Sara Bareilles Instagram Rant — Page 4

When discussing art, its not about who DESERVES to see it. Containing any form of art behind a paywall is like holding water in a canvas bag, its gonna get out regardless of what you do. I've watched my fair share of bootlegs and am glad they exist. It's a grey area if there ever was one. By trying to make it black and white you're vastly oversimplifying the issue and its frankly coming off very shrill.



Yes, in the particular circumstance at Waitress that was an egregious overstepping and the person was right to be called out, especially in the front row. Even though we all know bootlegging is against the law, I'm going to wager a majority of people on this board has watched a bootleg at least once. I do think that increased streaming services, like BroadwayHD, will become a larger share of the theater revenue in years to come. Even living as close to NYC as I do I would still love the opportunity to get even more theater or rewatch old faves.

j.garcia said: "Containing any form of art behind a paywall is like holding water in a canvas bag, its gonna get out regardless of what you do."

Theater is kind of different, though. When a movie, album, or anything else gets out, you are getting the same experience as the people who paid, especially since they are all digital now.

With bootlegs, you are getting a lesser experience. A forced perspective from a camera with audience audio that overwhelms the stage audio, stage lighting that often washes out the actors, and some person's head blocking the right corner of the screen (since the camera had to be lower to not be detected).

I think the larger concern isn't that it is leaking out, but that the quality of the live experience isn't being conveyed. A pro-shot can't capture all of what you get live, but even those are miles ahead of a bootleg. Just seems incongruous to consider a bootleg as a method of capturing art.