The wave does not belong in the theater!- Page 5

[liotte]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:14am

I don't care what people wear to the theater, that's not my argument.

ZONE, calling anyone a Nazi is an offensive thing to do. Especially to a Jewish person who had family killed during the Holocaust.
I don't care if you wear your Jesus shirt, that doesn't offend me but it might offend others. I am just commenting that your calling me a Nazi is offensive to me.

wannabeafoster- this is the only time I have ever seen it happen, and I don't think that is grounds to file a complaint. I'm not that anal anyway! I just posted a thread on a message board about it happening tonight.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:15am

BSo, but they didn't do it during the show? It didn't affect the audience during the show? You don't pay for the 30 minutes in theatre before the show starts. You pay for the performance, and if as long as no is doing somthing to affect the performance or the audiences experience during or enjoyment of the show, then there isn't a problem. Like I said, the audience is free to sing a little song, or fart the national as long as they don't do it during the show. Is classless? yes, it crude? Certainly, but it's not something to get bent out of shape over.


ETA Liotte, i'm sorry you found it ofennsive and i'm sorry you lost family during the holocaust, but I'm not sorry for what I said. I'm not sorry I offended you, because really, if I had to worry about all the people in my life who found something I said offensive, well, then at the ripe old age of 21, I'd already have an ulcer, and probably unhealthily high blood preasure.

Updated On: 4/9/06 at 01:15 AM

[dreaminaret]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:18am

I'm bowing out of this because I really just don't care anymore, and I don't think that it was a good idea to use the word "nazi"... however I think that this particular reference was more along the lines of "soup nazi" rather than anything else... it's almost become a colloquial term. And this is also coming from a Jew whose family was killed in the holocaust.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:19am

I have actually sat next to someoen who farted through all of Act 1 of the show. Fortunately he left during intermission.

Anyway, I thought ths thread was going to be about a musical version of "THE WAVE" to open in theatres.

Imagine that!

[dreaminaret]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:21am

BSo - I thought so too. Though I could not see it being a good show, so I'm happy this thread isn't about that.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:22am

exactly dream, it was in teh vein of Soup Nazi which i don't remember causing any sort of uproar.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:23am

Well I am sure they would have gotten better actors than the movie had.
I'm sorry, but that rape scene was hilarious with the bad acting. (Not that I am for rape...you know what I mean)

ZONEACE - for all the nasty things said around here, I don't thing he's ever been as bad as what you said. You aren't sorry you offended her? I'm sorry for you and the life you must live.

[liotte]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:23am

ZONEACE, I have sat next to plenty of kids (and adults) who sing along during shows, and I ask them to please stop, since I came to see the actors sing, not the audience.
And maybe since you offend so many people, you should try to start being a nicer person. From the way you have posted on this thread, you've got a long way to go. Add that to the list next to "How to behave in a theater".

And the Soup Nazi? Do I know who that is and what he has to do with this? Updated On: 4/9/06 at 01:23 AM

[Popular]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:23am

Zone - So now you agree with Liotte that the behavior was classless and crude? Cause when it comes right down to it, that's really all she was saying. I don't think she got bent out of shape about it. In fact, I think she's held up pretty well considering how she was attacked in this thread.

And by the way, as another Jew responding, that was probably the most pathetic apology I've ever witnessed.
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 01:23 AM

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:25am

My life is actually not that bad, while i tend to bitch about it a lot, it's pretty peaceful. So, there's no need to feel sorry.

and popular, it wasn't an apology, so, it probably seemed pathetic for one.

[liotte]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:25am

I was going to say, that wasn't an apology. He specifically said that he wasn't sorry for calling me a nazi.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:27am

Zoneace - the more you post, the less respect you are getting.

WHAT are you trying to get out of, not only criticizing Liotte, but saying you don't feel sorry for people you offend?

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:27am

People wearing sweats to the theatre and people doing the wave and yelling at others are two very different things. As long as the person wearing sweats doesn't yell at me for NOT doing so, I could care less. These teens yelled at people to join them, and boo'ed when they weren't indulged. That affects anyone who could hear it, and is quite frankly rude, no matter what the circumstance was. No one should be boo'ed ever. And yes, your apology was pathetic. Considering how low you stoop in every thread you post on, I wasn't exactly sure how to take your Nazi comment, and that saddens me.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:27am

it's a Seinfeld reference Liotte. In several (i think it was more than one) there was a character, called the Soup Nazi, based on a real man, in a real soup shop in NYC. He was very strict about the customers and if they didn't follow exactly what he said, he would kick them out of the soup shop, and ban them from it.


and Liotte, singing during the performance should be stopped, because it interferes with the performance, but doing the wave BEFORE the show, doesnt so, it's not really an issue.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:29am

Zoneace, you are no Seinfeld.

[liotte]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:30am

Thank you for clarifying. You should not assume that everyone knows Seinfeld and that you are using that as your basis for the word NAZI.

And you are saying that anything goes before a show? Technically, my ticket said the show started at 8. The wave was happening from about 8 to 8:05. The show started a few minutes late, as most shows usually do. So this time was time that I had paid for. Does that give me a right to complain?

[Popular]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:30am

"and popular, it wasn't an apology, so, it probably seemed pathetic for one."

My bad. In that case, you're actually quite talented. I've never seen someone screw up a non apology quite like that before.
Updated On: 4/9/06 at 01:30 AM

[dreaminaret]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:31am

not to mention, like the whole "yadda yadda yadda," seinfeld references have stayed in dialect for a surprisingly long time.

[liotte]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:32am

dream- I thought you left?

And not everyone watches Seinfeld and knows what you are talking about, sorry.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:32am

I happen to be Jewish.
I happen to know Seinfeld.
I happen to know the Soup Nazi.

I still found it offensive.
Maybe it is my sense of humor.

Maybe because you just aren't funny.
Maybe because it came across as an insult...not a joke.
(I'm still not sure it was a joke.) Updated On: 4/9/06 at 01:32 AM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:38am

You know what? I am going to side with Liotte on this debate. Those kids were extremely inappropriate. They should have all just taken out their cameras and snapped photos of the show and post them on the Internet violating all copyright laws. That is how people should act and respect artist. Well done, Liotte.


By the way, has anyone seen Tarzan yet?

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:39am

"Does that give me a right to complain?"


yeah, but complain to the people who did it. Tell them you thought it was annoying, and dumb, and rude. No one else here was affected by it.

Liotte, answer me this honestly, did the wave affect your enjoyment or experience of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on Saturday, April 8th, 2006?


ETA: I haven't seen Tarzan, and probably won't, I'm not big on the whole Disney Live Action thing, I saw BatB on tour in Atlanta a number years ago, and it was cute, but really, it's not for me. Although, I'm interested in Marry Poppins, cause from what I've heard it has some variation from the movie in its tone.

Updated On: 4/9/06 at 01:39 AM

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:43am

Zone has offended me before on this board. But never with something like that Nazi comment. I am truely shocked at that comment.

[Pippin]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:43am

Ijay, I liked your other picture better.......

[liotte]

Posted: 4/9/06 at 1:45am

ZONEACE, yes, that wave put me in a bad mood tonight. I still enjoyed the show, but had that wave brooding over me a bit throughout the evening and obviously, continues to bother me now. I'm just shocked that anyone on this board, considering how many theatergoers and theater professionals post on here, actually think it's ok that those kids did the wave at a broadway show.