ITW Controversy: Broadway Actress Disses Show — Page 3

I wasn't singling out anyone. I was saying that people shouldn't be chastised for saying on twitter that they got sh*tfaced last night. That was the only thing about the entirety of this thread that I disagreed with. I think that in this situation, Ms. James did a HUGE disservice to herself.

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A vast majority of show people in this day and age are in their twenties and early thirties and they will behave as such. Im not "crusading" for alcoholism or anything haha, but I do think that 20-something's do enjoy reveling in debauchery and in my eyes that's just them acting their age. Something 99 percent of humans do.

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If you are a professional tweeting under your own name where anyone can see, including potential and current employers, tweeting about how you are drunk is not a wise idea.

Because, guess what? People do check that stuff.

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The only thing is that when one is drunk, any thoughts/comments are from the soul and are meant. It's the alcohol that makes us speak our true thoughts. I know, I have a problem with it too.........to my cost on here, sometimes.

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"I believe that however untoward her conduct in this matter, the level of outrage here would not have been nearly as huge if the tweet had been about a clunker like Leap of Faith or Glory Days."

Maybe not. And maybe some of it is the Sondheim aura tainting people's perspective. I personally don't see it, but maybe.

The difference between the "clunkers" and this is that she's insulting a show starring an Oscar nominee and Tony winners and nominees by saying "Acting is dead". I think that the CAST is getting a pass where the casts of Spiderman and Glory Days did not, because these actors have already proven themselves.

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in aqua sanitas

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Broadwayrob, I'm currently hiring an assistant (true story). The candidates are all in their 20s.

I don't troll twitter and FB to check them out, but many employers do, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn my HR department does.

So say one of my two finalists posts "I was soooo f*cked up last night!" or some such. Is this going to influence my decision? Yes. Because I think they must be alcoholics? No, because I think they lack judgment and discretion, qualities I value in anyone who works for me.

@Reg: Yes, I'm sure they might. However, there are laws being enacted that might just prevent that sort of thing from happening. Because that's their own personal time. What they do with it is often irrelevant to their job.

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"It's irrelevant if it's a smart thing to do." Really? Interesting. So, it's irrelevant if it's smart to drink & tweet kinda like it's irrelevant if it's a smart to drink and drive because it's something that happens.

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Updated On: 7/27/12 at 02:18 PM

I will speak from experience. I have been in the room during casting and people absolutely will pull up Facebook and Twitter accounts for various reasons: to check on connections, to check experience, and yes, to check behavior and personality. Whether you want to admit it or not what you post may indeed influence whether you get cast. A big part of casting is not only looking at the talent on display in the room but also trying to gauge personalities and hoping for a company that will mesh well together. I have indeed seen people lose out jobs because of their status updates showing that they either lack discretion (i.e. bad mouthing the companies and/or people they have worked for) or just a lack of judgement (i.e. posting every detail, both flattering and unflattering, about their personal lives)

It's only a "gotcha" world because people make it ever so easy to be "got".

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I'm curious to hear how these laws would work.

@Reg: It would be viewed in the same vein of a discriminatory refusal to hire. Again, no company wants to hire a lush, but if they can still perform the job they have and have the experience and references to back it up, why should it matter what they post on a social media site?

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