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[WaltG2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:33pm

Margo319 said: "Will Swenson has talked about it being the principal of the thing.  At Murder Ballad, years ago, he was talking to a few people about these boards and wanted them completely gone because he though "hate and negativity do nothing for our performances".  So, maybe that is why he cares?"

 

While you're consulting dictionaries, please look up the difference between "principal" and "principle", as I don't think Will Swenson was ever in "The Thing", let alone as a principal.

 

And, yeah, negativity from theatre goers doesn't equate to revenue. Too bad for him, I guess?

Updated On: 3/11/16 at 01:33 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:35pm

Matthew Murray did a nice tweetstorm about this. Unfortunately, he didn't chain these together, so you'll have to look at his main profile page, but they should still be easy to find.

https://twitter.com/MMurrayOnBway/

[WaltG2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:36pm

Margo319 said: "Calling someone a despicable person is ok when they are, in fact, despicable.

 

 

 

Calling someone a Kardashian f*cker is ok when they are, in fact, a Kardashian f*cker. "

 

So you have proof that Kanye is mentally ill?

 

Let's see it.

[JM226]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:37pm

i am confused. did a poster using a fake screenname ---- margo ---- just criticize someone else for using a fake screennanme and not their real name.  that makes no sense 

[tazber]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:37pm

No one ever said anyone wasn't gracious. They were critiquing his performance.

 

That's like Ellis calling attention to a "mean post" about his character.

 

Are these actors not able to distinguish between fantasy and reality?

 

Or are they so narcissistic that just can't separate the two?

[Pootie2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:37pm

Kad said: "Patti Murin, Lea Salonga, Will Swenson- these are all actors who are fortunate enough to have made careers in performing. They work regularly. They are often well-reviewed. They have devoted fanbases.

 

Why does the idea that somewhere on the internet, there is a place where a minority of people can say bitchy things, sometimes about them, bother them so much?"

 

I'm reminded that Lea Salonga insisted that preview discussions should be banned or something from evil chat boards like this, during the Allegiance previews, yet all the creative criticisms in the preview thread were echoed in the reviews. That doesn't always happen, but ignoring or attacking the very fans who make the effort to approach the art and share their experienced opinions (e.g. Whizzer) is shortsighted at best.

 

I'm of the opinion that smart performers should just ignore discussion boards anyway because their skins will never be thick enough for criticisms given by audience members (some are warranted, others not, but they probably read all the same to those who are emotionally vested). But the producers and creative teams should check out where the buzz is.

Updated On: 3/11/16 at 01:37 PM

[Margo319]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:37pm

"While you're consulting dictionaries, please look up the difference between "principal" and "principle", as I don't think Will Swenson was ever in "The Thing", let alone as a principal."

 

Thank you Walt, amended.  

[Kad]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:38pm

I can't believe I actually agree with Matthew Murray.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:39pm

JM226 said: "i am confused. did a poster using a fake screenname ---- margo ---- just criticize someone else for using a fake screennanme and not their real name.  that makes no sense

 

It doesn't have to make sense because something something abusive.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:41pm

I'm here to comment on performances I've seen, or why I have chosen not to spend my money on performances that other people are putting up in good faith.

 

I am not here to "help" their performances.  

[Margo319]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:41pm

Margo is my real name.  Not fake.  Thank you.

 

"Are these actors not able to distinguish between fantasy and reality?

 

Or are they so narcissistic that just can't separate the two?"

 

Perhaps not.  

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:42pm

Thanks for sharing the M. Murray link, Lizzie. He's 100% right.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:42pm

Kad said: "I can't believe I actually agree with Matthew Murray.

 

"

Word

[JM226]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:42pm

Margo319 said: "Margo is my real name.  Not fake.  Thank you.

 

 

 

"Are these actors not able to distinguish between fantasy and reality?

 

 

 

Or are they so narcissistic that just can't separate the two?"

 

 

 

Perhaps not.  

 

"

 

 

margo319 is not your real name. and if it is margo, that is only your first name which still makes you ANONYMOUS.  you hypocritical bully 

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:43pm

First name: Margo. Last Name: 319. Googling now...

[Kad]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:44pm

Lay off Margo319. Hassling her doesn't help anything.

[WaltG2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:45pm

Kad said: "Lay off Margo319. Hassling her doesn't help anything."

 

Then neither do her comments.

[Pootie2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:45pm

Just add to the ignore list. It exists for a (many) reasons.

 

Matthew Murray runs ATC, right? Maybe I should get an account there.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:46pm

No, he doesn't run it. But he writes for Talkin' Broadway and posts at ATC on occasion.

[JM226]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:52pm

Kad said: "Lay off Margo319. Hassling her doesn't help anything."

 

sorry but my biggest pet peeve is hypocrisy. you cant rip into another poster because they choose not to use their real full name unless YOU are already using your own real full name. that is a double standard. it is hypocritcal. no patience for it.  so you lay off me

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:52pm

I like Matthew Murray's stance on all of this and want to go where he's at...if only the ATC format didn't give me hives. Can we start our own message board? BroadwaySnark.com? Who's in?

[Margo319]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:54pm

"So you have proof that Kanye is mentally ill?

Let's see it."

 

Oh, sure.  He voluntarily married a human that says things like this:

 

 

[Margo319]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:56pm

Kad said: "Lay off Margo319. Hassling her doesn't help anything.

 

Thank you, sweetie.  I wish others would share their real first names.  That would be enough.......

 

[WaltG2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:58pm

Margo319 said: ""So you have proof that Kanye is mentally ill?

 

Let's see it."

 

 

 

Oh, sure.  He voluntarily married a human that says things like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

"

 

....wow, you are really something special.

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 1:59pm

Patti Murin ‏@PattiMurin  37s37 seconds ago

@MMurrayOnBway I wish you would have tagged me in your tweets about the blog I wrote. I would love to talk about it with you sometime?

 

Girl, stop. She's obviously trolling the boards because I doubt she just happened to look at his Twitter right as we were discussing it.