Patti LuPone argues with anti-masker at Company talkback- Page 6

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:38am

Y'all are still arguing about this?

[Papi2013]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:42am

Patti is Patti.  Personally;  I loved that this happened.    Anyone needing to clutch their pearls..   be careful not to choke on them.  

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:43am

joevitus said: And, yeah, at this point, when the most recent strains are mild, when anyone can get vaxxed and boostered for free, and when most people are no longer required to mask in public or even in large gatherings inside, we aren't in the danger zone we were in two years ago. The rules have changed. Remember how absurd the argument "it's like the flu" used to be? Well now, it actually is pretty much like the flu for most people.

joevitus, all due respect, but no one cares about your opinion of masks because it's completely irrelevant to this conversation. You can think what you want about masks and the current state of covid and all that stuff. Bottom line, the theatre has a policy. You either follow that policy or you don't go to the theatre. It's as simple as that. I may think it's dumb and pointless to have to take my shoes off at a friend's house, but if they ask me to, it's their house and they get to set those guidelines, so I will. Personal opinion on the effectiveness of it is completely irrelevant.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:52am

Yesssssss

[BWayBabe]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 11:58am

SLAP ASIDE this was definitely a Will Smith "KEEP MY WIFE'S NAME OUT OF YOUR F***ing MOUTH" kind of moment. The giveaway was Katrina and Nikki's reactions... very similar to Lupita's.

I can't name a single actor of color who can speak like this and be celebrated for it. Many would never work in this town again. This however has become Patti's brand.  This is unfortunate because this gets more press than her work as of late.

I get that COVID is frustrating and the community has suffered but also I'm over the glorification of  dropping f-bombs and talking to people crazy.

[DAME]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 12:17pm

BWayBabe said: "SLAP ASIDE this was definitely a Will Smith "KEEP MY WIFE'S NAME OUT OF YOUR F***ing MOUTH" kind of moment. The giveaway was Katrina and Nikki's reactions... very similar to Lupita's.

I can't name a single actor of color who can speak like this and be celebrated for it. Many would never work in this town again. This however has become Patti's brand. This is unfortunate because this gets more press than her work as of late.

I get that COVID is frustrating and the community has suffered but also I'm over the glorification of dropping f-bombs and talking to people crazy."

Her work has been getting great press and hopefully this improves ticket sales as well.  Love Patti.  And I love that she expresses herself that way. 

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 12:21pm

BWayBabe said: "SLAP ASIDE this was definitely a Will Smith "KEEP MY WIFE'S NAME OUT OF YOUR F***ing MOUTH" kind of moment."

BALDERDASH

 

[Bette's Turban]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 12:21pm

This was a entire segment on The View.  Even the Republican guest was on Patti's side.  

Updated On: 5/13/22 at 12:21 PM

[sf2]

Posted: 5/13/22 at 12:22pm

I have witnessed, and also experienced it myself, that asking people politely to pull up their mask (or to put one on)  in areas where compliance is required, at this point does nothing. They get nasty about it and won't do it.   I am tired of the excuses being made for people who won't comply with the mask policy.  Don't like it?  Don't want to wear one at all?  Then don't come!    I caught covid from maskless riders on the PATH, and almost died. I will have medical issues for the rest of my life because of it.  I have no more patience anymore, and am tired of having to be polite to people who could care a less if others around them die because of their actions.  Why should anyone be polite to someone like that?  Team Patti all the way on this one.  And by the way, where is the theatre "Covid Manager" during all of this?  Why weren't they doing their job?  I am so sick of the complacency.   

Updated On: 5/13/22 at 12:22 PM

[joevitus]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 11:00am

Broadway61004 said: "joevitus said:And, yeah, at this point, when the most recent strains are mild, when anyone can get vaxxed and boostered for free, and when most people are no longer required to mask in public or even in large gatherings inside, we aren't in the danger zone we were in two years ago. The rules have changed. Remember how absurd the argument "it's like the flu" used to be? Well now, it actually is pretty much like the flu for most people.

joevitus, all due respect, but no one cares about your opinion of masks because it's completely irrelevant to this conversation. You can think what you want about masks and the current state of covid and all that stuff. Bottom line, the theatre has a policy. You either follow that policy or you don't go to the theatre. It's as simple as that. I may think it's dumb and pointless to have to take my shoes off at a friend's house, but if they ask me to, it's their house and they get to set those guidelines, so I will. Personal opinion on the effectiveness of it is completely irrelevant."

It was also a side note to my main argument, which was that the person should have been wearing their mask properly, and it would have been fine to make them leave, but that screaming F-bombs does nothing to encourage anyone to wear their mask properly or even leave, nor would it be allowed by any other employee in any other business.

But concentrate on your tangent since it's the only way you can make any kind of point.

Updated On: 5/14/22 at 11:00 AM

[morosco]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 3:23pm

Karen got LuPwn'd big time!

[joevitus]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 3:30pm

morosco said: "Karen gotLuPwn'd big time!"

Actually, LuPone was the Karen here.

[lily carver]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 4:07pm

No she isn't and have read your posts with horror. Covid is NOT "like the flu" , right now with the "less dangerous Omicron variant "only" about 2500 Americans A WEEK are still dying from it but it is now ticking up. Over 20,000 are in the hospital now. We KNOW that wearing a good mask will dramatically reduces  your chances of getting OR spreading it ( as in over 90%) In the early days of vaccines they were highly effective in stopping the spread but sadly since nearly 1/3 of the population chose not to get vaccinated, it mutated into a strain that vaccinated people do spread to a high degree even it offers major protection from severe illness and death. I simply can not grasp why people will not wear a piece of fiber "cloth" on their face inside to protect themselves and others. The ignorance and selfishness are staggering. The mask actually offers far more protection from getting Covid than the vaccine with the current strain. If you do not want to wear a mask  where the rules are clearly spelled out then stay home. Ms. LuPone tried to reason with your fellow denier and it did not work. I only wish my finances would allow me to see COMPANY but Patti ROCKS

[Consistency]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 4:18pm

joevitus said: "morosco said: "Karen gotLuPwn'd big time!"

Actually, LuPone was the Karen here."

Well, no. Some of the hallmarks of a “Karen” (I hate that term) are a sense of entitlement and a belief that they don’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else. In the past two years, refusing to wear a mask in an establishment that requires it has become one of the stereotypical indicators of a Karen.

Once again, I don’t like the term - but if anyone in this scenario is behaving like a “Karen” as popularly defined, it’s clearly the audience member and not Patti.

[joevitus]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 5:50pm

Consistency said: "joevitus said: "morosco said: "Karen gotLuPwn'd big time!"

Actually, LuPone was the Karen here."

Well, no. Some of the hallmarks of a “Karen” (I hate that term) are a sense of entitlement and a belief that they don’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else. In the past two years, refusing to wear a mask in an establishment that requires it has become one of the stereotypical indicators of a Karen.

Once again, I don’t like the term - but if anyone in this scenario is behaving like a “Karen” as popularly defined, it’s clearly the audience member and not Patti."

Yup. And who had a sense of entitlement and wasn't wearing a mask at all? That would be Patti, dear. "But she gets tested all the time!" You don't know that Unknown Audience member doesn't get tested, hadn't just been tested or anything about her.

[SoCalDirector]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 6:29pm

joevitus said: "Consistency said: "joevitus said: "morosco said: "Karen gotLuPwn'd big time!"

Actually, LuPone was the Karen here."

Well, no. Some of the hallmarks of a “Karen” (I hate that term) are a sense of entitlement and a belief that they don’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else. In the past two years, refusing to wear a mask in an establishment that requires it has become one of the stereotypical indicators of a Karen.

Once again, I don’t like the term - but if anyone in this scenario is behaving like a “Karen” as popularly defined, it’s clearly the audience member and not Patti."

Yup. And who had a sense of entitlement and wasn't wearing a mask at all? That would be Patti, dear. "But she gets tested all the time!" You don't know that Unknown Audience member doesn't get tested, hadn't just been tested or anything about her."

After reading all of this I think you are the Karen Joe.   How you continue to comment shows that there is a bigger problem here that Ms. LuPone.   

The actors don't wear masks during the show.  Why should they wear one during the talk back.  They are the same distance from some of the audience.  It is my understanding that the actors ARE tested every night and do not do the show of the if they are positive.

The audience is not tested when they arrive so that is unknown.  Not of it matters because the policy is to wear a mask CORRECTLY which means over your nose AND mouth.   That woman didn't want to comply she had no business being there AND should have been required to leave immediately.

For you to even attempt to defend the audience member makes me wonder what is wrong with you.  You clearly don't want to support Broadway and allow shows to continue.  I have had it with this kind of B.S.  After all the people who have died follow the rules if you go somewhere or stay home and follow your own rules.

 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 6:51pm

To paraphrase a line made famous by the late great Olympia Dukakis: Broadway61004, if you have more to say, sit by me.

Updated On: 5/14/22 at 06:51 PM

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 7:08pm

Sometimes, one of Patti's well-placed F-Bombs can be SO satisfying!

Warning:  adult word ahead.

 

 

[KFC1991]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 7:20pm

joevitus said: "

Yup. And who had a sense of entitlement and wasn't wearing a mask at all? That would be Patti, dear. "But she gets tested all the time!" You don't know that Unknown Audience member doesn't get tested, hadn't just been tested or anything about her."

We've been around and around on this. You simply refuse to acknowledge that the cast and the audience operate on a different set or rules. You have a chip on your shoulder about Patti (I remember several of the comments you've made about her over the past couple of years) and I can only conclude that is making you refuse to see the situation for what it is. 

[lopside]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 7:26pm

Those calling Lupone a Karen. Lol. Please. Some people really expect subservience from performers. "I pay your salary". 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 5/14/22 at 7:26pm

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[joevitus]

Posted: 5/15/22 at 1:52am

SoCalDirector said: "joevitus said: "Consistency said: "joevitus said: "morosco said: "Karen gotLuPwn'd big time!"

Actually, LuPone was the Karen here."

Well, no. Some of the hallmarks of a “Karen” (I hate that term) are a sense of entitlement and a belief that they don’t have to follow the same rules as everyone else. In the past two years, refusing to wear a mask in an establishment that requires it has become one of the stereotypical indicators of a Karen.

Once again, I don’t like the term - but if anyone in this scenario is behaving like a “Karen” as popularly defined, it’s clearly the audience member and not Patti."

Yup. And who had a sense of entitlement and wasn't wearing a mask at all? That would be Patti, dear. "But she gets tested all the time!" You don't know that Unknown Audience member doesn't get tested, hadn't just been tested or anything about her."

After reading all of this I think you are the Karen Joe. How you continue to comment shows that there is a bigger problem here that Ms. LuPone.

The actors don't wear masks during the show. Why should they wear one during the talk back. They are the same distance from some of the audience. It is my understanding that the actors ARE tested every night and do not do the show of the if they are positive.

The audience is not tested when they arrive so that is unknown. Not of it matters because the policy is to wear a mask CORRECTLY which means over your nose AND mouth. That woman didn't want to comply she had no business being there AND should have been required to leave immediately.

For you to even attempt to defend the audience member makes me wonder what is wrong with you. You clearly don't want to support Broadway and allow shows to continue. I have had it with this kind of B.S. After all the people who have died follow the rules if you go somewhere or stay home and follow your own rules.

"

Nah, you're the problem for not wanting anyone to comment who doesn't agree with you. And for them to keep comment! The worst. Her behavior was histrionic, out of place and--visibly--embarrassing to her costars. 

LOL, I'm the Karen. Sure.

[White_Lotus]

Posted: 5/15/22 at 9:23am

Sutton Ross said: "Why you continue to waste your time arguing with a person 500 times in a row who doesn't come to New York and see theater and knows very little about it is beyond me. He's a plant here designed to troll and harass. His fav guy in New York City is Amar Ramasar.

Do not engage."

Is joevitus the forum member you are referring to SuttonRoss?

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 5/15/22 at 10:42am

joevitus said: "I'm the Karen."

 

We  are  in  agreement  !

 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/15/22 at 12:03pm