How to compliment a show without being called a SHILL?- Page 2

[Testing1232]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 9:00pm

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[Matt C]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 9:09pm

thanks

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 10:12pm

Updated On: 9/8/04 at 10:12 PM

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 9/8/04 at 10:46pm

What a shilly question!!

[Spiritoflaw]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 12:12am

I'm sorry about having to ask this: What is a "SHILL"? Thankx for your patience...

[steveshack]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 10:53am

I think what irritates people most is multiple threads on the same show. If you love Brooklyn, I want to hear more about it. But I won't read three or four threads about it. You know, pick one and leave it at that.

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 11:04am

and it IS possible to do just that... there seems to be one Bare thread, with a few others thrown in, so anyone who says an all-purpose thread doesn't work, should see how that one IS...

[SamIAm]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 1:44pm

and are therefore pretty easy to spot as opposed to shills on other boards.

MOST of the people on these boards are just fanatical about a show and I do take issue with calling someone a 'shill' which has a very specific meaning...when they may just be an avid fan

That having been said, the shills usually post very specific information, links to things to buy tickets, etc and POUND for a bit...then run away as Margo has said.

Anyone else is just a fan ad nausea

[WOSQ]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 4:29pm

[Using Brooklyn as an example.]

As a way of complimenting a show without being deemed a shill, I would avoid the following types of words and/or phrases:
brilliant
fantastic
the best show I have ever seen
fabulous
genius
and virtually any superlative.
[Feel free to add any give-away adjectives of your own.]

Comments like that will lead to a letdown and bad word-of-mouth and could very well hurt the show you like. You might want to comment that it was a show you liked a lot and is worth watching for, and leaving it at that.

Tell us WHY you liked the show not THAT you liked it. Let us know via your comments that you've got some brains and discernment. Through your comments you will be able to tell us whether you've seen it or not. I get the feeling that the entire population of Colorado was crammed into a small theatre in Denver to see this untried and unsung musical.

Don't bleat about how brilliant-fabulous-great the show is especially when it is still in rehearsal. You haven't seen the show that is coming in. Once previews start things change.

And why pay full price for this show when there are discounts floating around.

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 6:52pm

well said, WOSQ... maybe certain people will read this and finally know how to correctly say you enjoyed a show without gettin on peoples nerves

[Plum]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 7:20pm

Actually, superlatives seem more appropriate when a show has actually been playing enough for people to see it. It's when people start saying BEST SHOW EVR!!1!! months after the out-of-town run but just days before previews that things can get suspicious. :P

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 8:27pm

Gee, how this place has changed since I became a part of it!

I'm now scared to post ANYTHING cause people get so angry. If you're not being yelled at for being a shill or for discussing an old topic, you get yelled at for things like spelling! Let's face it, folks, some people just can't spell...for some, that's why they're in theatre!:) If you understand the context of a post, why bitch about spelling? It only causes hostility.

There are getting to be so many RULES on this site that it isn't even fun anymore:
don't talk too much about Wicked, don't talk too much about Brooklyn, enough already about Idina vs. Kristen, don't put down a show if you've only heard the music, don't ask about something that is common knowledge (we'll all laugh at you!), don't have opinions, don't get excited, don't be a newbie, don't be a shill, don't try to bring new info to the table (we know everything!)

It's been a long time since I've read a thread that did not have someone gripe about why the thread was started or gripe at someone for something they said.

I think the first RULE should be: Don't open a thread that you don't want to hear about; or don't open a thread just to yell at people. Like someone said (too lazy to see who), the reason the annoying threads keep getting new messages is not because of the die-hard fans.

I move that we, the people of Broadwayworld.com, start a site-wide effort to be friendlier and more optomistic and start getting along better and enjoying the greatness of Broadway and not bicker and yell and fight and whine all the time. Arguing is one thing if it is over a Bway subject....but when we are arguing over the petty internet message board things...AH!

Thank you. Please don't yell at me.

Rentaholic for a better Broadwayworld!

[ilurveJRB]

Posted: 9/9/04 at 9:52pm

Matt C is totally a shill.