The Lightning Thief goes after critics on twitter — Page 4

Same here. Was planning on seeing it but the social media account snark is a real turn off that it makes me wonder if the show is going to be as bad so I'm skipping it. I guess they don't want any adults attending. I did find it funny that they pat themselves on the back for their awful social media but at the end of the day, success is measured by how many tickets they are selling and their ATP and weekly grosses tell the real story. They are just turning people off.

The Distinctive Baritone said: "Is it me, or does “cis het” sound like a derogatory term? To me it seems like calling someone a “homo.” I’m not a fan, especially since we “cis het” males are usually not in positions of power when it comes to musical theater - quite the opposite, actually. And I don’t think The New York Times has had a straight male theater critic since Frank Rich left in the 1990’s. It’s like...not even accurate whining."

I agree it's a terrible term and I am one gay man who will not be using it. I am fine with being lumped in with other "queers" and the whole alphabet and I will refer to trans-people by whatever term they prefer. But the academics who decided half of the word "sissy" should be applied to all males--gay and straight--whose identities match their biology should lose their tenure. I mean, "Come ON, girls!"

ACL2006 said: "I'm really surprised they haven't announced a closing date and ending their limited run sooner. Their grosses are embarrassing."

Same.. went to see it last week with my boyfriend last minute got second row Orchestra at rush price and our row wasn’t full, the two in front of us left during intermission and the back of orchestra had like 4 empty rows..



and while I did for the most part enjoy it, seeing how the twitter is acting has like I said before turn me off especially from Seeing it again with friends who been wanting to

itsahopi said: "I’ve been following the LT account since tour and what they’ve been doing as far as harnessing the energy of the show while attracting an alienated fanbase has been really innovative compared to the regular social media accounts of shows. It’s not always for me because I am not the target audience, and that is something I feel is being overlooked here. Take a moment to analyze the engagement on each tweet and the passion from followers in the comments. You won’t see this kind of thing happening with other shows. The sass, the snark, the overall tone of the account has always been there and that’s why it gets traction from people like Lizzo.I admire the art that’s happening on a macro scale and it’s a shame that the essence of this brand’s work is being boiled down and judged by essentially two tweets that are being misinterpreted when taken out of context of the entire account. I’m sure I’ll get flack for defending it, but I feel like a lot of people here need to look inward and ask themselves why they’re getting so riled up over two tweets."

The problem is that the fanbase doesn't have disposable income, and they are turning off those who do have the cash to buy tickets. Their tweets might garner the support of teens and tweens on social media, but that isn't the support that pays the bills. In any case, I wish the best to those in the show, especially if the run is cut short.

Honestly been holding off saying this but - I sat behind the woman running the account at the opening night of Little Shop of Horrors. She kept firing off tweets even as the show started and at the end of intermission. I had seen this thread earlier in the day and was almost horrified to see that she was still doing it.

GavestonPS said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "Is it me, or does “cis het” sound like a derogatory term? To me it seems like calling someone a “homo.” I’m not a fan, especially since we “cis het” males are usually not in positions of power when it comes to musical theater - quite the opposite, actually. And I don’t think The New York Times has had a straight male theater critic since Frank Rich left in the 1990’s. It’s like...not even accurate whining."

I agree it's a terrible term and I am one gay man who will not be using it. I am fine with being lumped in with other "queers" and the whole alphabet and I will refer to trans-people by whatever term they prefer. But the academics who decided half of the word "sissy" should be appliedto all males--gay and straight--whose identities match their biology should lose their tenure. I mean, "Come ON, girls!""

How can you not realize that cis and sissy aren't even kind of related? Cis is short for cisgender and is from a Latin root, meaning same. They're completely different words. Good Lord.

ACL2006 said: "I think I mentioned this in another thread, but most performances anyone with a ticket in the balcony or mezz are asked to move to the orchestra."

Good lord, you have no idea how funny that is.

Oh my God, one of the replies to the tweet is "annabeth chase saved the word twice as a teenage girl sooooo (sic)"

Annabeth Chase is a fictional character...

Alex Kulak2 said: "The funniest part of them going after me for my comment is that I actually kind of like the show. It has nobusiness being on Broadway, but I like the songs well enough."

It amuses me that you (and others) complain that the twitter account is going after you, after you went after them first.

ErinDillyFan said: "The producers did the right thing to touring with the show first. They got a captive season ticket audience paying (virtually) full price. That is how I got roped in and we left at intermission. If the producers were paying attention during the tour they would have noticed people streaming out at intermission. Apparently there are some kids that came to see the show, but that demographic isn't one that drives Broadway sales. SpongeBob, even being a much higher quality show, was not able to sustain sales to that market.

They should go after the writers of the show, not the critics..."

Yes. The person updating the Twitter Account, who is employed by the production, should criticize her employers in her official capacity. That's be a great career move. You must be a miillionaire.

DRSisLove said: "Honestly been holding off saying this but - I sat behind the woman running the account at the opening night of Little Shop of Horrors. She kept firing off tweets even as the show started and at the end of intermission. I had seen this thread earlier in the day and was almost horrified to see that she was still doing it."

Wait, what? What happened with Little Shop that relates here?