LuPone Issues Response To Showstopping Vegas 'Texting' Incident- Page 7

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/23/09 at 11:43pm

I think Patti should keep a laser pointer in her pocket and whenever anyone in the audience misbehaves, she can whip it out and beam a red dot on their forehead.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/23/09 at 11:47pm

I think Patti should keep a laser pointer in her pocket and whenever anyone in the audience misbehaves, she can whip it out and beam a red dot on their forehead.

haha, this.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/23/09 at 11:47pm

I dig Patti and Im ok she stopped a concert, but after listening to her GYPSY meltdown, I would have been pissed if she stopped during Roses Turn. Plus, in the audio of that she cusses out the dude taking pictures and them proceeds to thank the rest of audience, creating a mob mentality. Thats a bit much.

I think the people who dont like what Patti did dont like Patti as a person period. I think the two issues overlap for them. I like Patti the performer, but her antics fail to amuse me.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/23/09 at 11:49pm

actually, she didn't curse at all when she yelled at the person taking pictures during Gypsy. and only one source said she cursed at all during this Vegas incident. in fact, considering how emotional and volatile she can be, I'm surprised she didn't drop any f bombs.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/23/09 at 11:50pm

I didnt say cursed, I said cussed givesmevoice. I dont think she would swear. Her audience is 80% 70+ year olds and they dont like that.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/23/09 at 11:53pm

::blushes:: I wasn't aware there was a difference between cussing and cursing. shows what I know!

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/23/09 at 11:57pm

maybe it is the same thing...i always used it to mean "chewing" someone out, but i think it can mean swearing also....

....such bad diction I have....lol

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:00am

you mean dictation.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:08am

No, she is not right. It is true that it is not right for someone to be using an electronic device in the theatre. I am sure it is distracting for those immediately around that individual; however it is far more distracting to the audience to have someone on stage stop the show, that they paid a lot of money to see, so that they can yell at someone in the audience. There are proper channels to go through to solve this problem and she needs to put her diva behavior aside and learn to go through those channels.

This definitely makes me not want to see her in concert. This is clearly a regular thing for her now, so I will pass on all of her future engagements. If I am going to pay $75+ to see Patti sing, I want to see her sing, not scream at some dope using a cell phone or camera. House management is there for a reason, and she is perfectly capable of figuring out how to let them know there is a problem without causing a scene.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:10am

Yes. Twice in the past 5 months really makes it a "regular thing."

[FlyingMonkey1223]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:19am

Everything Patti does will be exulted on here. It doesn't matter what she does, or how rude she is, or how horrible her voice is now...she will be praised. And if you disagree with the Patti lovers, you will be dissed and called named. Period. They live in their own little world where she does virtually nothing wrong and is a total sweetheart, even though we know deep down she is anything but.

Don't bother seeing her in concert. It's ridiculous. Her voice is horrible and laughable. She seems like a nice enough person on stage, but her "performance" is not worth the ticket price. Updated On: 6/24/09 at 12:19 AM

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:23am

Yes, it does. It shows that this will be a repeating crusade for her. It is also very rude for the entire rest of the audience. I think she should be very ashamed of this kind of behavior.

She, herself, has even said she finds it difficult to get work, and that her agent never calls because she has a reputation for being a diva, and then she pulls stunts like this. Do you really want to pay money and see someone stop the show and create a huge scene? Really?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:24am

Of course it's hard to say what's the chicken and what's the egg. But at least part of what you feel to be over-the-top Patti praise is in response to what is perceived as over-the-top Patti dissing.

She's certainly a polarizing figure.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:31am

"Everything Patti does will be exulted on here. It doesn't matter what she does, or how rude she is, or how horrible her voice is now...she will be praised"

- And you take any chance you can get to bash her and make up LIES about her. It goes BOTH ways.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:33am

Don't get me wrong, i normally enjoy her, just not when she acts like this. It disappoints me.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:58am

Once, I was at A Catered Affair and the teenager next to me was reading her playbill by the light of her cellphone during the show. Was I annoyed? Yes. Was I distracted? Yes.

Another time at Legally Blonde the man sitting two rows ahead of me handed PSTs, or whatever they're called, to his three kids. So the kids played their games while he and his wife texted. I was in the mezzanine with the stadium seating so it was quite obvious to me. I was annoyed and distracted. The woman sitting in front of me said something to him about it. His response was that his kids are too young to sit through such a long show and needed their games. The ushers got involved and he did stop. But his logic baffled me. If you know that your kids are too young to sit through the whole show why bring them? Why pay for a family of five to see a Broadway show when they could have stayed at home and played their games? It must be nice to have that much disposable income.

[SweeneyPhanatic]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 2:35am

To whoever posted the story about the almost 17 year-old: That's just sad. I'm almost 19, and stories like that make me hate my generation more than usual.

Out of curiosity (it's not exactly related to this thread, but I don't feel like it needs its own thread): How do people here feel about people who put their feet up on bars or empty seats at movie theatres? Not only do I find it just as rude as if it happened in a live theatre, I also think it's really gross, and makes the person doing it look like a slob. I have friends who do this, and I always bitch at them for it. Since they're actor-friends, I ask, "Would you do this in a live theatre?" They tell me it's not the same. The discussion usually ends with me kicking their feet down before the movie starts and promising to kick them somewhere else if they go back up.

They'll also turn their phone off in a live theatre, but just silence it in a movie.

[winston89]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 5:12am

I think that people view movie theatres and actual theatres to be two different animals. People think that there are thing that you can do in a movie theatre that are fine in that setting but not fine in a live theatre setting. I think that people feel that because they allow you to eat in a movie theatre and because it isn't live then you can use your phone, put your feet up, when in fact those things would be just as annoying no matter where you are.

I will agree with what Sweeney said, I am going to be 20 in the fall and I find it sad that there are people my age who do go to the theatre who have trouble turning off their cell phones and not using them for a couple of hours. I find nothing wrong if they are playing on their phone either before the show or at intermission so long as they aren't using them.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 11:27am

The point that I was trying to make is that while having a cell phone out is distracting and annoying, it is more distracting and more annoying to yell at the person who had their phone out.

No, it's more distracting when it is not addressed and those on the fence about their temptation of using their phones feel they have gotten the green light because they notice other people doing it an see no immediate action. This is not a situation that is improving. Previous tactics have thus far failed because the situation is getting worse, not better. If these immature morons cannot follow the rules and not check their phones during a show, and no other methods are working, then they should be admonished like the immature morons they are. And since we are dealing with multiple offenders in every audience every night, there is a group mentality of immaturity to be dealt with. If you ask most parents or teachers, you will know that if you're dealing with a group of kids, to take one kid aside out of view of the others when he openly causes a disturbance and pretend like it didn't happen so as not to disrupt the others, the other kids will only repeat the action ad nauseum because they see that nothing will happen. And this is the level of group immaturity we have reached. Mature tactics have failed because the offenders are not mature enough to respond to them. Patti's method may not be the desired method, but show me one that has been proven more effective thus far because I have yet to see it anywhere. I don't want to see this happen in every show I attend, but if this has to continue for a while because it is the only effective method, then I'd rather rip the Band-Aid off one time than sit through an entire show where these pricks just do anything they want over and over again.

[PattiAnnLuPWNS2]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 11:31am

Pshh. Yeah, "Gothampc", her diction wasn't always the best in the past....but that didn't seem to affect her desirability as a performer now did it?

I agree with "givesmevoice", Patti can be 'emotional and volatile' so it could have been a lot worse. But, that is just how she is, and this does not make her a bad person. If everyone that claimed Patti was a terrible person actually had a significant interaction with her, they would realize that this is not the case. At all. Even so, Patti is someone you either love or hate... there is really no in between with her, I believe. So, those that hate her will jump all over this and say what a terrible human being she is and that she isn't worth going to see etc., and those that love her will jump to her defense. I happen to be the latter. And it helps that I was there for this actual event...I was proud that she said something, not offended, nor bothered, nor annoyed because she stopped the show or anything. Patti did what she felt was right at the time, and I commend her for having the guts to continue to stand up for what she believes is her right, not only as a performer, but on behalf of the audience as well. So, if you don't want to see her because of this, don't. But don't degrade her as a person because she has the courage to stop someone who is doing the wrong thing.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 11:32am

Interestingly enough, I just checked the comments people left after the NY Times piece. There are 756 comments and almost all of them are overwhelmingly on Patti's side.

Only a handful are negative.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 11:33am

Everything Patti does will be exulted on here. It doesn't matter what she does, or how rude she is, or how horrible her voice is now...she will be praised. And if you disagree with the Patti lovers, you will be dissed and called named. Period.

Except that's not true.

They live in their own little world where she does virtually nothing wrong and is a total sweetheart, even though we know deep down she is anything but.

"We"? Who would that include?

Don't bother seeing her in concert. It's ridiculous. Her voice is horrible and laughable. She seems like a nice enough person on stage, but her "performance" is not worth the ticket price.

I've seen her in concert and I completely disagree. So now what? I just find it odd that you speak in such hyperbolic absolutes as if there are no other valid opinions beyond your own.

[Brick]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 11:40am

I saw that, too, PalJoey. Very interesting.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/24/09 at 11:55am

A few weeks ago my younger brother was visiting and we went to see Star Trek. He was quite insistent that we sit in the row behind the bars so we could put our feet up. There was no one sitting in the row in front of the bar so I had no issue with it. The guys next to us, also put their feet up but then they took their shoes off. Now that crossed the line because they smelled...yuck.

And if a friend ended a conversation with me by kicking me or threatening to kick me then I don't think I'd be their friend anymore. It never helps when the reaction to an action is ruder than the action itself.

Updated On: 6/24/09 at 11:55 AM

Posted: 6/24/09 at 12:14pm

ok so, i was at the concert that night in Las Vegas, she didn't cuss AT ALL except she said "I bet i scared the **** out of you didnt i? " and who cares?? shes a grown woman if you are going to pay to see her don't insult her by sitting there and texting or something the guy totally got what he deserved and people need to lay the **** off Patti.