives and making accusations. Really? Please show me intimidation (what exactly does that even mean online?). Perhaps the fact that I use big words and tend to err on the side of writing more rather than less intimidates you. If so, too bad. I'm good at expressing myself and enjoy doing so. That's my right, just the same as it's yours (if only you were better at it). As for "emotional", that's your interpretation but I can assure you that there's very little emotion in most of what I write. Except perhaps in response to you. Since you're clearly an ill-informed, irrational lunatic and that just annoys me. That's the emotion you bring out in me.
Your back-and-forth on this thread, taking on all comers who dare to disagree with you, is an abuse of a public forum. Fascinating. As noted above, I take on only a fraction of the comers who hate "The Addams Family", so spare me the accusations. And as for "an abuse of a public forum", spare me as well. This forum is precisely the place where reasonable people can argue about their differing opinions about art. Or in your case, unreasonable people. If you don't like being called on your postings, rather than lashing out at the person(s) that do so, make sure they're better informed before you post in the first place. Or don't. But then don't come bitching to me.
You are way too invested in this show to just be a fan, showgoer and ticket buyer, so please give us a break and quit pretending you are just an impartial theatregoer. Ahhh..there it is. I like a show too much so I must be a shill or involved. All I can say is "I wish". As I've said before, I have had some involvement tangentially in theatre in the past and I have quite a few friends who work in the industry. But as they themselves will tell you, I'm as quick to bemoan their work as I am to praise it. Probably MORE likely to bemoan it as I like very little. I just happen to really like "The Addams Family", I happen to have seen it earlier than most and more often than most, and in general, I like defending a minority opinion. You're of course welcome to believe whatever you like. But if I was involved in Addams, I doubt I would waste my time arguing with the folks on BWW. It's more fun precisely because I have nothing to gain or lose.
But thanks for playing our game.
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