Alice Ripley takes the subway — Page 8

"What I meant, Kelly, that in all our considerable combined experience, we seemingly haven't witnessed celebrities being harassed (for lack of a better word) in the manner that you have."

I would argue that while you certainly have more experience than I do, the fan culture of theatre and the obsessive need to document encounters and insert oneself into the lives of those they admire has become increasingly worse in the digital age. I personally have noted that people of my generation and younger have a much more entitled attitude in this regard than older folks I know. A friend currently starring in a show said recently to me how sad she feels it is that all people want when they encounter her, whether at stage door or not, is a photo or to somehow take something from the experience they can run and post online and how her encounters have become less and less about actual discussion of the show, her performance, or theatre in general, and more about obtaining something, which she finds as much more of an annoying nuisance than a simple compliment.

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And now you've introduced an entirely different angle to your previous argument, Kelly. Certainly a valid one, but it wasn't mentioned in any of your previous discussions - and it's an entirely different discussion.

Most fans are relatively sane, as the poster above me (and Reg, and John, and Whizzer, and others) have said. The loonies stick out.

I have a good friend whose name you would surely recognize, who was stalked by a fan for a while. That situation, while awful, was resolved, and this performer still very much enjoys fan interaction.

Updated On: 5/14/13 at 12:10 PM

Oh, this is getting good.

[deleted out of respect for Jane2]

Updated On: 5/16/13 at 03:53 PM

[deleted out of respect for Jane2 - but Jane, don't push me. You've been very nasty to me for no reason. Please don't do it again.]

Updated On: 5/16/13 at 05:00 PM

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Updated On: 5/15/13 at 05:53 PM

Happening upon this thread tonight was one of the best things to happen all week.

I'm dying to know the commercial Jane2 was in and how ghostlight knows her and why they have such issue with one another and find it appropriate to air their laundry here.

I'm also dying to know how Kelly2 expects people to not approach a celebrity (of any level) when they are out in public. Or perhaps she/you realize(s) this is an inevitability but its occurrence is something you personally disagree with because of your personal opinions which certainly cannot be proven to be that of every performer that has ever been stopped on the street to qualify that anyone else's differing opinion is wrong.

Jennifer Lawrence, arguably one of the biggest stars in the world right now, has said she will never (and has never, that I've heard/read) complained about being stopped on the street by fans because she realizes she chose a life that results in fame.

Fans can make or break an entertainer. I get that they have their own lives with places to be and people to see, but if they stop and engage rather than a quick smile and keep walking, they've made the [wise] choice to do so.

(I will concede if someone runs up to them, screams in their face, cries, tells them she is their 4th favorite Elphaba ever, and asks for 3 funny-face photos and 4 autographs, that is certainly excessive and cause for criticism.)

Also I just realized it's Jane2 and Kelly2. Coincidence?

>> "I'm dying to know the commercial Jane2 was in and how ghostlight knows her and why they have such issue with one another and find it appropriate to air their laundry here."

Oh, Saints be praised!!!
MEEEEE TOOOOOO!
(I just didn't want to stir the hornet's nest...!)

I am DYING to see a clip of, or know the product Jane2 represented in her commercial. (All the rest I can overlook... Been there, done that!)

Quite simply, veronicamae, Jane2 started up some very old business that she found appropriate to air here, even though she could not fully recall the details. I offered to delete all my posts if she deleted her attacks on me, which is what happened. The rest, though I understand your curiousity, is no one's business.

The reason I deleted my posts is because I saw I was entertaining the troops with my personal business and that's the only reason.

done.

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Who cares if she takes the subway. What is the big deal?

I agree with Newintown, especially that fawning over a celeb is tourist, star struck behavior. That's fine for some folk, but I don't want to appear that way.

I have complimented actors on occasion, but only if we're working together in some capacity and the topic comes up.

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