Sophia Caruso departs Beetlejuice — Page 7

To me, it feels like "regifting" etiquette. Yes, actors get a bunch of stuff from fans that's basically junk and they simply don't have the space or the desire to keep it all. But just like it's tacky and a little insensitive to regift something where the original giver will see, I think this was tacky and insensitive to sell gifts to raise money for an album. I'm not against regifting or even reselling unwanted gifts, but I do think it's unkind to do it in a public way, which is what this was.

How this whole situation doesn't make clear how ridiculous "stage door culture" has become is really... something. If you give someone something... anything... PARTICULARLY SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW... that's it. You're not loaning them something from your private collection. You made or bought a thing. You gave it away. We're done. You don't get to live in that person's life in perpetuity... checking up on your "gift" year after year. There's no implication of a relationship because you've given A STRANGER something they didn't ask for.

KJisgroovy said: "How this whole situation doesn't make clear how ridiculous "stage door culture" has become is really... something. If you give someone something... anything... PARTICULARLY SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW... that's it. You're not loaning them something from your private collection. You made or bought a thing. You gave it away. We're done. You don't get to live in that person's life in perpetuity... checking up on your "gift" year after year. There's no implication of a relationship because you've given A STRANGERsomething they didn't ask for.

Thank you! A LOT of the more "obsessive" fans think that if they make eye contact with an actor (let alone give them a "special gift", they're BFF's for life. The reason so many actors now get car service home in their contracts is because there are SO MANY examples of these people stalking the actor back to their home to find out where they live -- and then waiting for them to comer and go on a regular basis.

People are posting constant comments about this on Sophia's instagram - and then they are angry when they are deleted. I find the mob mentality and constant cyber harassment disturbing. What are they hoping to accomplish? I feel sorry for this girl. The reddit gossip about her firing gets spread about as if it is fact. People post speculation about her mental health, her relationship, her friendships. It's incredibly invasive.

bwaywrldmember6853 said: "I find this whole thing so disturbing. I feel terrible for Sophia and her family. Beetlejuice’s fanbase is toxic to say the least. I find it disgusting that none of her co-stars tried to put a stop to the blatant cyber bullying she endured after departing the show."

Just a question ... why do you feel terrible for them? They decided to earn some money, and it didn't go over well. Right now I know families whose lives revolve around the daily call to update them about a loved one in the ICU or nursing home.

I feel like the timing was terrible. A lot of people are unemployed, sick, afraid, broke, right now and her mom comes online trying to sell Beetlejuice memorabilia not for charity but for her daughter's recording? It's awful timing and tacky.

Whilst we will most likely never know what happened to lead to her abrupt exit, it appears that her Beetlejuice experience hasn't been the greatest for Sophia Caruso.

I hope that lessons are learnt and that everyone ends up happy in the end and that careers aren't ruined.

In regards to the way her mom intended to sell her gifts, I personally think it was a bad move from a PR perspective. I mean we all get gifts we don't love and may even re gift but we would be unlikely to do so in a fashion that may offend the giver of the gift irrespective of how well we know the gift giver.

Her mom has apologised for her error and would appear to also agree that the way she went about it wasn't the classiest move. I am sure Sophia could earn much more money a lot faster by simply doing personal cameo messages.

I wonder whether her Manager was consulted about it before it was posted. Surely they would have seen it was a bad look.

Updated On: 4/16/20 at 02:11 AM

"A lot of people are unemployed, sick, afraid, broke, right now and her mom comes online trying to sell Beetlejuice memorabilia not for charity but for her daughter's recording? It's awful timing and tacky."

Do you know their financial situation? She's certainly unemployed. I don't see why in a time like this it's tacky and not. Like. Survival? How would you even know? Why is it any of your business?

Some teenagers/young adults are lovely people. Some are brats. Sophia, apparently, falls toward the latter end. Doesn't take anything away from her talents. You can be appalled by her actions (as we are by a lot of teenagers) and still be amazed at the amazing talent that girl possesses. This whole thing reminds me of the vitriol toward Lea Michelle's reported brattiness during Spring Awakening. These are just kids trying to find their way in the world, not even a normal world. They have so much time to grow (or not) Give them a chance.

Owen22 said: "Some teenagers/young adults are lovely people. Some are brats. Sophia, apparently, falls toward the latter end. Doesn't take anything away from her talents. You can be appalled by her actions (as we are by a lot of teenagers) and still be amazed at the amazing talent that girl possesses. This whole thing reminds me of the vitriol toward Lea Michelle's reported brattiness during Spring Awakening. These are just kids trying to find their way in the world, not even a normal world. They have so much time to grow (or not) Give them a chance."

FWIW, Lea Michele has been on Broadway for almost 10 years (Les Mis, Ragtime, Fiddler on the Roof) by the time Spring Awakening came around.

KJisgroovy said: ""A lot of people are unemployed, sick, afraid, broke, right now and her mom comes online trying to sell Beetlejuice memorabilia not forcharity but for her daughter's recording? It's awful timing and tacky."

Do you know their financial situation? She's certainly unemployed. I don't see why in a time like this it's tacky and not. Like. Survival? How would you even know? Why is it any of your business?"

She specifically said it was to raise funds for Sophia's new album.

"She specifically said it was to raise funds for Sophia's new album."

Which is her livelihood? Is a gofundme somehow more appropriate? Even if any of that mattered... why does anything think they have control over someone's choices in this way? Would it be better if she had just thrown everything in the trash?

Updated On: 4/16/20 at 12:49 PM

Somebody said on a FB group she was charging $225 an hour for a virtual vocal lesson instead of selling that stuff . I would pay $225 for a lesson from somebody like Sutton Foster or Kristin Chenoweth but not somebody who's 2 years younger than me



EDIT: See she's doing it for Broadway Cares. At least it's for charity Thought I saw somewhere Alex was doing a virtual workshop for 75 .

Updated On: 4/16/20 at 08:25 PM