| Just a couple of points | |
| Posted by: SamIAm 09:11 am EDT 05/21/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Etiquette at Joe Allens - KingSpeed 06:52 pm EDT 05/20/18 | |
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| First, I understand your remark about choosing this life but being a celebrity or someone in the public eye (sports figure, politician etc) does not and should not mean you have to give up all your privacy. Secondly, there are instances where saying hello is OK (if you are standing in line next to someone) but interrupting someone's dinner or night out with friends is NOT OK as far as I am concerned. Third and final point: You are an individual and you are OK with people approaching you. Not everyone is and each person should be able to set their own boundaries. To have attention forced on you is not a fun situation, especially if you are shy (which many performers are). I have had friends tell me that they were approached in bathrooms, at funerals, etc. It is worth noting that, in the old days, theater actors were considered neighbors and people did not accost them when they walked the streets or went to restaurants. Since the revival of Broadway and the advent of more tourist-driven marketing etc it has become a free for all. People are pushy at stage doors, people who don't even SEE a show will grab a playbill and push for an autograph and sell it or insist on an actor signing playbills from other shows. As always, if you are unsure, or if you have to stop and ask yourself...just DON'T do it. Everyone deserves respect and privacy. Actors, musicians, and others are paid to do a job...not to be best friend to every person on the street and we tend to forget that we are not the only ones who do it. Add up all those people and it becomes a nightmare to go out. |
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