Why do fully grown adults still think it's ok to talk in shows? — Page 4

easy.... because too many people have no respect for anyone but themself. Before you blame just young people, remember, old people are the ones who raised them without honouring rules or authority.

I get that people talking and eating is annoying but it's always going to happen. Get over it and enjoy the show. Or tell the usher.

Hamilton22 said: "I get that people talking and eating is annoying but it's always going to happen. Get over it and enjoy the show. Or tell the usher."

CarlosAlberto said: "I get that people starting threads on topics you may not care to discuss is annoying but it's always going to happen. Get over it and don't post in the thread."

I get that people want to use logic to try and guide Hamilton22's behavior on BWW, but it is has never shown to have any effect. Get over it and enjoy the site.

haterobics said: "Hamilton22 said: "I get that people talking and eating is annoying but it's always going to happen. Get over it and enjoy the show. Or tell the usher."

CarlosAlberto said: "I get that people starting threads on topics you may not care to discuss is annoying but it's always going to happen. Get over it and don't post in the thread."

I get that people want to use logic to try and guide Hamilton22's behavior on BWW, but it is has never shown to have any effect. Get over it and enjoy the site."

I get what you are saying but if I wasn't directing my response to you I don't see why that would effect your own ability to get over it and enjoy the site.

"If you are excited to say a few words to your friend about something in the show which you nor they will remember after the show, since it probably is a fleeing moment that you deserve to share, whispering in their ear is the considerate way to do it."

You're already sharing that moment. What if you're excited and feel the need to comment a lot? Is that still ok? The rest of us deserve to enjoy the moment without distraction. Also, if the fleeing [sic] moment is so remarkable, why wouldn't you remember it later?

"If you have no tolerance for another person doing that, you sound like a stuffed shirt who wandered over here from ATC. (does that place still exist?)"

So, if we don't agree with you, your response is to insult? And yes, ATC still exists. They don't allow posters to insult each other there.

"But for all of you that stated you have never talked during a show, I call out bull****. To state that you never ever ever ever ever, turned to a friend/companion and whispered "wow that's amazing" (when the ship came out at King and I) or when Chita first makes her appearance at The Visit and you state "she looks fantastic"or hundreds of other type comments during a show, I ain't buying it. I know I have. "

Nope, I never, ever have. My friend is seeing the same show I am, and knows the ship is amazing and that Chita looks fantastic. What is the point of saying it aloud?

Hamilton22 said: "I get that people talking and eating is annoying but it's always going to happen. Get over it and enjoy the show. Or tell the usher."

A lot of things in life are "always going to happen," but that doesn't mean we need to suck it up.

Kad, as long as I get top billing.

I think there is a big difference between an ongoing conversation and a random comment. I was at On Your Feet a couple of weeks ago and had to turn around three times to get the people behind me to stop talking. They were carrying on an ongoing discussion, not ever about the show, which had barely started. The first two times, I stared (which usually works), and they stopped for five minutes; the third time, I politely turned around, got their attention, and told them to shut the **** up. I did not hear a thing from them for the rest of the show, although I receiced -- and returned -- very dirty looks at intermission. That is inexcusable vs. whispering a quick 'this show is great' which I admit to doing during Kinf Charles III, which I venture no one heard but my wife (and which I said because I was not looking forward to seeing it and my wife knew that).

90 comments about people talking in the theater? good lord.

Yeah I guess Hamilton22 was right about that. I certainly didn't think my post would generate this much discussion.

Personally, I'm not so bothered by people around me who whisper. I rarely notice it, and when I do, I find it easy to ignore. I'm not saying I condone it, but I didn't have whisperers in mind when I created this thread. At least whispering shows some awareness of where you are; you have something to say but you know you shouldn't talk out loud. Plus, I have found in different situations that there are ways to whisper which are more subtle than others ways.

What really irritates me, and inspired me to create this thread, are the people who speak audibly above a whisper, which to me shows more bald-faced arrogance than whispering. Perhaps it does have to do with hearing loss, but that doesn't give them a right to talk and disturb others. They know the difference between whispering and speaking with your vocal cords.

Also, as I said in my original post, it happens almost consistently in the first moments of the play/musical when people feel that they are entitled to finish their personal conversations. It may be rude to whisper a comment about the show, and it may be even more rude to say the comment out loud. But to me, having a personal conversation once the show has begun really takes the cake.

Updated On: 11/30/15 at 07:54 PM

I feel like a good portion of Hamilton's comments on this website consist of him complaining about something.

Jane2 said: ""no, you can't speak without someone else hearing you."

WRONG WRONG a thousand times WRONG. Part of the enjoyment of going to a show with a friend is to share some thoughts about it at the moment. You and Lizzie Curry may not care to do that but my friends and I (all theater professionals) do. Leaning over and whispering to my friends and they to me is done all the time. and we'll keep doing it. In all the decades I've been attending shows, I"ve shared thoughts on occasion with friends and never, never, have I had anyone shush me, or given me a look for any reason. EVER.

"

Did you know that when people lean in to whisper to each other, it blocks the view of the person sitting directly behind those two seats? That's how theater seating is arranged to provide a sight line to the stage. I appreciate not being able to hear the talking (maybe) but then I definitely can't see the stage. Quiet whispering is still the lesser evil / compromise to needing to talk loudly/eat loudly/crinkle wrappers/shake ice/make other type of noise.