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| Posted by: AlexanderKat 04:49 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Billy Porter - BruceinIthaca 02:28 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| My most memorable encounter with someone I'd always enjoyed was with Joan Rivers. It was back in the seventies and I approached her to ask if a TV movie she had written titled, "The Girl Most Likely To..." would be repeated on TV. She loudly replied, "Write those sons of bitches at ABC! Since Stockard Channing has been signed to star in a film with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson (THE FORTUNE) the network has decided to hold back on repeating the movie for whatever reasons." I mentioned to her that I had made reservations to see her at Ye Little Club in Beverly Hills the following week and was looking forward to seeing her. She told me to mention a very simple name when I was being seated at the club. I said okay I'd remember it yet she literally hit me in the arm and said, "Write it down! Write it down! which I of course did. As soon as I was seated at the club, a bottle of champagne arrived compliments of Ms. Rivers. After the show, the waiter told us Ms. Rivers had taken care of the check and invited us backstage to say hello. Standing in her dressing room were dear Florence Henderson and smarmy Roddy McDowell (who also did the slow Porter head-to-toe routine). Ms. Rivers was seated at her vanity table and asked me to sit in a chair next to her. She was full of questions and wanted to know all about me. I mentioned I was born and raised in NY and she lit up and said, "A New Yorker!, I knew there was something about you I liked." She couldn't have been more gracious and kind. A truly wonderful evening. So to the OP, my advice is to continue letting people you admire know how much you've appreciated them. Hopefully, the unpleasant Porter experience was simply a case of "one bad apple don't spoil the whole darn bunch." |
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| re: Billy Porter | |
| Last Edit: mikem 11:56 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| Posted by: mikem 11:54 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Billy Porter - AlexanderKat 04:49 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| My general stance is not to say anything to people who probably spend their whole day being stopped and recognized, but I might say something complimentary to someone who probably hardly gets recognized at all. I happened to be sitting behind John Doyle at the theater one day, at a production he was unaffiliated with, and before the show, I told him how much I admired his production of Sweeney Todd, which was playing at that time. He was very gracious. When I apologized for bothering him, he said something along the lines of, "Why would it bother me to have someone say nice things about my work?" Of course, if you're someone like Daniel Radcliffe or Hugh Jackman, where people are looking for your attention all day long, that probably gets old. But before Pose, Billy Porter was not getting stopped regularly on the street outside of the theater district. And before Kinky Boots, he probably wasn't getting recognized regularly in the theater district, either. But even if he had been, he still didn't have any reason to be so rude as he was to the OP. oz2252, I'm sorry that happened. As others have said, that episode is much more about him than about you. |
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| re: Billy Porter | |
| Posted by: mattyp4 11:46 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Billy Porter - AlexanderKat 04:49 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| That story was INCREDIBLE!! You're very fortunate. Thank you for sharing with us! | |
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| re: Billy Porter | |
| Posted by: DistantDrumming 06:54 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Billy Porter - AlexanderKat 04:49 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| I'm enjoying reading about all of these celebrity encounters -- positive and negative. But yours was especially lovely, A'Kat! What a wonderful memory you must treasure to this day! | |
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| re: Billy Porter | |
| Posted by: ms721 03:33 am EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Billy Porter - DistantDrumming 06:54 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| a number of years ago (pre-pandemic, but during/post kinky boots, i think), i was walking down 8th ave towards 43rd street and noticed a pair of gorgeous shoes. since the person was right next to me at the light and was not with anyone i could see or on a phone or anything, i said something "gorgeous shoes". didn't get a thank you or a polite nod, but rather a look that seemed to imply i was something that disgusting that crawled on their pretty outfit. it wasn't until after they had walked away that i even realized it was Mr. Porter. |
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| re: this story about Joan Rivers | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 06:09 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Billy Porter - AlexanderKat 04:49 pm EDT 03/21/22 | |
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| is one of the most touching things I've ever read on this board in many years of reading posts. What a wonderful story; she was such a great classy lady. | |
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