David Geffen Leaves Born Yesterday Early

[fflagg]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 11:35am

http://www.showbiz411.com/2011/06/16/media-mogul-david-geffen-wasnt-born-yesterday

I guess his trick had to get home for milk and cookies before bed.

Geffen: tons of money and no class.

[hyperbole_and_a_half]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 11:54am

Maybe he was laughing too hard and the staples in his face started popping? :/

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 11:54am

People used to walk out of shows all the time. It's not a jail sentence, and if they're not being entertained then I think it's appropriate (as long as they don't create a disturbance for others who are watching). At least he waited until intermission.

They also used to give standing ovations only when they were deserved. Not an automatic reflex at the end of every Broadway show.

[fflagg]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:01pm

Friends have seen him leave early at other shows. He's a sleaze. Having tons of money does not make you a nice person. Barbra Streisand has also left shows at intermission. She probably didn't like the way she was lit from her seat.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:04pm

"PS At least Geffen stayed until the intermission. Barbara Walters walked out of “Spider Man” a half hour into its first act on Tuesday night. Is this a trend?"


LOL! Love it!

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:07pm

So, fflagg, only rich and famous people who you dislike walk out of shows. Gotcha.

Updated On: 6/16/11 at 12:07 PM

[johnpressman]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:07pm

Barbara Walters can't walk anymore

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:22pm

And referring to whoever Geffen was with as a 'trick' and the little 'milk and cookies' remark is the height of class?

[newintown]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:25pm

Well, it is David Geffen... might as well acknowledge what's already widely known, rather than believe everyone is Hayley Mills or June Cleaver.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:27pm

Or perhaps FFlagg is nettled by the fact that David Geffen is bored with ass that she couldn't even get a whiff of.

[fflagg]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:30pm

1. "whom" not "who"
2. this is a forum for opinions on issues and people of the day, right? if you don't agree with my opinions, then that is your opinion. Fine and God bless.

I love how so many people here cannot "talk" about things in a mature way without making personal attacks.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:33pm

So your post was not a personal attack on David Geffen?

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:35pm

And it's not just one in a series of thinly veiled homophobic remarks by fflagg?

You deserve ever verbal lashing you get.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:44pm

I love how so many people here cannot "talk" about things in a mature way without making personal attacks.

So, you think your comments about Geffen are the height of maturity?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 12:53pm

"Friends have seen him leave early at other shows. He's a sleaze."

My, but you have unsual standards to qualify someone as a sleaze.

[hyperbole_and_a_half]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 1:00pm

Not every criticism of a gay man is thinly veiled homophobia, and some on this board really shouldn't fall back on that lazy crutch of an accusation every time a poster is deemed to have gone beyond the pale. Hugh Heffner is prominent heterosexual icon who has also been derided over his choice of "romantic" partnerships that are more likely based on money and opportunity than on attraction or love, so your concern has been noted but can be stowed (and I think you know where).

This is the internet, folks. Stream-of-consciousness diatribes and unfiltered opinion is what differentiates this medium from any other, for good or for ill. If you want "polite," go find a tea party.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 1:09pm

"Not every criticism of a gay man is thinly veiled homophobia"

Absolutely true. But this is specifically about fflagg's continued derision of gays on this and the off-topic board. It happens often and should be called out each and every time.

[harris007]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 1:20pm

"I love how so many people here cannot "talk" about things in a mature way without making personal attacks."


Thats a f***ing joke coming from you fflagg, you take every chance you get to slam the gays.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 1:23pm

I think people should definitely defer to the person who has been here for less than two months. Who needs the educated opinions of people who know the history and context of fflagg's posts? Why, this is the internet, etcetera.

[tommyboy]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 1:33pm

Namo, I think you should capitalize the "I" in internet.

AND "etcetera" is two words, therefore a space between the t and c would be correct.

AND, could you please direct me to the Empire State Building? Or should just go f**k myself?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 1:50pm

Leave fflagg alone! It's been AGES since he posted a thread about how hot the contestants are on the Price is Right, so clearly he is going through a rough patch!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 2:14pm

This whole thing is beyond bizarre- he left at intermission. So? It's not like he stormed out mid-scene. He went out at intermission and didn't come back. There is no story. He was with a "good looking young man." OK. And? I miss journalism.

It's not until you get to words like "trick" and the assumption his companion wanted "Milk and cookies" that it starts to get a little skeevy.

[JP2]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 2:19pm

The majority of the time when I see a celeb at a Broadway show, they leave during the intermission. I didn't realize this was new.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 2:33pm

I hate the old people who amble up the aisle at the start of curtain calls. Friggin sleazes.

[tommyboy]

Posted: 6/16/11 at 2:59pm

Namo -- These AK's are just trying to fflag down a taxi and get back to the UES before the youngsters elbow them to the curb. That's life in the big city.