The wave does not belong in the theater! — Page 9

You should see what they pull off backstage. OOPS...guess we don't need a SPOLIER for that. Anyway, count me in the "audience participation" portion of theater whenever appropiate. Hey! I want my $100 worth of fun!


Bye! off to the sea today!

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"This Thread" The Abridged version, by Moi. Expect paraphrasing. Now you can read it set out in all it's glory and laugh as I have.

LIOTTE: Here is something I observed at live theatre tonight. I think this is inapporopriate.
ZONE/NAMO: You have a huge stick up your ass. How dare you be offended by something, anything, ever.
LIOTTE: I'm just saying....live theatre, you know...
OMNES: Oh yeah? Well you saw Spelling Bee more than once! Therefore, you are inferior. [insert some inapporiprate comments about money spending here.]
LIOTTE: Oh yeah? [insert some inapporiprate comments about money spending here.]
ZONEACE: [b]JOY- NAZI![/b]
OMNES: (well deserved, may I add!) Collective gasp!
LIOTTE: I am offended.
ZONEACE: Yeah, well, I don't care, man.
SOMEONE: Wasn't Joy Nazi like a Seinfeld reference? Like the Soup Nazi?
ZONEACE: Uh- yes! It totally was, all of a sudden! You're right. Therefore, Liotte is stupid for being offended by something on Seinfeld, nyaha!
LIOTTE: What? I'm not well versed in Seinfeld.
ZONEACE: Oh yeah? Well then you have no sense of humour.
[Insert enormous political debate here, the conclusion and relevance of which is yet to be determined.]
NEWCOMER: Anyway. They shouldn't have done the wave.
NEWCOMER 2: No, they were having fun! [insert etiquette joke]
OMNES: Hahahaha!

Now here's my final thought. I have read all nine pages of this thread. Basically it seems to be that Liotte has made ONE observation about something that she thought was inappopriate. Whether or not it was worth complaining about, her original post certainly did not warrant personal attacks on her choice of shows to see, how she spends her money, what she finds offensive. It's been said before but offensiveness is subjective. So there should be no need to stomp your little feet if she finds something offensive that you don't find offensive. She has behaved pretty damn well for someone who is being personally attacked by strangers on an internet posting site.
Some of the posts on here have been absolutely pathetic, from both camps. Wow. Adults and everything. Well, I hope I never work with some of you. Aside from anything, those of you who have posed saying that they are impervious to all potentially offensive statements can't be very good actors...Now take care of yourself, and each other. :-P

"NAMO: You have a huge stick up your ass. How dare you be offended by something, anything, ever."

Though it does seem that in general people with sticks up their posterior are the LAST people to be able to acknowledge that they have control issues, I would have to say that the second sentence does not bear any resemblance to anything I wrote. And reveals the "paraphraser's" bias.

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i dont know, but he/she must have been pretty drowsy.

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my thoughts on the actual topic is that when you have a show where the fourth wall is taken down by the atmosphere in the lobby or the cast throwing things into the audience, you should be prepared for the audience to do unpredictable things.

Id probably have been annoyed if someone was insisting I do the wave when I didnt want to, but other people doing it would not have bothered me in a casual setting like that.

Considering the last show I saw in that theatre was rocky horror, I can totally picture things getting crazy in there.

Dang it, that recap didn't include my comments about how inappropriate it is to take pictures during a show and put them on the internet. Isn't that just a tad worse than a few kids kidding around in the theatre BEFORE the show even begins?

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I was just waiting for you to reply and admit that your outrage at some kids doing the wave before a show started is really small potatoes compared to your very inappropriate and illegal actions in the theatre. So don't look down on a few kids having fun while you yourself are guilty of much worse. That is all I am saying. Am I the only one who feels this way?

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SueleenGay ~ Your discalimer intrigues me.

I didn't deny posting pictures, I never said that I was the person who took them.

Sue - of all people. In case you never realized, there are things that are illegal that are less annoying than things that are legal.

Yes, taking pictures can be annoying and is illegal. But that isn't the point here.

The point is that Liotte was annoyed kids were doing the wave and no one was stopping them.

I don't agree with your constant attacks on posters about every single thing, negative comments, know-it-all attitude, and the fact that you need a signature disclaimer that people shouldn't think you are serious because you do it so often.


Just because I am not afraid to call people on what I think is Bullsh*t does not mean I am attacking them. I am merely pointing out (in this case) what I find to be a great overreaction by someone who doesn't live by the same standards that she expects of everyone else. If you think I am mean and a bitch, that is too bad. What I cannot stand is a hypocrite. It reminds me of that girl in Willy Wonka with her finger up her nose saying "Spitting is a dirty habit." And I will be the one to say, "Pull that finger out of your nose before you criticize others, you nasty girl."

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You may have perceived my post to the wave as being an overreaction. I just posted what I thought about it. I have a respect for the theater, and think that others should as well. Doing the wave at a Broadway show, I feel, is disrespectful and should not be in the theater. I certainly live by the same expectations as I expect from everyone else. I never claimed otherwise.