The Lights WILL Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers — Page 9

#201

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:44pm

I happy to be part of a community that can admit they were wrong and make things right.

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#202

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:46pm

They're additionally going to be dimming the lights on the local plastic recycling plant!!!!

#203

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 3:14pm

Took them long enough, but really, she would have loved all the attention. Sadly, I cannot be in the city with everyone but I will be thinking of Ms. Rivers and everyone there. Think anyone could post a picture or two here afterward so I can see the tribute?

#204

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 3:18pm

I'm going to videotape it. I'll upload it later tonight!

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#205

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 3:30pm

I am soooo happy about this and cannot wait to see the video!

#206

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 3:56pm

>but really, she would have loved all the attention

Perhaps, but the debate is quite offensive and typical of the flippant disregard she faced her entire career. I swear I heard in her web series (Kathy Griffin ep) she MCed the Tonys.

#207

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 4:59pm

From a great distance--Well done to all--Support & Solidarity--exactly what Joan started all those years ago.

#208

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 7:59pm

The simultaneous dimming of all the Broadway marquees in honor of the passing of a Prominent Theatre Professional and perhaps the ultimate recognition that a person has achieved a place in theatre history. I'm sorry but Joan Rivers does NOT fall into this category.

#209

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 8:10pm

And enough people disagree with you that Broadway League reversed their decision and dimmed the lights.

Congrats to Jordan and all who made a difference here. This thread has almost restored my faith in this board.

#210

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 8:38pm

@ broadwayfever

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#211

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 8:38pm

Joan Rivers was a hateful person who made a living off of demeaning, degrading, and bullying people.

#212

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:12pm

It's sad that you can't tell the difference between a stage persona and the person behind it.

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#213

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:18pm

Oh please...she was a terrible person and a bully

#214

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:19pm

When Pal Joey and After Eight are on the same side, you know it has to be for a good reason.

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Updated On: 9/9/14 at 09:19 PM

#215

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:28pm

Oh please...she was a terrible person and a bully

That's why the accolades that continue to pour from the entertainment industry are all with enormous respect to her, her career, her charitable work and her being one of the pioneers for women comics and countless other praises.

Not one single negative remark has been uttered by anyone who she has comically attacked in the past and everyone felt honored if she ever said anything nasty about them FOR THE SAKE OF COMEDY!

Watch the highly acclaimed documentary JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK. The sequence of her signing all the payroll checks and visiting homebound ailing civilians with her grandson Cooper alongside her will give you a few minutes of insight to the true person that existed offstage.

#216

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 9:32pm

^ VERY well said!!!

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#217

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:25pm

broadwayfever her whole staff LOVED her. No one who ever worked with her has a bad word to say. She was a very kind and decent woman.

And as she pointed out many times she was the "queen of the gays!"

Some over on data lounge are grousing that she was a Republican. WHO CARES? She was very progressive on social issues and attended or performed many a gay wedding. She was on our side.

I miss her.

#218

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:30pm

LOL...oh please. Joan used to bash gays all the time. She was a racist and has been caught many times in her career bashing minorities, gays, etc. Her being a Republican doesn't surprise me at all. She was a natural born bully...she fits in well with the GOP

#219

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:32pm

I got video and will try to upload it to YouTube tomorrow in case this link doesn't work. I put it on Facebook, but not sure if my privacy settings will allow linking to work:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10100562172893007&set=vb.19606036&type=2&theater

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#220

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:39pm

"LOL...oh please. Joan used to bash gays all the time. She was a racist and has been caught many times in her career bashing minorities, gays, etc. Her being a Republican doesn't surprise me at all. She was a natural born bully...she fits in well with the GOP"

I'll give you an E for effort, but you're far too late to this game to earn any metriculated credit. #TrollProgressReports

iluvtheatertrash, thank you for that link. I couldn't be there so I had been waiting to see video of the moment.

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#221

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:39pm

iluvtheatertrash thank you for sharing that wonderful video. It got me all weepy.

broadwayfever we're just going to have to agree to disagree. Joan used SATIRE and HUMOR to expose our foibles. She was a very kind woman and a champion of the gays.

Did I like every single thing she said. NO! And I find that to be the case with most interesting people. Try to see the whole picture of Joan, not just the controversies that the press loved to report.

#222

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:40pm

"Oh please...she was a terrible person and a bully"

I'm neutral about this whole thing, but given that so many people have spoken out (including gays, surely), and the dimming happened, why not just let this go? It's done.

She's dead, and you're not.

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#223

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:43pm

"Congrats to Jordan and all who made a difference here."

I hope Jordan's eyes rolled when he read this, too.

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#224

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:47pm

I like to think it was my 7 joke posts on the petition that did it.

#225

The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers

Posted: 9/9/14 at 10:55pm

@ broadwayfever - Joan made fun of EVERYBODY- including Herself. Get over yourself!

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