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| re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 01:30 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
| In reply to: re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? - Chazwaza 12:21 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
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| I think the "will people fly to see them?" standard is an odd one to begin with, but also, of course, there is room for great difference in opinion as to whether or not OTHER people will fly to see a particular performer in a particular show. So while it may be an amusing exercise to try to use this standard in judging whether or not someone is a theater superstar, of course it has no real value as a way to actually measure that. | |
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| re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 07:33 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
| In reply to: re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? - Michael_Portantiere 01:30 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
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| I would suggest that what has happened in this thread is the same thing that happens in so many: people hijacking an analysis (which in this case is pretty nonsensical) to tell us the performers they personally like and don't. No real value indeed. | |
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| re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:30 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
| In reply to: re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? - ryhog 07:33 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
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| I would suggest that what has happened in this thread is the same thing that happens in so many: people hijacking an analysis (which in this case is pretty nonsensical) to tell us the performers they personally like and don't. No real value indeed. Thank you. |
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| re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 04:24 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 04:23 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
| In reply to: re: My standard: are people boarding planes and flying to NYC specifically to come see this person? - Michael_Portantiere 01:30 pm EST 02/14/21 | |
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| Traditionally, a lot of Broadway audiences were made up from folks who lived in the tri-state area, as well as tourists both foreign and domestic. There were audiences of theater parties, many of the women. Plus, many of those "tired businessman" shows were indeed almost geared for guys who worked in offices around NYC with their wives or girlfriends to go to after a long day or week at the office. Flying to see a show is a more modern and entirely subjective way of measuring something like this. Do you measure how many folks fly across the Atlantic to see someone in London as a basis of who is the hottest star in London? It might not really correlate either. It's interesting to hear your take on this, based on your purchased tickets or cashed in frequent flyer miles, but as some sort of statistical study, it's kind of amusing balderdash. | |
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