The wave does not belong in the theater! — Page 10

Wow, what a hell of a long thread all stemming from the fact that liotte felt that doing the wave just before the start of a show is not an appropriate display.

I was not there, and, I have not seen the show, so I cannot comment on how the show might or might not contribute to the air of informality.

But, in general, I can tell you that had a bunch of kids started to the the wave just before curtain, I would have thought "WTF - this is live theater, not a sporting event." I was always raised to treat theater as something special. So, I can understand liotte's reaction.

As for the rest of the exchanges going back and forth, I don't quite understand some of the attacks and exchanges all premised on one person expressing her opinion and the reaction to that opinion.

I've thought about it for a while.

And I agree it isn't such a big deal at a show like SPELLING BEE. The show is suppose to be fun.

If this happened at LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, or SWEENEY TODD.. I would be very pissed.

I'm going to speak to the picture misunderstanding. Pictures in a Broadway theater are not prohibited because of the flash distraction - they are prohibited because the set and costume designs are protected property. Therefore, taking pics at curtain call is no less illegal than taking them during the show.

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Thank you for clarifying Rath.

Talk about a tangent...now I know that "the wave does not belong is theater" is actually BWW for "let's scrutinized everyone's beliefs even if it has no real relation to the subject at hand".

But back to the waaaave. I must say that I would not have been bothered by the wave had the people doing it not boo-ed others in their failed attempts to get the wave moving. It's precurtain so what is there to really say. I do inane things when I'm with a group of friends (given not in a theater) so I do understand from where it's coming. The end.

And it is Bee...not saying that the actors and the theater don't deserve the same respect as another show at a different venue, but given the aura the show and the theater, I personally will expect a little less on audience stuffiness, for a lack of a better term.

But Liotte does make a point...because I would have to be pretty delirious to be doing the wave in the theater.

You know chaperones will pull a "kids will be kids" or some ultimately trite response if they don't get the message.

lol

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I don't believe I ever said foam...

"A sporting event is much more interactive, whereas a Broadway show is not."

That you do not see the irony in the fact that you are talking about a Broadway show that USES four members of the audience in every single performance is what is so striking. It's interesting that you keep writing that you "have no problem" with this behavior or that behavior... and then you insist you don't have control issues.

News flash: this is not your world. Other people live in it and you can not control other people's behavior. However, you could assert yourself in the moment, tell the parties that you "have a problem with" to knock it off, or you could run and tattle tale.

Or you could bitch about it here where you obviously were expecting a lot of people to clutch their pearls in shock and horror at the very notion of The Wave.

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Are we still on this, really?

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i saw someone at spelling bee doing something with their pearl necklace, but it wasn't clutching.

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I love the scene in When Harry Met Sally where Billy Crystal tells Bruno Kirby that his wife was cheating on him and lying to him before she told him she was dumping him...all while they're doing "the wave."

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namo, i demand that you stop pressing people for personal information!

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