Actor injured in Spiderman tonight- Page 14

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:28pm

Someone reported his father's Facebook page mentioned three cracked vertebra.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:29pm

I was responding to LizzieCurry. And no, back surgery is not automatically indicative of "critical condition". Critical implies a high risk of death in the next 24 hours. As you can see, DMM will say anything that sounds hyperbolic and hysterical.

[Disneyland Magic Man]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:33pm

Vertebrae are part of the spine. It's not back surgery. And anyone with general medical knowledge knows that ANY injury to the spine is considered serious.

I hope to god it's okay, but it's ridiculous that they won't come clean with EXACTLY happened. Ribs and internal bleeding were all that was reported. But spinal damage is more serious than both.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:36pm

^ Maybe they aren't saying more because of idiots like you.

In all seriousness, it really is none of our business anyway. Nobody has to say anything.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:38pm

Hipaa is meangingless to the likes of DMM, he DEMANDS the info for his invective arsenal!

[PRFRMR20]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:40pm

BrianS - Nice to see that as usual, people on BWW are posting nonsensical crap.

Watch this video and tell us again that the cable wasn't attached to the performer. It has slow-mo.. oooohhh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5bOZXl1xsM

The cable either broke (which is what I see, a bit of cable left over on the bridge) or it wasn't attached to the anchor.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:40pm

"And anyone with general medical knowledge knows that ANY injury to the spine is considered serious."

Wouldn't that be why he is listed in serious condition?

[Disneyland Magic Man]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:42pm

"In all seriousness, it really is none of our business anyway. Nobody has to say anything."

Because censorship is the way to go now, isn't it? It happened in front of the public, we have a right to know.

[jdtp12]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:50pm

This article says he had surgery on his back. Sorry if it's been posted already.


Link

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:50pm

It didn't happen in front of you DLMM, you watched a video clip.


You have no rights. Get over yourself.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:54pm

I fractured my L5 when I was 15 years old. It is still cracked more than 15 years later. It is something called a "scottie dog fracture". There is a surgery to repair but I never had it because it was deemed unneeded because I was so young and resilient. A 15 year who is still growing can't really compare to a 31 year old but I can share a bit of what it was like.

When I was first diagnosed I work a hard plastic backbrace under my clothes. It wasn't bulky or noticable. I also missed a whole semester of gym class. I was supposed to have physical therapy at the time but my father wouldn't allow it (he was an idiot). The first few years were difficult because of dealing with pain. Now I barely notice it but have to be careful what sort of mattress I use or what sort of shoes I wear. I can have pain from time to time but am, more or less, living a "normal" life.

Doing anything that involved jumping was difficult because the vibrations would go up my legs and jar my spine.

If these reports of cracked/fractured vertebrae are correct then he does not have an easy road ahead of him.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 3:54pm

the little old lady in the youtube video is funny. "She promised me nobody would fall on my head."

I wonder how many of the actors are wishing they could just bail on this show and look for other work.

[BrianS]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 4:20pm

PRFRMR20,

a) thank you for showing me that video. After watching it, I agree it looks like the cable snapped.

b) my conclusion was based on believing that the "human error" statement made by the production team was correct as opposed to mechanical malfunction. I guess it's still possible that it wasn't fastened correctly (human error) allowing him to fall far enough to stress the cable into breaking. "nonsensical crap" makes it sound like my opinion came out of nowhere.

c) I judge posters on the cumulative quality of their posts before dismissing them. Other than your 9 spider-man posts, it looks like your biggest contribution to this broadway chat board is pimping your friend's photography business including back to back bumps when no one responded. Well done, sir. A tip of the cap to you. We're all richer for your gifts.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 4:33pm

Vertebrae are part of the spine. It's not back surgery. And anyone with general medical knowledge knows that ANY injury to the spine is considered serious.

Vertebrae are part of the spine?!?! OMFG! Thank you for being the one to finally shed light on this!

In other news: "Serious condition" (the actor's condition) is not "critical condition" (what you made up). Anyone with general medical knowledge knows that.

Updated On: 12/22/10 at 04:33 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 4:34pm

anyone know if a final decision has been made about tonight's show?? Cancelled or still on??

[Eris0303]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 4:37pm

This article says he had surgery on his back. Sorry if it's been posted already.

This is the first I saw about surgery. I have to think he had a spinal fusion which is the surgery that was discussed in regards to my own injury.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 5:14pm

I do want to thank DMM for adding new color to the BWW Main Board.

Cotton candy pink: Meltodown in the Happiest Place on Earth

[PRFRMR20]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 6:38pm

Wow Brain... well we both joined in 07 and are "Broadway Star" status. If you actually read that careful enough you would have seen that I was truly asking for myself with no response. I ALSO posted that on the Backstage.com message board and guess what??? Someone contacted me and I saved $100 - sorry for aiding the stereotype but I guess I'm a cheap Jew. Why don't you go back a little bit in my posts and not just judge the most recent (and practical ones).

We have been here the SAME length with the SAME amount of posts... don't think you are one to tell me what "contributions" I have made to BWW.

[PRFRMR20]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 6:41pm

Excuse me... SMART cheap Jew.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 7:03pm

Interesting article from Huston.
I have known a few dancers who moved into stuntwork but like I said w a progression.Looking at the video it does seem that the end that should be the support does just fall away. To my knowledge there are two kinds of clips used((also used for climbing mountains)caribiners w either a spring or screw type gate. I Have ssen the screw type, if they were not tightened upproperly w a special wrench to a good tension open up w repeated vibration/pulls. The spring ones are usually very tight and require a fair bit of pressure to open to attach let alone detatch. ALL stunt performers are the final arbiter of their safety and even if someone else hooks them up (usually a trusted person often the stunt co-ordinator or other member of the stunt team)they confirm w each other that everything is a go.Given the time constraints in a live show, with the usual quick changes in a dark and confined space, it is possible something got missed.
Unfortunately this reminds me of what I have often heard spoken as the number 1 rule of films. "whatever it takes to get the shot." whatever it takes to get a spectacular ending being the Spiderman corollary. Either the Specicial Effects need to be dialed down to what can be reasonably accomplished given the constraints or just CGI the whole damn thing and make the audience wear 3d glasses.
Regardless, Chris Tierney has a long and difficult road ahead and I hope the production will step up and pay the man for his losses.


Dancer from Houston Updated On: 12/22/10 at 07:03 PM

[ifuweregay93]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 7:38pm

Wait a minute! They're turning Spiderman into a musical???

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 7:40pm

Why, yes. Haven't you heard? Julie Taymor is attempting genocide via U2 and musical theatre. They don't call it the Great WHITE Way for nothing!

[theminutepast]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 8:12pm

Thank you, TheatreDiva. As much as we would love to know all of the details of the injury, that information ultimately belongs to the actor. His medical information is his business and not ours, unless he chooses to disclose it.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 8:18pm

Max Bialystock: Remember when I told you I'd tell you when we were in too deep?
Leo Bloom: Yeah...
Max Bialystock: We're in too deep.
Just sustitute Taymor for Bialystock and Bono for Bloom.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 9:23pm

I just spoke to my ex back in Philly and he said that on the local news it was mentioned that one of the producers wanted to pull out but couldn't.

Just found this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20101222/cm_atlantic/couldthespidermanmusicalsagagetanyworse6302_1

Updated On: 12/22/10 at 09:23 PM