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| re: Awful audience behavior | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 12:45 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:40 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Awful audience behavior - den 12:30 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| What I think I'm trying to say is that often we LOOK for trouble that we could easily ignore. It's akin to the story of the actor (I've heard this story told in different ways) who couldn't remember his lines because he was being distracted by a piece of fluff on the stage floor. I think most of us have more self control than to have to get riled up at every little thing someone in the seat next to us does. (And I'm not saying it's all "little things" by far - but still.) I'm not excusing their behavior, I'm saying we could try to go into a show not waiting for distractions. I think some of us are on the lookout for trouble from the second we sit down. And then it's easy to come out here and play a round of "I told you so." No, phones should not go off. No, people shouldn't be talking through the show. No, don't bring a meal to slobber down noisily in the theatre seats. Etc. But I'd rather find ways to double down on the show than to make the offender become the performance, and to let them win. |
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| re: Awful audience behavior | |
| Last Edit: SQ 12:53 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| Posted by: SQ 12:52 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Awful audience behavior - Chromolume 12:40 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| No one goes into something LOOKing for trouble. Unfortunately, trouble tends to present itself. It is one thing to ignore someone with too strong of a perfume but quite another thing to ignore someone who continues to use a smartphone in a darken theater. |
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| re: Awful audience behavior | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:09 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Awful audience behavior - SQ 12:52 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| It is one thing to ignore someone with too strong of a perfume But many people will complain about exactly that. And some of those people, who may be allergic to certain scents, have an absolutely legit argument. Some, though, as I said, will just decide to be distracted by it so they can have something to complain about. |
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| re: Awful audience behavior | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 08:52 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Awful audience behavior - Chromolume 01:09 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| I think you’d get a point across better if you just spoke for yourself and not for everybody else. | |
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| Posted by: SQ 03:00 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Awful audience behavior - Chromolume 01:09 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| Smartphone usage is distracting. I don't "decide" to be distracted by it. Some things are what they are. |
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| Posted by: Chromolume 03:05 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: disagree - SQ 03:00 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| I thought we were talking about too much perfume. ;-) I don't disagree with you about cellphones. But when one goes off, there still has to be a way to say "I'm not going to let this ruin the show for me." |
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| Posted by: SQ 03:15 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: disagree - Chromolume 03:05 pm EDT 07/26/22 | |
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| Apparently the cell phone rang and rang and rang. To me, a factor which determines how much is ruined is in direct proportion to how much I spent on the ticket. A $20 movie ticket vs a $100 Broadway show ticket. Ruined is ruined. I still remember each of the shows where the person next to me insisted on using a smartphone. I still remember the meal eating family at The Full Monty in London. . |
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