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You won’t understand it unless you were on this board prior to 2010. Or you could actually research older threads, which i’m sure can easily be found. PJ is a wealth of knowledge and experience. You don’t need to grovel to his opinions, but you could attempt to start a dialogue, a conversation, a healthy back and forth. I don’t see anyone attempting that today. In the past, we could have heated discussions with PJ, but in the end, there was always a respect for his knowledge. These days, I don’t see younger posters interested in healthy and passionate discussion. This board is flooded with childlike posts about stage doors, etc. It’s quite sad.

Updated On: 7/15/18 at 01:17 PM

The pretension, vitriol, and lack of awareness and respect among the new posters has made this site a largely negative experience for the past year or so. This only nails that point home.

Pal Joey, I thought this thread was quite funny. Obviously, some can't take a joke.

"We have forgotten our public manners."

ljay889 said: "You won’t understandit unless you were on this board prior to 2010. Or you could actually research older threads, which i’msure can easily be found. PJ is a wealth of knowledge and experience. You don’tneed to grovel to his opinions, but you could attempt to start a dialogue, a conversation, a healthy back and forth. I don’tsee anyone attempting that today. In the past, we could have heated discussions with PJ, but in the end, there was always a respect for his knowledge. These days, I don’tsee younger posters interested in healthy and passionate discussion. This board is flooded with childlike posts about stage doors, etc. It’squite sad."

I'm with you, ljay. I feel like this board has really gone to the dogs in the past year or so.

Sally Durant Plummer said: "The pretension, vitriol, and lack of awareness and respect among the new posters has made this site a largely negative experience for the past year or so. This only nails that point home.

Pal Joey, I thought this thread was quite funny. Obviously, some can't take a joke.

"We have forgotten our public manners.""

This. 100% this. The disappearance of long-time knowledgeable posters like Pal Joey (who used to post regularly), Margot Channing, jaystarr, Ziegfeld Girl, Mildred Plotka, Phyllis Rogers Stone, Namo, et. all and their replacement with posters more concerned about who stage doors, how long rush lines are, and who the third cover for Burr is then they are with theater history is a disturbing trend that’s made the boards a shell of their former self. It’s a sad, disturbing, trend.

I even miss Mr. Roxy these days.

Updated On: 7/15/18 at 01:57 PM

Post a b!tchy thread, be prepared for b!tchy responses.

You're not above reproach because you've been posting here pre-2010.

Updated On: 7/15/18 at 02:04 PM

Sondheimite said: "Post a b!tchy thread, be prepared for b!tchy responses.

You're not above reproach because you've been posting herepre-2010."

And yet, you’re the one who’s admitted to having to post here in “various ways” (aka various usernames) since 2004. So perhaps, given that you’ve had to keep rejoining the site, the problem is you.

adamgreer said: "Sondheimite said: "Post a b!tchy thread, be prepared for b!tchy responses.

You're not above reproach because you've been posting herepre-2010."

And yet, you’re the one who’s admitted to having to post here in “various ways” (aka various usernames) since 2004. So perhaps, given that you’ve had to keep rejoining the site, the problem is you."

Girl, I hope you're that good at your reaches when you're working with your personal trainer.

ljay889 said: "NYadgal said: "This thread is a GAME!

Good grief."

They don’t get it and won’t get it. They will take offense to anything now on this site. It’s the Patti Murin effect. The days of snarky fun are far gone. It’s a shame."

It sure is. This thread just proves it. Everyone gets offended by everything, that nothing here is the least bit fun anymore. Patti Murin ruined it.

Ok, everyone has had their say on the level of snark in this thread. It's probably a good time to get it back on the topic of what an Ivo van Hove revival of "West side Story" will look like. Thanks so much, and enjoy your Sunday.

Nope, just got home from the grocery store and read through the vitriol in the thread. Now back to the topic at hand...

That is a different thread.