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. |
