Mean Girls Fan Day Performance — Page 2

Folks, I suppose I understand why the topic of the Mean Girls Fan Day might make people feel the need to insult and antagonize people, but let's please put an end to that. We locked the other thread yesterday, and don't want to have to do it to this one too. 

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To steer this back to the topic on hand, the performance had such a great energy and the audience was very receptive and living for it. A little obnoxious perhaps, but you could tell the cast was loving it.

I ran up pretty close to curtain and caught the cast heading out for a photo op with the West Fetch Street sign.

Tina, Casey, Nell, Jeff, and Jonathan Bennett (Aaron Samuels from the movie) appeared before curtain with Jonathan giving the speech about how the state of New York had deemed October 3rd Mean Girls Day. Tina also gave a mini speech thanking the fans of the show for their support and it was really sweet.

I know a few friends who also got in at the last minute (A friend of mine won for myself and her) so it definitely was something people could get into last minute.

Again, the energy was fantastic and the cast was on fire and loving it. I’m definitely very glad I got to be there for such a great performance.

Updated On: 10/5/18 at 09:58 PM

So I think ClumsyDude15 covered pretty much everything that happened at the Fan Day performance. It was truly an experience I'm not going to forget, and I'm glad I was able to share it with everybody who was there. I don't think I've ever seen such an enthused audience or group of performers, and I'm almost hesitant to ever see Mean Girls again...that's how much I enjoyed the show.

On the topic of stans though, I would like to say that I consider myself a Mean Girls stan. According to Urban Dictionary it just means that you really love something, and a person shouldn't be ashamed of that. I think about Mean Girls a lot more than the average person, and I enjoy talking to my friends about it. I've seen it a few times, I've pretty much always stopped by the stagedoor afterwards, and I follow a bunch of the cast on Instagram. I can own that, because it honestly isn't dangerous behavior. Liking someone's posts on Instagram or getting them a gift for their birthday is a little bit extra, sure, but it should never be associated with the same behaviors as an actual stalker.

It's okay to be a fan - even a superfan - and (while I don't condone the way theaterwiz414 has been replying) I can understand why a person could be upset for being called out for just liking something a lot. I'm sure there are stans who make performers feel uncomfortable and that's never okay, but let's not paint the entire community with that negative connotation. Some of us are just normal people who appreciate a show more than other fans. It's not something anyone should get upset about.

bwayrose7 said: "First off, if this isn't the right thread for this, please let me know and I'll delete.

starcuffedjeans, I get what you're saying, and perhaps it's a generational thing: I hear a lot more teenagers using "stan" in a casual context that older fans. But if you're going to cite Urban Dictionary to say that "stan" doesn't refer to obsessive fans but just passionate ones, you might also want to note that, out of the sevenentries on the first page, six of them reference a "stan" as being some variation on obsessed, stalkerish, or otherwise going beyond typical passion for a star or their work. That's why I, for one, tend to cringe a little when people use that term, because it does so often accompany very intense behaviors.I have never exhibited any sort of behavior mentioned, which is why I agree with this and take offense to being labeled a s "stan" when I never have.  I know it's just a quirk of language, but nuances of language do matter in my opinion. And that's also something someone wouldn't want to be labeled as. And that's something you should respect, rather than continue to call them. Even though you might not think your "amusing" words about calling someone a stan because they're enthusiastic about a show would mean anything, please think again. 

I don't think the behavior you described is necessarily "stan" behavior. Many, many fans follow casts on Instagram, chat about shows with friends, and go to the stagedoor. But my opinion - and my experience with the theatre pros who I know - is that there's a wide range of behavior that isn't literal stalking but is definitely on the obsessive side, and it's not necessarily something I think is good, and shows like Mean Girls have seemed to attract a LOT of that behavior." Including-but not limited to-following actors home from the theater-like what are you thinking??? I can't believe someone actually did that. To me, that is what stans do-they have obsessive behavior, which is why I got offended, and why I got defensive, because I'm a FAN, and I support theater, but I have never exhibited stalker-ish behavior. I really didn't appreciate people calling me a stan, even when I asked them politely to stop. 

 

Not to beat a dead horse, but I just wanted to clear that up. Thank you, bwayrose7, for putting into words what I couldn't. I hope we can move on from this with people respecting each other, because in our world right now we don't need people being nasty to each other or disrespecting them. We get enough of that elsewhere.