"In August, 2 teenage girls dressed like Linda from "A Wedding Singer." I thought, odd it's not Halloween yet. Plus what parents would let their teenage daughters dress so provactively?" "Yes they are completely annoying, but if their parents let them out of the house like that and the theatre staff lets them in, nothing much you can do. Personally, when I went to shows when in 8th grade and high school, I was taught to be on my "best behavior"." Ya know what, y'all? Give these kids a break. The whole REASON most of these kids become so fanatically involved with theater is to BREAK OUT OF the silly "rules" that their parents and "civilized" society has shoved down their throats from the day they were born. These kids are popped out of their wombs and neatly proportioned into a cardboard box for 13 or so years until (if they're lucky) they start to question, for the first time, who they are, who they want to become, and that real life actually affords them these options. Some of us (and by us, I mean human beings, because we all come from the same place -- no one person is better than another) never had the opportunity to "rebel" or "explore", per se, who we could be when we were teenagers. Some people stayed in those cardboard boxes until they were into their 20s (or 30s, or 40s...) until they finally realized that they these invisible walls of social norms that our f*cked up society has told us are "THE way to be" since we were born were really non-existent and we did (and do) have certain rights, like wearing the clothing we want. And of all shows, for heaven sakes, I think RENT, of them ALL, is the show that MOST promotes the "be who you are" mentality. The only thing I take issue with is people showing disrespect toward others (shouting in the theater, interrupting an actor's speech, showing disrespect for a performer's personal space following a show - and always). Aside from that, PLEASE, those of you saying things like people shouldn't wear a band's t-shirt to THAT BAND'S concert - do you know how absolutely ridiculous that sounds? Lord. If you're going to look down upon someone, have a valid reason - not because of some fasion faux pas they commit. I'm sick of people saying that we all need to conform to be the same person as the next when it comes to our *actual identities*, let alone saying we need to conform by the *clothing* we wear.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 10/29/06 at 10:22 AM
