Super Conservative Theatre Patrons — Page 3

Call_me_jorge said: "I had an experience with someone at the Dear Evan Hansen stage door where they randomly said how their parents wouldn’t let them see Hamilton, because of what they said to Pence. That’s probably not what your looking for though"

My sister-in-law arranges a bus trip to NYC every year before Christmas. She desperately wants to go to Hamilton, but a large percentage of her regulars have that same viewpoint re:Pence.

After Eight said: "Such "fun" stories.

Actually, I find nothing either "fun" or funny about peoplefeeling offended, unhappy, angry, or shortchanged when they go to the theatre. I think that's bad both forthem and for the theatre. Nor do I find it either "fun" or funny to mock their unhappiness.

But to add to the general mirth, I know someone who couldn't stand either the language or practically anything else in such critics' darlings as Hamilton, Fun Home, Book of Mormon, Spring Awakening, etc.

Isn't that a riot?"

Oh gurl, please! You are constantly questioning and criticizing people's enjoyment of things you hate.

And anyone who goes to Book of Mormon or Fun Home or Spring Awakening, unaware of the content within, deserves to be offended. If people are easily offended by such things, they have the option of not purchasing a ticket. You constantly attend shows you know full well you aren't going to like. You attend Sondheim revivals with full knowledge that you're not going to have a good time.

You obsess over one moment in Fun Home, an honest and truthful moment that every young person goes through, and challenge anyone who tries to have a rational conversation about it. This show was extremely important to many people, and I'm sure made many LGBT people feel a little less alone. But hey you hated it, so that's all that matters I guess.



You want theatre to be pure escapism. If that's your jam, fine. But stop attending shows that you know aren't going to fit your strict rules of what you think theatre should and shouldn't be. I don't like David Mamet or Theresa Rebeck or Frank Wildhorn. So what do I do? I don't go to their shows. Easy as that. You seem to take great enjoyment in hating something, and hating on those that don't agree with you, going so far as to question their taste values and moral code.

If someone lets a couple damns or hells ruin their theatrical experience, that's really on them. But these people aren't content with quietly leaving or not attending at all. They need to raise a big fuss and complain loudly to whoever they can. They expect theaters to change just to fit their moral code. We are responsible for what we consume.

After Eight said: "Nor do I find it either "fun" or funny to mock their unhappiness."

I think we shouldn't take them seriously either.

Everything will always offend someone. If we would take that all seriously we could stop all shows, movies and life in general.

People should also ask themselves why they are so easily offended by things that they would rather see differently. I would assume that is one of the first things you learn as a kid, that any (debatable) controversial character, role, line or situation is meant to make you think out of your box. And that not everything will go your way. Things are not wrong because you happen to dislike them. They really need to see the bigger picture of life before stepping into any theatre.

They should also ask themselves what the solution is. Walking around with a magic wand to erase everything out of their way that offends them? Or to have a bit more of an open mind.

Another poster in this thread spoke about a mother covering the eyes of her son because the poster in question walked by in jeans. Good example, what's the solution here? Banning all jeans from the world or some people need to get over themselves? I think it's clear.

Updated On: 3/13/18 at 11:38 AM

bwayrose7, I suspect that situation has something to do with religion. And why is seeing the show a punishment for the daughter who liked it? I would assume it was a relief for her, instead of going home to those lunatics.

Updated On: 3/13/18 at 12:05 PM

After Eight said: ""Foul language is foul language no matter what year it is”.



Truer words were never spoken.

Good for her."

There's nothing true about it. What makes language "foul" is the societal agreement that it is inappropriate language. And I would argue that censorship boards like the MPAA and tv network sensors have had an unreasonable amount of influence on society as to determination of what is foul language (ir Moore broadly what is inappropriate).

At On the Town we had a mother drag her preteen daughters out midshow after Chip and Ozzy came out in their underwear during "I Can Cook Too," muttering that it was "so inappropriate." Another night, a large Catholic school group left after the same scene.

I know a teacher who taught in a parochial school where the pages talking about mitosis (cell division) had to be ripped out because mitosis = cell division = reproduction.

bwayrose7 said: "Book of Mormon on tour. Couple storms out at the end of intermission, furiously berating staff about what a "horrible, disgusting" show it was. To this day, I still crack up that they chose the END of intermission to leave so they could make the biggest scene possible.

But that's not the worst part. They were there with a third person, a young woman who they abandoned at the theatre as "punishment" for enjoying the show. The kicker is that they drove off with full knowledge that her backpack and other belongings were still in their car - including her medication for a serious and unpredictable condition that can be triggered by intense stress and panic. The poor girl was still using the theater's phone to call her parents to come get her (who told her she deserved to be left there for wanting to see that show) when we were closing up for the night."

Reading this report seriously made me afraid about what may have happened to the girl once she got home.

rebeccmam31 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "I had an experience with someone at the Dear Evan Hansen stage door where they randomly said how their parents wouldn’t let them see Hamilton, because of what they said to Pence. That’s probably not what your looking for though"

My sister-in-law arranges a bus trip to NYC every year before Christmas. She desperately wants to go to Hamilton, but a large percentage of her regulars have that same viewpoint re:Pence."

I was reading the Facebook thread when the Straz Center (Tampa) recently announced their 2018-2019 season, and a few people were huffily commenting that they would NOT be subscribing this year because of the Hamilton/Pence thing. I have to give the Straz social media person huge props for not snarkily responding about what a hard time they'll have selling tickets now. I don't think I would've shown the same restraint...

TotallyEffed said: "Desperate to know what the swear word in The Little Mermaid is."

Ursula says "damn" in the song "Daddy's Little Angel"