Hilarious Comments Overheard By Tourists and Audience Members- Page 92

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 5:33am

This isn't stupid, but I thought it was funny. Two weeks ago at Phantom, the show had just ended, the audience members were milling about, and I overheard some guy talking about Don Juan Triumphant:

"Dude! If I was gonna write an opera for a girl, that's the one I'd write. It was all about sex!!"

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:17pm

"I'm so excited to see Shakespeare in the park!"


Mind you....we were sitting waiting for The Bacchae to begin.

[kchenofan]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:30pm

"So taking kchenofan's logic into consideration we should think that everyone from New York is a rude jerk? Or everyone from the south south is a hick? Or everyone from California is a hippie?"

Hey, hey, hey! Don't shoot! I'm telling you this from a Jersey girl's perspective. I'll help clear things up. In the world, there is a top 5% and a bottom 95%. The top 5% is made up of kind, intelligent, hardworking people. The bottom 95% is a mixture of morons, jerks, know-it-alls, and all of the other bad qualities in the world. And might I add that BWW is filled with (mostly) people from the top 5%.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:31pm

suck up!

[kchenofan]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:32pm

That's my job.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:47pm

Kchenofan, I can't stop reading your signature over and over again. It breaks my brain, but I love it.

[kchenofan]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:02pm

I'm glad I could entertain you-- that's what I'm here for.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:17pm

All I have to say is...If you think people from Jersey are stupid, move to Tennessee.

ETA: CRAP! Typos!

Updated On: 8/15/09 at 02:17 PM

[Select a Member Name]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 3:11pm

I saw the August: Osage County tour last night. There were two elderly couples to my right who were talking very loudly.

-This is a comedy, right?
-Yes.
-Oh good. I only like comedies.

Then at intermission my dad said "So we're at half-time right?"

[kchenofan]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 4:23pm

My dad says halftime occasionally, too. He also doesn't understand why I get offended when he says "soundtrack".

[kchenofan]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 4:23pm

Double post.

Updated On: 8/15/09 at 04:23 PM

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 5:21pm

I don't know anybody who calls the intermission halftime, but I'm the only person in my family who says cast album instead of soundtrack. It's such a big pet peeve.

[legally_popular]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 8:20pm

I'm like the opposite... I call half-time in sports games intermission. I used to be a big sports fan and play basketball, but now I'm not. It takes me an hour to tell a story about one of my bball games because I keep saying intermission instead of half-time, Act 1 or Act 2 instead of the first or second half, etc. I had trouble thinking of the right terms, lol.

Calling a cast recording a "soundtrack" is a big pet peeve of mine too, but everyone I know does it. They're not theater fans so they don't know better, oh well.

[Jon]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 10:56am

Actually, hockey games have two "intermissions". Since the game is divided into three periods, there is no "halftime".

[RachelO]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 2:36pm

Last night, at Chicago:
Roxie is finishing up Funny Honey, and woman next to me suddenly shrieks "She's singing He Loves Me So!" and starts cracking up as if it's the most hysterical thing she's ever heard.
...I have absolutely no idea.

[KimmySwimmy]

Posted: 8/20/09 at 3:00pm

Last night at In the Heights there were two guys sitting in front of me and during intermission one turns to the other and said "She should just go to Berkeley....it's probably cheaper!" haha.

[beingalive123]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 2:46am

this isn't really a tourist comment, but after i went to wicked i told my friends i didn't like it very much, and i said for starters, the first thing i didn't like about it was its subpar score, my friend responded by saying, "are you kidding me, the score to wicked was amazing, it was almost as good as phantom". i was hurt a little inside.

[Craww]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 4:23am

You non-conformist you. Clearly your friend's gauche populist preferences are a gaffe beyond measure, and you should by justly lauded for your superior taste.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 5:28am

I don't care what people say, I like Phantom's score. Yeah, it's repetitive, but so's Sweeney Todd. I think the real flaws of Phantom are mostly in the book/plot adaptation/lyrics/characterization rather than the music, but that's just me!

[boyfromoz2]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 6:37am

Schmerg - wouldn't it just be easier to say that Phantom's score is the only good thing about the show?

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 6:55am

Well, I think the sets and special effects and choreography are pretty good-- and when good actors/singers play the leads, they're another plus!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 8:56am

^Isn't that always the case? (about good actors in a show?)

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:04am

But the sets, choreography, special effects, and good actors aren't inherent to the show. Those are good things about the Broadway PRODUCTION of Phantom, not the musical itself.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:45am

True. I just didn't want anyone getting all up in arms and saying, "But [insert actor who played a role in Phantom] is so talented! How can you say the music is the only thing that's good about Phantom!" But I think we all know by now that I always end up saying something pretty dumb whenever I try to explain something I said earlier...

[HollyGolightly2]

Posted: 8/21/09 at 11:55am

I wouldn't say the only good thing about Phantom is the music, but it's the best thing (yes, I am a shameless fan... Not an obsessive 'phan', though.). The story does have quite a few flaws (I had no idea what the crap was going on the first time I saw it), and after reading the original book and the prequel/rewrite by Susan Kay, the musical feels really dull. There's a ton of awesome stuff ALW decided not to include.

Updated On: 8/21/09 at 11:55 AM