Adam Pascal sounds off on the haters! — Page 9

>> Plus people who come on strong and too quickly try to ingratiate themselves often seem like trolls, who like to come strong and too quickly try to ingratiate themselves. People also tend to be suspicious when a first time poster bypasses the main board for the off-topic board.

That's paranoid.

I actually went on Mr.Pascal's page and defended Winston. I feel like he overreacted and that Winston did nothing too bad. I hope I don't get ripped to shreds by the fan girls!

"I never once faulted him for making a mistake, nor would I, he's human and allowed to do that."

Well, by posting about it here after the performance and questioning his history, ya kinda did

In all seriousness...I've been to hundreds of shows and have seen more dropped lines, missed cues, wrong wording in verses, etc.. than I can count, and each time write it off to part of the charm of live theater should it ever happen. I don't think it would even occur to me to post on the board to question their professionalism or ask if it happens a lot with the performer. Found that a little odd, and I can see why it's annoying to blow a line and read about it on a public forum. Probably seemed like an unnecessary thing to put out there to him. But, yes, you had the right to post it. And yes, he had the right to go on his OWN Facebook page and be annoyed.

Bully? Bit of a strong word, and as a teacher, I'm not a fan of using the term loosely. But if you wanted to make an argument? Imbalance of power - someone like Winston has a LOT more liberties when it comes to sharing opinions or posting things on here than Adam would being performer. Posters like Winston can post whatever, and his opinions and thoughts go out to a large population. Adam speaks his mind on is own page about it and 8 pages pop up here saying Adam should get a thicker skin, calling him a baby, saying he shouldn't have voiced what he did, etc.... Anything a performer like Adam posts will be looked at under a microscope, picked apart, so one could argue he has to be a lot more careful with what he puts out there. Being a "winston" behind an anonymous screen name on a message board is different than Adam posting ANYTHING. Power isn't exactly balanced if you want to get technical. Was winston bullying? Don't have a thought on that.

^^^OMG John Adams I spit my drink out!!! That was too funny!

Becky is my heroine.

---

We'll be telling out grandkids about this thread.

That's paranoid.

I guess, but it doesn't mean it doesn't happen with great regularity. You've only been here a few months so perhaps you've yet to encounter it.

No one is telling anyone how to feel. We're just talking about what words mean and what they don't mean.

The 2013 Webster's dictionary defines bullying as "any word or combination of words that are said to or about someone that they disagree with"

Man, I'm surprised that so many if you are so anti-Adam. Granted, I grew up a fan of him, but the guy can actually act and has had a pretty interesting career.


Regardless, we all know that Broadwayworld boards are a bit...catty, at least. It's probably better that a performer not read them and yet, I'm guessing that he's a guy who cares about his job and so sometimes, he does.

I think that the bigger point I take from this is not specifically about Adam but that comments any of us make can and do have an effect and can hurt people. Especially performers, as many of us are sensitive types. That doesn't mean we shouldn't comment and I haven't even read the original comment that started this long thread. But I do think it's important to remember that words can hurt and while you have the right to express an opinion, sometimes it's just kind of mean spirited and hurts people. Probably, the original guy who make the comment wasn't thinking about that.

---

Someone else's story 2,

If you're going to pass judgment upon what I wrote, at least have the decency to go to the original thread in question, read what I wrote and form your own opinions.

Secondly, I'm not going to lie. It's kind of cool to see people coming to my defense on Facebook. It's not needed, but you know something, not bad either. I will say this, if the situation at hand was that I did in fact do something wrong, I would have no issue with offering out a public mea culpa. But, considering that many people here have felt that I didn't cross a line, this whole thing isn't bothering me one ioda. What Pascal said about me doesn't bother me, nor does the fact that he basically sent a cyber lynch mob my way. And, I know that I may be opening up a can of worms by saying that. But, if Pascal or any one of his fans really wants to take issue with what I said, I would have no problem doing it via PM.

---

Isn't this the same man who asked ( bullied ) posters in changing there reviews on the reNt movie on these very boards?

---