"What's your favorite show?" -- what answer would be the biggest turnoff?

[knicknut]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:20pm

You're at a bar or some social situation and meet someone you find attractive. You find out this person likes Broadway, so you ask them what their favorite musical on Broadway is right now. What answer could they give that would turn you off the most?

I'm not saying you should ultimately judge someone based on one preference, but I think a person's favorite show could tell you a lot about a person, like their sense of humor, their taste in music, whether they want to be deeply moved or mindlessly entertained, etc.

So, when you ask the question, what response do you least want to hear? Is this your least favorite show? Would you stop talking to them as a result?

Alternatively, what show would you most want to hear in your response? Is this also your favorite show?

[Pippin]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:26pm

If he says Good Vibrations, he ain't gettin' any of 'em tonight, I'll tell ya that.

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:31pm

Cats

[uncageg]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:36pm

Even though CATS is not on Broadway now, my friend who is a concierge says he is still getting request for tickets.

Mine would be Mama Mia

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:39pm

i'd beat to death anyone who asked me that question if i thought they ascribed any sincere relevance to the answer. it would be necessary if for no other reason than to protect the gene pool from any accidental spillage of...that.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:39pm

GREASE.

For personal reasons I care not to go into right now, I just ... can't. stand. the show. LoL

[Fiyero13]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:49pm

High school musical

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:58pm

It's horrible and shallow of me, but probably Wicked.

Dig a little deeper. There ARE better shows out there! It's not even my least favorite, but I feel like it's sort of an easy way out.

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:59pm

Anyone asks me that question on a first date and I DTMFA.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:59pm

Wicked.

[Pianist3912]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:09pm

Mamma Mia, Grease, Cats, Legally Blonde.

[maya5892]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:17pm

Pianist, Legally Blonde is listed as one of your favs on your profile, yet it's a turn off for you?

[Pianist3912]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:18pm

Saying it's your favorite show, yes. As in #1.

[knicknut]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:19pm

"Anyone asks me that question on a first date and I DTMFA."

So you don't like people who care about your interests and what you like, in hopes to find something you mutually enjoy? Hmm... weird. Remind me not to go out with you.

As for mine, I'd say Mamma Mia or Hairspray. Mamma Mia b/c I can't stand jukebox musicals and won't really respect someone's tastes if they find that to be the pinnacle of theater. Hairspray because it's painfully corny, has a plot line that tries to hard to be moral and is unbelievably unrealistic although seems to think it's not; and it just plays on the emotions of every gullible ugly girl who thinks shaking her bon bon will get her on a TV show and get her crush to like her.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:19pm

Spring Awakening.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:21pm

beat. to. death.

for the greater good.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:42pm

Spring Awakening. Or for a play The Seafarer.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:46pm

Spring Awakening, Rent, See What I Wanna See

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:47pm

Kicky, I don't think you'd have to worry about dating me. From what I've seen you wouldn't even be allowed to get in line.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:48pm

Cats is the obvious choice. I don't think I could stay in love with anybody who really loved Wicked, either.

Cliche, I know, but those would be the top two.

[jigblob]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 4:55pm

is this like the callout for all of the snobby broadway enthusiasts that think they are above others because they have "better" tastes in broadway shows?

kill me.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 5:00pm

For me it's not about "better"; it's about compatibility. If she's going to want to see Spring Awakening or The Seafarer, those aren't going to be very fun nights.

However, if she says she's seen them, she liked them, but she doesn't really feel the need to see them again, there's a possibility.

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 5:10pm

High School Musical

[Elphaba]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 5:17pm

and I'd be right behind Papa to kick them after beating them up

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 5:46pm

There are people who think "Rent" is God's gift to the world, and to those people I say, see more Broadway.