The Daryl Eisenberg Twitter Thread — Page 5

We've given Daryl the chance to respond to several BWW Questions and she now has @
http://bwayworld.com/rd.cfm?i=64183

She's full of crap. If she's tweeting about the actors during breaks, why is she writing in present tense? And what, was she taking notes during the actual auditions to tweet later? How would she remember everything she wanted to tweet?

Updated On: 8/13/09 at 10:02 AM

Agreed, LizzyCurry. That and other anti-Equity tweets from her, her assistant, and colleagues speak for themselves. Daryl just wrote this to try and take the high road for something she clearly thought made her look important, and it backfired.

I also love that she's calling it BwayTwitterGate, when she's never actually done anything on Broadway.

I don't agree that she should be expected to offer her "constructive criticism" inside the audition room -- I suppose if that happens and it happens constructively, so be it and more power to her, but auditions are meant to be a tightly run ship and not a class. The American Idol world has many people convinced that you sing, and the people behind the table put their pencils down and devote time to sharing their thoughts, naughty or nice. But if an audition went poorly, all I'd expect anyone to say is "Thank you" and move on, whether they're sweet or bitches on wheels. THIS is a reason why "this business it tough"; Her being able to use your audition time for her amusement and her sideline career as a blogger/snarker... is NOT.

What's ridiculous is claiming to be giving people a view of life behind the table by criticizing someone's skirt (We can't see it. How do we know if we would have fallen into the "I don't think my outfit is Wiccan" trap?) or someone's headshot not looking like them (We've all heard that 1000 times, and can't compare this person to the shot.). I'm amazed how many people have defended what she's said as helpful. Did you not know you should resemble your headshot, and are you now rethinking your skirt repertoire? There is ZERO intent to be helpful here, rahter every intent for self-publicity and self-aggrandizement. ("Will I keep tweeting? Come to %*&$%^$#& and find out!")

The $25-off Tweet Special for her class is a really nice touch.

I counted 24 tweets during her business day, and I know at least one was deleted. That's a WHOLE lotta downtime and breaks.

Best12bars: "Sock puppets" like EvilPip...are you Daryl herself or her associates...

Have you read anything I've written before coming up with that? I've been lambasting the woman! I'm one of the more outraged people on this board. Read one thing I've written and tell me how it sounds like I might be a Daryl friend, please? And yes, I joined yesterday because it was the first time I felt compelled to chime in on such a discussion.

The only thing I said that didn't jibe with some other lambasters is that telling DE to offer her criticism in the room is not the appropriate way to go either; such a thing could never be expected in an open call.

Other than that, it looks like we were agreeing. A+ on reading comprehension there.

I very much hope Daryl reads -- and seriously considers -- Paul Russell's statement. He hit the nail on the head, I think.

As for her statement, it's unsurprisingly a load of crap. She just keeps repeating that her Twitter is meant to be informative and making excuses for herself.

I've yet to be contacted by Equity. I'd like to hear from them, as their opinion undoubtedly matters to me.

... really? Because your rude response to them yesterday would indicate otherwise.

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DE's comment about Equity was timed before the BWW blogs got to it. I was following her before the story broke when there was talk about AEA banning any casting directors from using social networking sites during auditions, including Twitter and Facebook. It's the same outrage that workers at ESPN had when the company said they could only use Twitter for ESPN-related news updates.

Updated On: 8/13/09 at 11:48 AM

Why do so few people in show business seem to be able to use social media without looking like dumb asses?

Updated On: 8/13/09 at 11:54 AM

What's ridiculous is claiming to be giving people a view of life behind the table by criticizing someone's skirt (We can't see it. How do we know if we would have fallen into the "I don't think my outfit is Wiccan" trap?) or someone's headshot not looking like them (We've all heard that 1000 times, and can't compare this person to the shot.).

I can understand THINKING some of these things -- I mean, we've all thought sarcastic crap when meeting someone new, or sitting in on a job interview, or even just people-watching at Starbucks. But you keep that stuff to yourself, or if you must express it, put it on your protected PERSONAL Twitter (which she has) or your locked livejournal, or your limited profile-enabled Facebook.

I'm amazed how many people have defended what she's said as helpful. Did you not know you should resemble your headshot, and are you now rethinking your skirt repertoire? There is ZERO intent to be helpful here, rahter every intent for self-publicity and self-aggrandizement. ("Will I keep tweeting? Come to %*&$%^$#& and find out!")

Same here. It's common sense. Hell, I'm not and never have been an actor and I knew all that.

Her sentiment stems from what I often see online: "I'm not mean, I'm honest!," which is something I admit having used in my own defense at times. However, this is her professional work Twitter, and as such, it should be, well, professional. And it's not.

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Her "non" apology means nothing. She hasn't redeemed herself one iota in my mind.

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Just got a confirmation- No protestors to speak of.

Darn, I was hoping it would turn out like Newsies with singing and dancing in the streets.

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No one can break us, nothing can make us give our rights away~

Anyway, well said, Lizzie.

orangeskittles: According to the person who knows her you were right about the trust fund thing. I am very impressed

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