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[WaltG2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 2:53pm

tazber said: "But I strongly suspect it would be the former."

 

I think you give her a little too much credit.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 2:54pm

You're asking her to let go of her dreams!

[tazber]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 2:58pm

I know, but it had to officially said, no?

 

I thought this would all be over by now, but Patti apparently has more passion about this than I thought (or is healthy).

 

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[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:01pm

tazber said: "I thought this would all be over by now, but Patti apparently has more passion about this than I thought (or is healthy)."

 

Patti Murin ‏@PattiMurin  4h4 hours ago

@LarryIsOKeefe @chrissyteigen GOD NO!!! I mean, I DO have a lot of time on my hands now....

 

She's obviously making the most of it.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:06pm

 

taz "jamboree" I lol'd and #died

[Kad]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:07pm

I'm glad the Broadway community can once again focus on a pressing matter affecting the American stage actor.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:17pm

How long will this thread last before it gets shut down?

 

[JM226]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:30pm

tazber said: "I know, but it had to officially said, no?

 

 

 

I thought this would all be over by now, but Patti apparently has more passion about this than I thought (or is healthy).

 

 

 

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"

 

she is unemployed now. she probably has a ton of time on her hands. 

[Craig]

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

I'm still trying to wrap my head why this thread is being used as a sounding board to go after Patti.  For one, the decision to have a report abuse thread came before Patti's blog entry. Further - there's always been a report thread/contact us form.  

Why some people are taking this so personally is beyond me.  Unless it means that you are concerned that you might get a warning or banned because of something posted.  Which, ultimately, is no different than what would have happened before.  For those that live to be snarky (in a very vitriolic manner) - it's not going to change a thing. For some, it might give them pause and a reason to re-read what they've written before clicking post message.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

Wait, Craig is alive?

 

[Craig]

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

Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "Wait, Craig is alive?"

 

Alive and well.  Thanks for noticing!

 

[Theater_Nerd]

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

Craig said: "Why some people are taking this so personally is beyond me."

 

The same thing crossed my mind. In reading the responses made by some members it does seem they are taking this as a personal affront.

 

EDIT: But on the other side of that coin some are just having fun with it and being harmlessly snarky about it. 

Updated On: 3/11/16 at 03:42 PM

[Petralicious]

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

tazber said: "Just tossing it out there:

Patti, you are cordially invited to join as a member here and host a discussion about this issue.

One of two things will happen:

 You'll be surprised how civil people are to you and you may learn something about your fans. And we'll learn something too.

Or

It will devolve into a name calling jamboree and Rob will have to delete it.

But I strongly suspect it would be the former.

 

"It will start civil for the first 5 replies, then will end up in namecalling if i had to place bet

 

Updated On: 3/11/16 at 03:43 PM

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:47pm

Does anyone else think Patti thinks this about herself?

 

[Kad]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:50pm

I believe people are taking it personally because Murin specifically wants this board disassociated with the site, cherry-picked quotes from members, and made broad generalizations.

And the report abuse feature on individual posts apparently was stuck in the pipeline until Murin's blog post.

[WaltG2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:51pm

Theater_Nerd said: "Craig said: "Why some people are taking this so personally is beyond me."

 

 

 

The same thing crossed my mind. In reading the responses made by some members it does seem they are taking this as a personal affront.

 

 

 

EDIT: But on the other side of that coin some are just having fun with it and being harmlessly snarky about it. "

 

Personally, I just love the irony inherent in her hypocrisy. This whole thing is just a study of "Pot, meet Kettle".

[AC126748]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:53pm

"And the report abuse feature on individual posts apparently was stuck in the pipeline until Murin's blog post."

 

Oh, so much this. It's comical to even try and sell that story to those of us who have been complaining about abusive, racist trolls for months if not years  But within two hours of Patti's post, the "report abuse" button is magically ready for rollout!

 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 3:55pm

I want to upvote this.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 4:08pm

Also, I saw on Twitter how that & Patti were connected.

Right here:

https://twitter.com/BroadwayWorld/status/708074461749051395

And here:

https://twitter.com/BroadwayWorld/status/708090554278522880

And here:

https://twitter.com/PattiMurin/status/708089573574905857

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 4:10pm

I don't take her comments personally (I am not in the habit of attacking people or posting cruel things for amusement and have blocked the user that i find to do so most often). But i do find the comments hypocritical on her part (her own twitter feed is full of her saying the same kinds of things about television shows and the real people who perform on them that she is decrying when it comes to other people commenting on theatre and the people who perform in theatre).  

 

Her comments are also problematic because they call for collective punishment (remove the boards from the website altogether) for individual (perceived) transgressions.  Not unlike Trump calling for a wall between the US and Mexico because one undocumented immigrant from Mexico is a rapist.  It is not a reasonable position to take in a free society (neither her position nor Trump's).  And the transgressions themselves are quite questionable.  Aside from the one blatant one about Chad Kimball, her other examples included someone politely pointing out the obvious reality that lots of stuff gets said on the internet and other examples where people praised her, but not to a standard that she considers to be sufficient. 

 

Then there is the obvious narcissism and selfishness in calling for the abolition of something that serves so many purposes for so many people because she herself doesn't consider to serve a useful purpose in her life.  So 100's or 1000's of people use the boards to ask and answer questions, gather information, celebrate shows that they love and discover new shows and performers, and she thinks that her desire to never be tempted to go reading insufficiently-effusive praise about herself should take precedence over the desire of so many other people to use the boards in such a wide variety of ways that in most cases have nothing to do with her.  

 

In other words, we are not taking her posts personally, but we find them offensive to a free society in a variety of ways.  And as others and I have previously pointed out, they are probably also counter-productive to her own interests; I bought a ticket to her now-cancelled show because i heard about it on the boards.  The producers hadn't been advertising it much, and I would not have known about it if i hadn't heard about it on the boards.  Is it really wise to call for the shutting-down of a part of a website that increases ticket sales in the business that she works in?  It just makes no sense on any level.

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 4:11pm

Craig said: "I'm still trying to wrap my head why this thread is being used as a sounding board to go after Patti.  For one, the decision to have a report abuse thread came before Patti's blog entry. Further - there's always been a report thread/contact us form.  

Why some people are taking this so personally is beyond me.  Unless it means that you are concerned that you might get a warning or banned because of something posted.  Which, ultimately, is no different than what would have happened before.  For those that live to be snarky (in a very vitriolic manner) - it's not going to change a thing. For some, it might give them pause and a reason to re-read what they've written before clicking post message."

You nailed it Craig.

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 4:13pm

This story made the NY Times?? 

 

(Sorry Lizzie I can't bring myself to post a link)

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 4:19pm

The Actress Patti Murin Takes On Broadway Chat Board

 

This whole time I thought The Pet Groomer Patti Murin started all the brouhaha.

[AC126748]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 4:21pm

Why did Will Chase put the word "antiquated" in quotes in his tweet? Is that like the time Doreen at my work hung up a sign in the break room asking us to "please" clean the microwave after every use?

[tazber]

Posted: 3/11/16 at 4:26pm

Chase's tweet was the worst by far. He called everyone who reads and posts "bitter".

 

Does he not realize how many people who read and post love him?

 

These people aren't thinking before joining the parade. Many of them have large fan bases here.

Updated On: 3/11/16 at 04:26 PM