Why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Fiyero13
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/07
#1Why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 4:30pmI just don't understand this.
#2re: Why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 4:36pm
b/c at the stage door the cast smiled when they signed my playbill so that means we're BFF's now. Plus, I expect something back in return.
#2why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 4:37pmbecause you can't get a decent hex bag into the spine of a card, dumbass!
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 6:05pmI never really understood this either. I don't know, maybe I haven't been enough of a diehard fan of a show. It's a nice gesture on the part of the person who makes it, but still, what's the point?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#4why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 6:12pm
I have NO clue. I don't get giving gifts to the cast at all. Aren't their paychecks enough? (Especially from those that see a show repeatedly?)
I have friends that do it, but I'll never understand it.
CMU_bway_lover
Stand-by Joined: 3/20/08
#5why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 6:31pm
The same reason that people dress up like characters from [Harry Potter/ Lord of the Rings/ Star Wars] to go to the movies.
I suppose it's a more healthy way of expressing obsession than John Hinckley Jr. did with Jodie Foster...
#6why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 6:36pmBecause for many people the real show happens at the stage door.
#7why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:05pm
It's freaky.
Some I've seen are just barf-inducing and stalker-ish.
Why would ANYONE want to be given a crappy scrap book with loads of sickly poems about how great you are, hundreds of photos of yourself, 'sweet' stickers and cards combined with giving reasons of why you're awesome using the letters in your name and 'you know you're a ______ fan when ______'.
Don't forget referring to yourself as a Fanoweth, Fanzel...and, I dunno - Shofana Beanzonites.
It's just...so...lame.
Sending letters of how much you appreciate their craft, requesting an autograph or maybe a drawing - fine, I'm sure they'd like that...but know where the line is!
Updated On: 12/18/08 at 09:05 PM
#8why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:15pm
Because for many people the real show happens at the stage door.
Bingo, bingo, bingo.
#9why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:26pm
OMG u guyz dint get it at all!!!!11! it cuz i *LOVE* them and they love me and noew dat they leavin da show i cant see them evry day no more and i NNEEEED to give dem sumtin 2 remeber me by cuz dey wont give me der adresss fur sum reasun. and dont u be sayin that we and bff bcuz we friends on facebook and i followed them for 5 whole blokz after the show.
u guyz are SO dum.
#10why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/18/08 at 10:20pm
I've always found the idea of giving gifts to cast members quite creepy. I know I'd be freaked out if some random stranger wanted to give me a "gift".
jejr
Stand-by Joined: 11/29/08
#11why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 12:32am
As a performer, I have always been touched that someone would go to the trouble of giving a gift. I have saved the letters and drawings for children who have seen shows I've been in.
It isn't "creepy" at all, just a sign that your performance meant more than just applause at the curtain call.
#12why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 12:42am
Letters and drawings, ok.
A scrapbook, not ok. It's stalker-esque. Its the kind of thing MTF3 would give to Emma Zaks if he met her.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#13why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 6:20am
I particularly love FOOD gifts. Then the giver refuses to believe that the givee simply throws out the food. (The only exception would be sealed pre packaged food -- and even then they are probably wary,)
While I'm sure that close to 100 percent of givers food is fine, a performer simply would not take the risk. I don't care WHAT the cast tells you. They aren't eating your fudge!
#14why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 6:27amSome tool on a bootleg board made Jon Groff & cast a cookie shaped like a Tony Award the weekend before their Tonys. Yeah. Mad lame
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#15why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 7:51amWhy do people post the most pointless threads on here? That is something I don't understand.
#16why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 8:00amDuly noted. But do you understand the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#17why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 8:29amI hate stagedoor folk in general. Not only are they creepy, but they're rude, hogging the performer from people who might actually want to have a healthy interaction with them. (I saw this at the Little Mermaid stagedoor, when Sherie Rene Scott stalkers were physically pushing 8-year-old kids out of the way to get pictures.)
Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#18why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 8:55am
^ There was a woman like that when I saw The Homecoming.
As for scrapbooks, it's a bit much. Although I admire the people who have the chutzpah to make them and give them to the cast. That's something I could never do. As for food, it's one thing if you're in/working the show. Where I worked, there was a good chance you were going to find food in the green room, whether someone's mom made cookies or there were left over snacks from change over. A few times I ran out and bought candy for some of the actors, but only because it was the end of the run and I had enjoyed working with them. It wasn't as though I went up to them at a stagedoor and handed them a huge tray of fudge or a bag of taffy.
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DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#19why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 10:10amSome performers actually like them. Imagine that.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#20why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 10:42am
"Some performers actually like them. Imagine that."
And I am sure some think it is creepy.
DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#21why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 10:52am
"And I am sure some think it is creepy."
Most likely. Those are the ones that you don't give scrapbooks to :P
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#22why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 10:54amBut how will you know who thinks it's creepy? After all, they are actors.
DefyGravity777
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/28/08
#23why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:07amOoh now that is a good question!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#24why do people feel the need to make the cast a scrapbook?
Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:34am
The actors are not going to PUBLICALLY say that they think it's creepy. Of course, they are going to tell the giver that it's great. I'm sure GADS of it ends up in the garbage...within minutes.
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