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Posted: 5/7/07 at 12:28pm
If you think the kids at BATB/TARZAN are bad...what about the kids at LOVEMUSIK? You know...the gray-haired ones...
On the Saturday matinee this past weekend, I attended LOVEMUSIK. Sat in the balcony (mezz), right section second row. In the center section second row, there was a rather large elderly gentleman sitting on the aisle seat with his wife to his left.
30 minutes into Act II, a couple was ushered in (during a blackout), and they were sitting in his row. He refused to get up in the first moment. "Oh they should be shot," he said. As he was shh'ed by the usher and got up, he continued to loudly state "They should be shot. They shouldn't have been admitted." Audience members shh'ed him and things cooled down...for the moment.
Toward the end of Act I, there is a part of a scene where the action is played far downstage. The railing is obstructing our view of that area. The angry gentleman's wife decides to stand up and hunch over to see. Her chin bumps the head of the woman, also elderly, sitting in front of her. The woman turns around and says "Do you mind sitting down!?" and third elderly woman sitting behind the wife said very harshly and loudly "TAKE YOUR SEAT AND SIT DOWN!!!!" As the wife turns to sit, the woman sitting behind her slaps her face. It wasn't a harsh slap, it was actually like a slight smack...perhaps better described as a "tap to the head." Nonetheless, she put her hands on her. She was stunned and I expected the worst. But she sat down and the rest of the Act was smooth sailing.
At intermission, the gentleman and his wife stood slowly and elegantly, she took his arm, and they gracefully and in their snooty own way, walked out giving evil glares to the audience. They didn't return for Act II.
I hate people sometimes. I can tolerate the kids at the Disney shows, but these are ADULTS and people who have lived my lifespan thus far four times over. You'd think they'd be better behaved.
On the Saturday matinee this past weekend, I attended LOVEMUSIK. Sat in the balcony (mezz), right section second row. In the center section second row, there was a rather large elderly gentleman sitting on the aisle seat with his wife to his left.
30 minutes into Act II, a couple was ushered in (during a blackout), and they were sitting in his row. He refused to get up in the first moment. "Oh they should be shot," he said. As he was shh'ed by the usher and got up, he continued to loudly state "They should be shot. They shouldn't have been admitted." Audience members shh'ed him and things cooled down...for the moment.
Toward the end of Act I, there is a part of a scene where the action is played far downstage. The railing is obstructing our view of that area. The angry gentleman's wife decides to stand up and hunch over to see. Her chin bumps the head of the woman, also elderly, sitting in front of her. The woman turns around and says "Do you mind sitting down!?" and third elderly woman sitting behind the wife said very harshly and loudly "TAKE YOUR SEAT AND SIT DOWN!!!!" As the wife turns to sit, the woman sitting behind her slaps her face. It wasn't a harsh slap, it was actually like a slight smack...perhaps better described as a "tap to the head." Nonetheless, she put her hands on her. She was stunned and I expected the worst. But she sat down and the rest of the Act was smooth sailing.
At intermission, the gentleman and his wife stood slowly and elegantly, she took his arm, and they gracefully and in their snooty own way, walked out giving evil glares to the audience. They didn't return for Act II.
I hate people sometimes. I can tolerate the kids at the Disney shows, but these are ADULTS and people who have lived my lifespan thus far four times over. You'd think they'd be better behaved.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
