To all those who Bash Ghost... — Page 3

People coming here ARE looking for opinions, as are the folks that I MIGHT make a reccommendation to. I'm not better than anyone because I have a different opinion, but my opinion is valid. I've certainly been able to tell people that I might not have enjoyed something, but based on their tastes their would.

Frankly, if I was going to the theater and I was stuck between a show that no one liked, and one that others did, I'd rather see the one that people are praising. Certainly, there's no guarantee that I'm going to like it, or that I wouldn't have liked the lesser appreciated show -- but you make educated guesses to which one you might enjoy more.

I never wanted to see Rock of Ages. It sounded like a show I would dislike (for a lot of reasons) I didn't go see it for the longest time. I finally went and saw it with my sister (as I thought she WOULD like it) I hated all but about the first 2 minutes. The comments I saw/heard gave me accurate information -- because I'm intelligent and can figure out how that info works for me.

It's not like anyone here is stopping strangers in line for tix telling them NOT to buy a ticket. No one person -- or even the slew of us here have the powere to make a show succeed or fail. But what we can do is give out the information as we see it. I think you could take the overwhelming majority of the posts here on BWW and assume the words IN MY OPINION exist.

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The boo-hooing about shows closing is Utter BS. As someone who has worked on several Bway shows, some short runs, some long runs, it's the biz, If you don't like it, you get out, many have.
At most times, most Bway theatres are in use, so all the people who could be working are working.

I'm with Dramamamma here. I think it's fine to say a show is garbage, and to think that if you insult a show you disliked as such, you're putting hundreds out of work is not even a valid discussion topic. I *do* think some people--on either side of the debate, seem to forget that what someone says about a show, including themselves *is* just their *opinion*, and that gets amplified when they discuss on a forum.

I loved Once (I found it to BE visually creative and imagined) and your dislike of it doesn't cause me to enjoy it any less. I might enjoy a conversation about our differences, but you are no more right than am I.

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I think the absurdity I've always found in these discussions is the notion that people want a show to close they don't like to make room for a better show to open.

1. That particular show doesn't have to close for another show to open. Mamma Mia, The Lion King, Memphis, Phantom of the Opera and others have run for years, yet new shows always manage to open.

2. The new show may not be any better. In fact, it could be a lot worse.

Disliking a show is a valid opinion. Making a point that you want it to close is just the need to be bitchy. Sort of like homophobes wanting to end gay marriage. If it's already happening and it has no impact on your life, why do you care? Wishing a show would close is pretty fruitless if there is an obvious demand from the public to still see it. When the public loses interest, tickets sales will drop off and it will close.

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Of course what is posted here are only opinions, although some posters don't understand that, but it seems to me that when someone loves a show, and wants to share their excitement, they are called shills, or at least there's doubt about their sincerity.

The haters come barreling through with intense force, insulting the lovers, and tend to dominate the discussion. Their hate seems stronger than the topic warrants.

This is the way I perceive the threads about shows in general.

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It's just as easy to see people who love a certain show as being defensive, arrogant, antagonistic - the same qualities those lovers say they see in everyone who disagrees with them.