FJL2 said: "To BKLYN8567 you mentioned you just found this chat area after Jeff died, and seem so passionate. Did you know him or any of the "Chicago" people?
For me, I admit I didn't know his name except as a name in a Playbill. I feel so sad to know his name onlybecause ofthis tragedy. I hope if the facts are near to what's been conveyed, his survivorsget money, to potentiallyset upa scholarship or anything they feel will perpetuate his name at least for what shoujlkd have been his lifetime.
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FJL2 - No I don't know any of the people involved, other than having seen Chicago some years back, I have no connection to anyone. It was an interesting article that caught my eye, however, the more I looked online for details (and read comments on message boards and social media), I started feeling a bit...weird about it. Very little information had been provided, and was really one-sided for the longest time, yet a lot of people were ready to raise their pitch forks against the director and the musical director.
When the NY post article came out, many quickly dismissed it as something put out by the producers or the director (or his people). But now, the NY times article corroborates some of the information mentioned in the NY post.
And when you add that relevant information (such as family history of suicide and other financial stressors, two key factors cited by many medical studies/research on suicide) were withheld on the blog,..
I know Mosaic posted a reply, and I don't think anyone is accusing him of withholding information.
Let's face it, most people aren't going to read message boards to get all the details about this. What most people will see, and have seen, is the justice for jeffrey blog that has been linked and shared all over social media.
And no, most people aren't going to go the extra distance to do an online search to find "dirt" on Jeff or the partner. I've been interested in this thing from when i first read the blog, and I surely didn't do a search or find out about the chocolate store until the NY Times article.
The blog did a really really good job of painting Walter Bobbie in terrible fashion, even though reports since has pointed more of the issues at Chicago towards Stifleman instead of Bobbie (after all, he really isn't around much anymore).
Playing devil's advocate here: what if there was no "wink wink" here of trying to push Jeff out?
Does Walter Bobbie's reputation recover after this incident? Does he feel guilt for, what perhaps he thought was doing his job, causing the death of a performer? The 1st one isn't too bad, since it sounds like he's made enough money off Chicago so he can probably retire with comfort, but the 2nd one? That's probably going to stick with you for awhile, if not ever.
Eventually the investigation will finish up and there will probably more details to come out. But in the court of public opinion (especially in this day and age of social media) both Bobbie and Stifleman have already been deemed guilty by most.
