Why we're passionate about theater, yet trash almost everything we see. — Page 4

I recognize the wisdom of your post, dramamama. As a rule, refusing to offer negative reinforcement is a great deterrent.

But I must admit I have been astounded to see posters here continue attacks for months on end, whether or not they are ignored.

You are right, however, that nothing here compares to what I see on non-moderated boards, particularly sports sites.

(OK, now I'll admit that this post is OT. The Threadjacker has struck again!)

Boy, there sure are a lot of different types of threads you don't want to read. Why don't you buy an island and name yourself queen of it and then you can impose your very strict censorship rules on all the monkeys and parrots, instead of being tormented by free speech here?

The Datalounge theater gossip threads are pretty damned entertaining. If occasionally slanderous.

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Now that this thread has been thoroughly corrupted, I'll confess that I love Datalounge - and I like the idea of being Queen of an island, where I can impose very strict rules on sleek island boys (or visa-versa, if I'm in the mood).

Parrots and monkeys don't do it for me.

But as for here, I want to talk about theater. A place for everything, and everything in its place.


eta: It was funnier before you edited it, sinister teashop

Updated On: 3/11/13 at 10:10 AM

Then I'm expressing myself poorly, whizzer. I don't see why personal insults are ever allowed here. I don't understand why the same trolls are allowed to disrupt the board over and over again, nor why old time posters who hold grudges against other old time posters frequently battle it out on threads that have nothing to do with the topic.

There is an off-topic board. Why can't all that non-theater related stuff go there?

eta: or why these personal battles and attacks can't be taken to pms. You have plenty of personality. I've never seen you attack another poster. It is possible to have disagreements without arguing, but I see the same posters fighting each other over and over again, and over the same things. I see new posters come here, asking for information, and they're often mocked or given false information. I do thank you for your response. I'll try to be more careful with my tone in the future.

Updated On: 3/11/13 at 10:33 AM

Art is subjective so who is to say who is right or wrong. the thing that makes me smh is when posters will trash a show that is just in previews like Golden Boy, BaT, or as was the case with Cinderella before they even started the previews. its idiotic.

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Not sure what's going on regarding my user name. I have noticed that under the same login, I appear as both my name, Scott Briefer and my nickname, ARTc. Somewhere in all of this, there's also, Maharajah.

I think this has happened because I had been a member. A while ago I asked to be removed from membership, and then recently thought I'd give this another shot. I actually had been quite a regular poster before I found myself ruminating on how rude I felt some members were.

As I wrote earlier, I was - on more than one occasion - dismissed as a shill. On another occasion I was deemed young and inexperienced and knew nothing about the theater. Again, rude and simply not true. I had a rather interesting career in the theater that spanned many years, and listed more Broadway musicals than any other poster when there was a thread asking us to list the Broadway musicals we've seen. I just got fed up with the attitude.

I started this thread because I wanted to read other members take on the tone of this forum. I even questioned my own internalized theatrephobia: did I have some unresolved anger towards myself and others passionate about the theatre. Did I have issue with my own inner drama queen.

I love the theatre. I love being able to comment with other likeminded people. I am just find myself often offended when reading this board.

Updated On: 3/11/13 at 11:51 AM

What's really odd is that ARTc's last comment showed up on the board as being made by Scott Briefer, but then when I actually opened the thread, it said ARTc.

I think it is an IP address thing, too. I believe I might have used the same password when creating this new account, but the username had to be different because when I tried creating it, it said that my old username was taken. I thought I could just reopen that account, but it wouldn't let me do that either. In the end, this worked and allowed me back in, but with this weird sort of quirk.

Honestly, I don't mind people knowing my name. I am just a little fearful that someone soon is going to start accusing me of being "choose typical BroadwayWorld nasty" because of a computer issue that is outside of my control.

Whizzer,

You can use my screenname and directly address me, you immature little cry-baby.

What are we? 12?

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Reply to Joe. I don't think any show is "overrated". It is rated exactly as it should be. It's just that the show was appreciated more by the majority than you. Nor is a show "underrated" because you liked it more than others. I would love to think that Once was actually overrated and that , well, let's say Chaplin was in fact underrated. But sadly I must defer to the majority.