Why I walked out of Gypsy today- Page 4

[jazzicat]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 12:14am

This is awesome that the debate continues. There are many things I could have done. I could have pushed them off the balcony..but I think that would have been going too far.

I completely flew off the handle and lost all control of my emotions. Score. So I overreacted. I'm out 59 bucks, I didn't see the show... but walking out still felt kind of good. I'm still pissed at the balcony scum and embarassed by my stupid temper, but damn it's ok. I like that I didn't just go sit in another seat.

Oh and what makes this better is that I'm 29, not 16. And I'm a dudette. And sometimes dudettes get a little crazy.

[DrewBill]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 12:44am

I have absolutely no tolerance for rudeness. I am constantly surprised at how rude our culture has become.
Updated On: 5/26/08 at 12:44 AM

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 12:51am

As rude as those ladies were, the house manager did offer to seat you somewhere else, and you chose to leave. Sorry about your experience, and I can understand your anger, but if you want to return, go for it.

[fakemyway2thetop]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 1:12am

jazzicat, I feel for you. I hate rude theater goers. And don't worry about overreacting. There was certainly plenty of overacting on the stage at the time so, in a way, your reaction was perfect! :)

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 1:54am

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 1:55am

Oh, I get it! Cry-Baby!

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:02am

yess Blaxx. I'm such a HUGE fan of Cry-Baby!

[bk]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:43am

"Having human decency does not a dainty delicate flower make."

Ooh, yes, human decency. Let's make this all about human decency. Sorry, I'll say it again - I asked politely the first time, I was told to shut up - that rude peckerwood did not deserve one iota of human decency - not from me, and not from anyone else. I'm sorry, I don't buy this entitled society we live in and I will, in the face of that kind of rudeness, do what I need to do to shut it down. If you want to be a decent human to that kind of cretin, the more power to you. I've got plenty of human decency and it's always in evidence when I'm around decent humans.

[My Oh My]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:52am

Not sure how I'd react if someone were to tell me to shut up after politely asking them to turn off their cell. But I have a feeling it wouldn't be pretty.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 8:40am

A 29 year old "dudette" who uses the word "awesome" has to have a long, serious talk with herself.

Updated On: 5/26/08 at 08:40 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 9:07am

Yeah, bad, bad you, using a word like awesome!

How dare you.

You should smack yourself to bed tonight for that.

Didn't you get the memo? Anyone using the word 'awesome' past age 25 is doomed to burn in hell.

Thanks for the reality check, Dollypop.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 11:51am

Anytime, Foster.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 3:59pm

There were these two at a matinee of Spring Awakening(the Saturday before Lea and Groff left) that were just like the ones that were just the ladies at this performance of Gyspy. The sat infront of me and my mom in the orchestra and right before the show started, they decided to move to seats in the back. You know, it's more understandable for someone to do that in a movie theater since you're not assigned a seat in a movie theater, but you don't do that in a Broadway theatre. There were some kids in one of the Acting I classes at my college that were like that when we saw Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This one guy was sitting in the row I was in and he was talking to his friends and stuff and I said to him, "You do know that there are people coming to sit in those seats?" and he said something like does it really matter?, to which I said this is a Broadway theatre, it matters here. This isn't a movie theater.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:47pm

...and then to cry on the way home.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 8:16pm

Wait.. you got all worked up and LEFT just because of that?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 9:06pm

Can you believe it?

(Cue the psycho music!!!)

[jazzicat]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 9:23pm

Aww, Dolly you make me laugh. I thought everyone on this board was a little off. You are just feeding the fire by calling me crazy. I am totally a melodramatic, crybaby, attention whore by nature. Walking out was just per usual for a Leo like me. In fact this whole thread is probably a ploy for more attention. Although they suggestion of taking a Valium before a show is highly entertaining.

As for asking a 29 year old why the word awesome is still in her vocabulary... why is the sky blue? Why do birds fly? Trust me "awesome" is minor on the vocab scale of offenses for those on the brink of turning 30.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 9:29pm

Next time you encounter someone like this, repeatedly cough or sneeze right in their face . Fake sneezes as well of coughs are easy & properly timed & placed will do wonders for those unruly slobs.

[NYCboy2]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 10:14pm

The funniest thread ever!

[ZiggyCringe]

Posted: 5/27/08 at 7:02am

I totally feel the OP's pain.

But I have a solution.

I call it the "thwack." If someone is annoying you in the theatre, you roll up your Playbill and thwack them upside the head.

I know it sounds extreme, but it really works.

And in my many, many years of theatregoing, and after many thwacks, no one has ever retaliated. It's such a shocking gesture, they are dumbfounded. I often think I'll be hit in the face, but I never have been. And the guilty perpetrators always shut up.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/27/08 at 7:05pm

>>>"I am totally a melodrmatic, crybaby, attention whore by nature"<<<

Golly! I never would have guessed that!

Incidentally, very few intelligent people use the word "totally" unless they're valley girls.

[insertclevernamehere]

Posted: 5/27/08 at 7:17pm

Um my cousin just got his phd in physics and he says "totally" and "awesome" frequently. I don't think she really needed to walk out, but I don't really believe that insulting her intelligence is the way to go.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/27/08 at 7:18pm

What is the way to go? I already know the way to San Jose.

[jazzicat]

Posted: 5/27/08 at 7:41pm

I am in no way offended by Dolly's comments. Dolly is simply trying to get my attention by insulting my intelligence, mocking my actions, and starting an entire thread based on my mini-drama. I think Dolly secretly admires my ridiculous ways and wants to start a "walking out" revolution.

I thought it was fun to laugh at my own actions and felt like sharing a completely asinine story. The internet is a way to waste time with those who share similar interests. I love broadway, I love sarcasm, and I love that Dolly keeps sending me messages. I ABSOLUTELY F-ING LOVE IT!!!

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 5/27/08 at 8:11pm

I noticed that DollyPop's "Why I walked out of Xanadu" has disappeared. ??? from RC in Austin, Texas