Exactly, though. People can see performers like Laura Osnes in settings outside of Broadway shows, which would then inspire them to buy a ticket to the next Broadway show she's in. And that performance is perfectly legal, like what she has done with the....has she done anything with the New York Pops? Performances like that. Those types of things inspire people, and they're NOT bootlegs, they're not illegal. Saying bootlegs are the only way people get into theater is totally not accurate. What's your stance on people who sell bootlegs, because I know there's a market for that....?
Yeah, I've never heard of an actor suing...however, there are many other things they do when people are recording their shows that make it so you cannot argue that they're okay with it. First line of defense? Ushers. In my experience, that role works like a swing in a show; they have different tracks and positions in the theater, and sometimes there are very few of them left by the end of a performance, so there are less people to stop people from filming. I do not understand people who say "if they notice you, you're doing it wrong" because you're doing it wrong anyway--simply by doing it in the first place!!! When did we get to such a spoiled society that believes that because we can't afford something, distracting actors is more important than letting them do their best work? What do you think people did fifty years ago, sixty years ago, when people just had to deal with not being able to see what they wanted? That happens. You can not expect to see every single thing you want to see. Life doesn't work that way. And I'm not speaking as someone who sees a show every other week and has my Aunt Mabel pay for my tickets. I work a full time job and can barely afford to pay for some of lifes necessities, so I just deal with not being able to see shows. I wanted to see American Son, I'm a native New Yorker and I never got to see it-I couldn't afford it! The final show of SpongeBob, to see The Prom again, to try the Wicked lottery again, The Temptations, Tina..so many shows I want to see, but do I? Do I ask someone to film it? No, Because I know I have to suck it up. This comment is NOT directed at anyone, so please do not say I'm targeting someone or attacking someone. I'm stating facts that people don't seem to understand (no one specifically in this post). I won't harp on the "stealing" terminology--I guess I was stuck on it because a performer called it that when they were ranting on social media about someone recording the show they were in. I guess bootlegs aren't what bothers me...it's the blatant disrespect people have now and how we're so used to getting things when we want them, that we expect something special like a theatrical production to be the same. Am I the only one upset at this?
