Dear Hunter Foster, Meredith Patterson, Chris Sieber and Anyone Else With Internet Access — Page 4

Thanks for the link, Lizzie. You know, this whole brouhaha has made me think of something. I know there was much talk a couple years back about the negative effects of anonymous sites such as BWW. But I kind of think that for the "Broadway Community", Facebook may be worse. Broadway is different from Hollywood in that a fan can 'stagedoor' and actually have face to face time with someone in a Broadway show. Then, the fan can 'friend' said actor (perhaps with a message reminding the actor of their encounter at the stage door) and as it's hard to ignore a flattering friend request....voila, a facebook "friendship" is born. (Notice that these actors who have been involved in this discussion have thousands of "friends" - most of them, obviously, fans. Or not even fans, but people who just want to be associated with Broadway actors.) So, said actor makes some ludicrous post on facebook, and in an effort to gain favor with this actor, his or her "friends" comment with unwavering support, whatever the bizarre post that was made by the actor. And, unfortunately, the actors involved think that they have actually made a legitimate point because of all of the positive comments. Thus, the LACK of anonymity is the problem. These fan/friends WANT to have their names attached to the supportive comments. Being noticed by the Broadway "star" (and I use that term loosely) is more important than the merits of the "comment." It kind of reminds me of the recent Alice Ripley craziness. While her use of the term "fag" was obviously inappropriate, I don't think she is a homophobe at all. However, it took her quite some time to apologize for losing her temper (as we all do) because her facebook fan/friends were so eager to support her, even though had a non-Tony winner called someone a "fag", these same people would have (rightfully) gone ballistic. But that apology probably took longer than it should have because of all of the comments which seemed to say "Go Alice! Call him a fag! Loved you in N2N! Thanks for accepting my friend request!" This facebook phenomenon seems to make these Broadway journeymen (sorry, they aren't stars) lose the objectivity and accountability that would give them the common sense to realize that, for example, this "movement" is nothing more than pettiness, envy, and jealousy. It's quite sad.

othell where did she post that?


nvm, it was on her twitter: http://twitter.com/merpatterson

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Updated On: 6/20/10 at 09:28 PM

patibelle, I agree -- the fan/friend line issue has been a problem for a while. But as has been discretion.

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Love dominates? Really? Like she was being so loving.

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I still have the page open with the blog post if anyone didn't get a chance to read it, but I don't really want to cause any further trouble and post it on here...

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The irony is just too delicious.

She's shocked at peoples' "hatred" towards her and refers to them as "mean-spirited." Well, what about her mean-spirited hatred towards Catherine Zeta-Jones, Scarlett Johansson, and Denzel Washington??

She truly doesn't get it.

Updated On: 6/20/10 at 09:41 PM

She's kind of biting, nasty and clueless -- it's the recipe that made Sarah Palin a national treat.

I still think Sieber's comments were worse. That asinine boooooo. I mean, seriously, Chris. You should be ashamed of your non-Tony winning self.

It's funny, Sleeper2, that you mentioned Sarah Palin. That has been the first thing that has come to my mind repeatedly about certain Broadway actors (Cody, Patterson, Foster) that have been discussed here. They all live by their facebook accounts. And think that enough goodwill on these facebook accounts can supercede REALITY. They think that enough positive comments about whatever crap they post proves them right. And any negative comments to their posts just gets filed under the category of "hate". Kind of reminds me of that James Frey guy. Who wrote "A Million Little Pieces." When people first started to uncover evidence that he had made up so much of it, the first thing he put on his blog was "Let the Haters Hate." Apparently, these days, the opposite of fantasy and ego is "hate."

I honestly have lost respect for, and have no desire to see any show that Hunter Foster, Jen Cody, Christopher Sieber, Natascia Diaz, and Meredith Patterson are in.

Same here. Completely agree. I wish one of them had the balls to post here.

Patterson is especially hilarious and delusional in her Twitter posts. She is acting like she is a victim of random cyberbullying:

"Wow, sad ppl @erynroberts: It's really sad. They did a story on NBC about it, people just browse blogs and leave mean comments just for fun.
37 minutes ago via UberTwitter"

PLEASE. This was not a case of 13-year-olds commenting "for fun" and saying "UR UGLY AND U SUX KILL URSELF." All of the comments I saw had valid, mature points, and some of the posters seemed like they genuinely wanted to help her when they asked her to take the post down or apologize. The only "mean" one was the one about the Olive Garden commercial, but even then, there's a POINT there. When are these people going to get it? There's no way to make themselves look good at this point. Accusing people of "buying" Tonys just because they happily turned to their husband when they won, calling winners "vulgar cows"... even if they WERE being bullied in a mean way, I'd say they deserve everything that's coming. With their immature, bitter, and idiotic "campaign", they have done everything they possibly could to try to tarnish the wins of CZJ, Johansson, and Washington. Luckily, Team Hollywood is having the last laugh, as evidenced by Johansson's eloquent and tactful response to the Facebook group.

But you know what, I'd like to see... MEREDITH PATTERSON AND CHRISTOPHER SIEBER IN FENCES! NATASCIA DIAZ AS CATHERINE CARBONE! JENNIFER CODY AND HUNTER FOSTER AS DESIREE AND MADAME ARMFELDT! YES! That'll show those Hollywood ****ers!

I'm curious about something. Will this controversy dissipate over time or does it have "legs"? I'm trying to be like Switzerland (neutral). from RC in Austin, Texas

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She's unpopular with the populace!

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