Details on SPIDER-MAN's Christopher Tierney's Accident and Condition

[macbeth]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 2:28pm

Not a surprise it was MUCH worse than the production initially (and still has admitted). It sounds like it's going to be a long and hard recovery but if anyone can do it, it'll be Chris.
Click Here to Read Details on SPIDER-MAN's Christopher Tierney's Accident and Condition

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 2:30pm

Not interested in suing because it was an accident? Has he not read DMM's persuasive arguments?

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:11pm

Of course, BWW mis-quotes the article multiple times.

Spider-Man’ Actor Was Fortunate to Survive, Father Says

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:18pm

Not suing? Forgive my cynicism, but either he's an idiot or he's been given a very good cheque from someone connected with the production. You dont fall thirty feel and sustain those kinds of injuries, and then say, "Oh well, accidents happen".

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:23pm

Anyone else wonder if the actors all signed something prior to starting agreeing never to sue should anything go wrong?
Updated On: 12/26/10 at 03:23 PM

[Disneyland Magic Man]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:26pm

^ I sadly think you might be right.

I hope that Chris will be able to dance/perform again, but that lies in fate's hands now. This could take his performing life away... And financial compensation for that fact alone is only appropriate.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:37pm

Jordan, I was wondering the same thing.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:37pm

Or maybe they reached an agreement without suing that's none of our business?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:39pm

These are the interwebs, Phyllis. Everything is out business.
Updated On: 12/26/10 at 03:39 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:40pm

Julie asked him when he would be returning after she said How Are You?

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:51pm

"Not a surprise it was MUCH worse than the production initially (and still has admitted)."

I wonder if the production/producers were only allowed to limited information. It could have been at the family's request. Just a thought.

[Disneyland Magic Man]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 3:53pm

^ Or it could have been them hoping the family wouldn't talk to the press and a few broken ribs and some internal bleeding is a LOT LESS of a blow than what actually happened.

People may have risen to buy tickets when Chris got injured, but that might not settle so well with a lot of people knowing how bad he actually got hurt. No one wants to think that Spider-Man actually almost killed someone.

[winston89]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:08pm

Disneyland,

While I am sorry for Chris's injuries. Let me say that I find your need of online potations laughable considering your username. You do realize that Disney is not known for being the best place for actors to work at. There have been loads of actor related injuries at their shows and parks. I just find it rather funny that you are preaching the death of the spider-man musical. Yet, your username supports the Disney organisation.

[wonkit]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:10pm

Signing an agreement not to sue in the event of injury is probably unenforceable. In many states, even if you "assume the risk" by taking a dangerous job, if the employer is negligent, you can still recover against it. Also, having such an agreement drawn up in advance suggests that the producers knew there was an unusual risk involved, and this can be used to establish a rebuttable presumption of danger if an employee sues. Trust me, the personal injury lawyers know how to create a case. And, in the face of all this legal mumbo-jumbo, my thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Tierney. Internal bleeding is not ever something minor.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:15pm

I am sure the Producers are making sure Mr Tierney will not experience financial hardship anytime in the near future. It would behoove them to keep this low key and out of the courts.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:17pm

"There have been loads of actor related injuries at their shows and parks"

Me being one of them, which is why I get pissed of when he just rants for no apparent reason.

[Disneyland Magic Man]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:18pm

This thread is not about Disney, so I find it offensive that you open your response with "While I'm sorry", as if it is not something important whatsoever that Chris might never get to work again, so that you can trash the Walt Disney Company, which before you brought it up, wasn't even mentioned in this thread.

Some of you people are so hard-pressed to see ANYTHING negative come out of Spider-Man. It makes me wonder if the Spidey team is paying you off as well.

Reality check, there are things called bad musicals. Sometimes they cost a lot of money. And it makes the world a better place to have them fall on their face so that other Broadway producers can learn from those mistakes to create better work. If Spider-Man fails, it wont be the end of Broadway. It wont be the end of people taking risks. Edgier works that aren't commercially driven with limited production values will start to pop up even more. Next To Normal won a Pulitzer Prize for being NOTHING like Spider-Man.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:21pm

"Some of you people are so hard-pressed to see ANYTHING negative come out of Spider-Man."


That's not it at all. It's just that we are getting sick of all of your negative rants about shutting the show down, how it's not a 'Broadway' show, and any other crap you post.

And if you are offended by an apology, then it's no one's problem but your own.

[SingingChef]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:24pm

Thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:26pm

"If Spider-Man fails, it wont be the end of Broadway. It wont be the end of people taking risks."

Then why do you have what seems to be a vendetta with the show?



"Next To Normal won a Pulitzer Prize for being NOTHING like Spider-Man."

I wont even start on the irrelevance of that, but, did you really just compare Next to Normal to Spider-Man? Seriously?

Updated On: 12/26/10 at 04:26 PM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:34pm

Anyone else wonder if the actors all signed something prior to starting agreeing never to sue should anything go wrong?

Would Equity even allow one? I doubt it.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:34pm

Well if Disneyland Magic Man had any validity prior, it's now completely lost. What a hypocrite!

Broadway is, and forever will be, a SERIES OF THEATERS COMMITTED TO COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS-MINDED ENTERTAINMENT. The fact that there are shows like NEXT TO NORMAL having commercial success is nice, but very difficult to pull off. Fact is, ANY show, whether it has artistic merit or not, is a GAMBLE. MAMMA MIA! has a worse book than SPIDER-MAN, in my opinion, but I don't see you complaining about its book? At least SPIDER-MAN has one-up on MAMMA MIA!: it has an original score!

[Disneyland Magic Man]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:37pm

Because I want it to close! That trash doesn't belong on a Broadway stage.

Other people's opinions might differ, and I do respect that though I don't understand why. I paid to see Shrek and it was one of the worst theatrical experiences that I've ever sat through. And that had better music than this.

I compare it to Next To Normal because Julie insists she's making art. Not only is she credited as Director, she's also credited as BOOK WRITER. There is no art in what I've heard of this book. Next To Normal is a Pulitzer Prize winning musical. An award given for creating REAL dramatic art relevant to American audiences.

When this production of Spider-Man closes, whether it flops or is a hit, what's left of the actual show, the book music and lyrics is horrid beyond belief. At least "most" other spectacle shows have something tangibly good behind them that can be taken away once the spectacle of THIS PRODUCTION shuts down.

Remember, a show continues to exist after the initial production. In script and score form only.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:40pm

"Remember, a show continues to exist after the initial production. In script and score form only."

What a moron!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/26/10 at 4:46pm

"Other people's opinions might differ, and I do respect that though I don't understand why."

It's like a foutian of stupid.