Laura Benanti chides people for not applauding — Page 10

lovebwy said: "She is hugely gifted. A major Broadway talent. I like her personally from what I can glean from her social media.

However, she is dead wrong here. And she's compounding the problem by doubling down on that nonsense.

I wish she would just remove the video and have done with it. No one, NO ONE deserves to be automatically applauded. Not Patti LuPone, or the Merm, or the Lunts, or the Queen of England.

I'm shocked the producers haven't asked her to take it down. It's insulting to the paying audience.

Here's what you get if you pay to see She Loves Me: you get to pay upwards for 100 bucks, you get to see a show, and you get to be sarcastically mocked by one of its stars on social media.No thanks."

If you've truly been that affected by her video, why don't you tweet her yourself and request that it be taken down?

Can you all ****ing stop comparing her to performers who would "NEVER do this"? You. Don't. Know. Actors. Personally. Laura is Laura. Nobody else. Somebody PLEASE lock this thread.

HOW is this debate still going on? Some people think you should always clap, some people think you don't have to. Laura has the right to share her perspective on it just as everyone in this thread is doing. Neither opinion is right or wrong. If you don't want to go and see a Laura Benanti show now then don't, but I don't think she'll struggle to find paying (and applauding) audiences.

Updated On: 5/21/16 at 01:04 AM

"The only time I have not applauded at a show was Finding Neverland,"



Luckily for Tinkerbell, the rest of the audience was there to assure her survival.

Well I for one, think that she was joking, kinda. I say "kinda" because whenever I get embarrassed by something (in her case, the lack of applause) I make a mildly passive-aggressive joke. It's no big deal, but why not clap? Those people just sang/acted under hot stage lights for 2.5 hours, but no big deal, like others have said, the audience isn't obligated too. It's just kind of a tradition. Tra-dit-ion.

Scarywarhol said: "This thread is now like 60 percent people taking the time to bump the post to say that it's not worth discussion.



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Exactly.

It's been clarified that she was joking, and this morning we had to remove several inappropriate posts that came in overnight (centered around off-stage gossip about another performer). Let's move on please.