"As for the usher comment... If you were reading carefully, I spoke with several ushers, a lighting and sound engineer and Ms. Taymor. "
Okay, I'm just going to be the one to call you out on this. I have smelt bologna in most of your posts from the start of all of this.
You went to ONE show and managed to talk to a handful of ushers two crew members, Ms. Taymor and everyone in the mens bathroom at intermission (see, I DO read your posts)...
First off, ushers have more important things to do when the house opens than to stand around and talk to one guest. Same with the crew members. And do you think ANY of them are going to stand in the place they work and bash their job? No.
Let’s go back and look at just a few of the things you’ve posted, shall we?
“When I spoke with Ms. Taymor she on three occasions said how hard they were working to perfect the musical. I didn't doubt her.” (THREE TIMES?! HOW LONG WAS THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I CAN’T FATHOM IT BEING MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES AT THE MOST)
“I am a Julie Taymor fan.” (OBVIOUSLY)
“If on the other hand, you're talking about an egotism that is inappropriate, I don't think you have Ms. Taymor pegged. From all accounts she's a hard worker and demands excellence from her company, but most are not complaining. In fact, most are honored to be working with her.” (AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?)
"From most internal accounts, the cast and crew of SMTOTD are a tight community. AND extremely supportive of Ms. Taymor's work." (AGAIN, WHO IS TELLING YOU THIS?)
"While waiting, I immediately befriend one of the ushers stationed at the auditorium entrance. We had an extensive conversation." (YEA, BECAUSE USHERS HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO BEFORE A SHOW THAN HAVE EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS)
"As I was one of the first in the theater, I had lots of time to get myself settled and to speak with some of the other ushers. Again, all of them huge fans of the show. Hmmm?" (AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE USHERS ARE JUST STANDING AROUND. WTF?)
"The house staff at the theater told me that Ms. Taymor is extremely gracious. One of the ushers told me a story where the ushers were gathered talking about the show." (BECAUSE USHERS JUST LOVE TO CHAT!)
“I am not someone who judges good theater by it's box office success, but by it's word-of-mouth.” (FUNNY, THE WORD OF MOUTH HAS BEEN TERRIBLE. AND YOU SHOULD BE USING ‘ ITS’, NOT IT’S)
"My intermission was completely different than those others reported here. In fact, I was standing in line for the men's room and a man a few people behind me was on his mobile being even more emphatically positive about the show than I have been here. This sparked several conversations with the men on line and even into the urinals." (YOU SEEMS TO BE HAVING ANAWFUL LOT OF EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH JUST ABOUT ANY ONE)
“As for the applause... I too experienced a sort of loll regarding the final curtain call. Here's my take on that…”
“I suspect that if Ms. Taymor had walked onto that stage, people would have gone wild.”
(SO, THE AUDIENCE DIDN’T REALLY APPLAUD, BUT YOU THINK THEY WOULD HAVE GONE BONKERS IF THE DIRECTOR WALKED ON STAGE???)
"The book made sense and was engaging. I kept waiting for the jokes that were going to fall flat. There were none. I kept waiting for the horrific writing, it all seemed genuine and motivated. What was I seeing? Had they changed the show so much overnight?" (NOW I JUST THINK YOU ARE JERKING US OFF)
"The comments that Ms. Taymor and the SMTOTD company were monsters pushing the company beyond any reasonable safety, just isn't so. For those who made those comments and continue to do so, you are just uniformed and cruel." (SO, IF YOU ARE THE INFORMED ONE, WHO TOLD YOU THIS? THE USHERS?)
"From most internal accounts, the cast and crew of SMTOTD are a tight community. AND extremely supportive of Ms. Taymor's work." (I’M GUESSING THIS IS THE USHERS AGAIN? MAYBE THE SOUND GUY? OR THE LIGHT GUY? WHO KNOWS BECAUSE YOU WEREN’T SURE WHO IT WAS)
"Ms. Taymor is far more interested in making us think about the very stuff that legends are made of and perhaps through that personal exploration, feel". (YOU KNOW, MAKE THE AUDIENCE FIGURE IT OUT SINCE THE SCRIPT ISN'T TELLING THEM ANYTHING)
You sound like the crazy person who wanders up and talks to anyone who looks like they might be associated with the show.
Unless they are friends of yours, then that's what you are.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
Updated On: 2/10/11 at 04:33 PM
