Mofongo on Broadway!

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 3:58pm

Mierda.









Updated On: 3/19/12 at 03:58 PM

[Calvin]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:03pm

This is...not going to go well. Just a hunch.

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:11pm

Editing as what I said offended some.
Updated On: 3/13/12 at 04:11 PM

[castlestreet]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:12pm

Wow- this thread is really going to happen...I didn't realize the Govenor of Arizona posted on this board...

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:14pm

This is going to go as well as the "Fences" audience discussions.

*ducks for cover and grabs the popcorn*

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:15pm

Oh wow I guess I should deleate it?. I really meant no offense. Just basing it on my experience. My bad. SOY BORIQUA Y QUIERO A MI GENTE.

Updated On: 3/13/12 at 04:15 PM

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:16pm

I am latin.

And I find this post the most offensive , racist post in a very long time..

it's fear mongering heinous closed minded, jaded, racists like you that continue to show a wonderful 'light' on latinos.

Do yourself a favor and DON'T GO!

you can be as puerto rican as you want to be- it's still a racist comment.
and speaking about 'your people' doesn't excuse you from how little minded that comment is.

You have a whole pile of whoop-ass coming your way.

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:19pm

That's ok. I am bored. Take it whatever way you want. And I love me some whoop ass.

[followspot]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:23pm

Oh no you di'int!

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:26pm

Theaternut has a viewpoint, that is all. Perhaps in form, rather than substance, the view can be construed as racist (though it is not necessarily so).

Prove him wrong with opposite viewpoints rather than cut to the racist card: that is far to easy an oratory tactic and name calling is really no better.

My 2¢

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:26pm

I did. I edited my comment already. Upon re reading it I can see how one can read it as being offensive. Sad that we can't talk about things without going to the easiest way of getting up in arms.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:28pm

I never experienced any of what you describe at In The Heights.


I think the bigger issue is all the gays who are gonna scream like tween girls every time Ricky Martin shows up on stage.

Not to sound racist or anything but why can't homosexuals behave like normal people when they go to the theater?

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:31pm

"I think the bigger issue is all the gays who are gonna scream like tween girls every time Ricky Martin shows up on stage."

HOW DARE YOU, SIR (or, MADAM)! NOW I AM OFFENDED!

(Does it make it better because I am Latin?)

[castlestreet]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:32pm

I really wish I didn't have rehearsal tonight, I'd get a bottle of wine and just keep hitting refresh all night!

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:33pm

I thought behaving like a queen was normal theater behavior?

[tazber]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:36pm

Only backstage.

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:37pm

Sad that we can't talk about things without going to the easiest way of getting up in arms.

What is there to talk about but your racism? Sorry that every time you see Evita, the latinos will unwrap their stinky tacos as they sit on their smelly ponchos and chat in Spanish throughout.

Wait until the Met puts it on, on White People night.

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:39pm

Blaxx you are the one being a racist. I didn't say anything like that . Just what my experience was.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:41pm

"Wait until the Met puts it on, on White People night."

Is there any other night at the Met?

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:42pm

It was a very heavy Latin crowd with entire family's. Food, wrappers , and conversation going full swing during the show. With Ricky Martin in it...I am sure once the show settles into its run it will get a similar crowd.. This time with the addition of cell phones in hand. I am wondering if the aggravation would be worth it.

Well, sorry that the "heavy Latin crowd" ruined your experience.

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:43pm

"Wait until the Met puts it on, on White People night."

Is there any other night at the Met?

They were considering "heavy Latin crowd" night, staged on a shack by the alley behind the Met.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:48pm

"Prove him wrong with opposite viewpoints rather than cut to the racist card: that is far to easy an oratory tactic and name calling is really no better."

I'll take up the gauntlet.

It may well not be racist or otherwise offensive to complain about arguably distracting and inappropriate audience behavior.

It's a question of debate whether it's racist/homophobic/fill in the blank to call into question the fact that members of certain demographic groups are behaving in arguably inappropriate ways during a performance. A debate I'm prepared to concede, for the sake of the argument, may well be worth having freely but courteously should the occasion arise.

But what is undeniably racist and offensive is judging that an audience will likely prove to be objectionable based on noting its BEHAVIOR DURING A CURTAIN CALL and its ethnic makeup.

Thank you.

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:49pm

They were a Latin crowd. That is just the way it was. They could have been a Japanese crowd and been just as bad a audience.

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:52pm

Maybe you should e-mail the producers and let them know the Latin crowd ruined your experience, so they can get them banned from entering - NO LATINOS ALLOWED!

[theaternut]

Posted: 3/13/12 at 4:55pm

Henrik I see your point. my reference to the on line clips was not intended to single out last nights audience during the curtain call. When I saw the **** load of cameras and lit objects pointed at the actors it reminded me of when I saw the Paul Simon show ( what the heck was it called) at that same theater. It just reminded me of my bad experience.