"Wait.. why is everyone laughing?" Moments — Page 2

I think I know why people laugh when Eponine/Gavroche get shot. The gunshots (firecrackers?) are so loud, it scares the hell out of people, especially those not expecting it. They feel foolish and laugh it off with their family/friends/neighbors.

bdwayondabrain: You stated in your first post that you "now sort of understand why" people were laughing during the "Ohio" number. However, in your response post to me you wrote that you still "have no clue." So which is it?

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When I saw The Goat in London, everyone was in hysterics when Stevie dragged on the goat carcass towards the end of the play. When my friends and I discussed it afterwards, we all agreed that it was a "We're laughing...oh my god, what the hell are we laughing at?!" kind of moment.

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I wondered why people were laughing for the entire performance of "The Wedding Singer"

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One of the times I saw the Rent movie in the theatre, there was a group of kids laughin during Angel's fineral. I was soooo f*cking pissed!

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When I lived in Berkeley, there was this third-run dollar movie theatre that had a different bill every night. And on this particular evening it was "Cabaret". So my b/f and I go to see this, and the only place we could find two seats together was about two rows back from this pair of little old ladies: one was in her late 60s, the other slightly older and wearing a hearing aid.

About ten minutes into it, the older lady's hearing aid went bust. So, in a voice that could be heard throughout almost the entire theatre:

"WHAT ARE THEY SAYING NOW?"

"THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO A BAR."

"OH..... WHAT ARE THEY SAYING NOW?"

"THEY'RE SINGING A SONG."

"OH."

Now sure, it sounds like it might annoying as all heck, but since everyone there probably knew the entire movie front to back, it made it sort of bizarre fun to see this movie afresh through their conversation. Naturally, everyone was waiting for *that* scene, and our elderly friends did not disappoint: the scene in the car where they have the argument about Max.

"Screw Max!"

"I have!"

"So have I."

"WHAT ARE THEY SAYING NOW?"

"I DONT KNOW! I DIDNT HEAR IT!"

"IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING FUNNY! EVERYONE'S LAUGHING! ASK SOMEONE!"

"SHUT UP AND WATCH THE MOVIE!"

God, we were *dying* to tell her what they said.....

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I think it's meant to be sentimental.

I think it's meant to cheat tourists out of $110.

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Urinetown.

I thought URINETOWN was hysterical!

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When I saw Altar Boyz for the first time, there was a really loud and sudden burst of laughter on the "It doesn't matter if you're pregnant and you're unwed" line. It's quite a funny line but no funnier than the rest of the song so I didn't understand why everyone burst out laughing at that particular moment.

The "pregnant/unwed" line is an example of perfect pacing and rhythm. If you listen to the song, it just naturally builds to that line; it's almost a release for everything before it -- and you cant help but laugh because the absurdity of it all has kicked in.

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The Muriel/Omaha part, Andre says he's pleased to meet Muriel, and Muriel responds with, "It's mutual" as in she's pleased to meet herself or others are also pleased to meet her.

StageManager- what i meant when i said "i sort of get it" is that i think that the audience was laughing at her voice for some reason. but i still have no clue the real reason they were laughing, so im just assuming because i dont know what they were really laughing at

sorry...

yeah, there were a few of those moments in THE COLOR PURPLE, i was like "why yall laughing?"
yup