Public entertainment sucks...
I began this blog long ago with a rant regarding Today's Movie Going Experience(TM).
I am now going to rant about Today's Theater Going Experience(TM).
What is it with people who have to have a running commentary throughout a theatrical presentation? Not only that, but they insist on singing with the dang cast! We saw Jersey Boys last evening, and enjoyed the hell out of it, except for the 4 people with loud voices who insisted on commenting on the ENTIRE show...
"Wow, he's great!" (of course, jackass... they're a Broadway Touring cast.)
"Oh, I love this song!" (So did I, until you insisted on singing with it up to the chorus, where you promptly forgot the words. Never mind that you're also tone-deaf, and my ears are now bleeding)
"Oh, I know this part; his wife is calling him." (No, that was the hospital, calling to tell him that his (Frankie) daughter just overdosed on Heroin and died at age 22. Stop saying you know this show, because you obviously don't have a clue.)
"I wonder how that actor can sing like Frankie?" (Er, it's called being a CounterTenor, and it's not as hard as it sounds when you're amped to the roof, and have another guy doubling your part from the wings, and by the way, shut the fuck up!!!)
These idiots didn't even get it when they got glared at when they spoke AT FULL VOLUME during the tunes. Maybe you should shut the hell up and talk when you're not bugging everyone around you? $60/ticket does not entitle you to act like a philistine and do whatever the fuck you want. It entitles everyone around you to enjoy what's occurring onstage, not enjoy you sucking crap from between your teeth during dialog. Ever heard of a toothpick, dipshit? I'm going to find out who gave their season passes to these morons and arrange to have a horse head tossed into their bed while they're asleep.
I am now going to rant about Today's Theater Going Experience(TM).
What is it with people who have to have a running commentary throughout a theatrical presentation? Not only that, but they insist on singing with the dang cast! We saw Jersey Boys last evening, and enjoyed the hell out of it, except for the 4 people with loud voices who insisted on commenting on the ENTIRE show...
"Wow, he's great!" (of course, jackass... they're a Broadway Touring cast.)
"Oh, I love this song!" (So did I, until you insisted on singing with it up to the chorus, where you promptly forgot the words. Never mind that you're also tone-deaf, and my ears are now bleeding)
"Oh, I know this part; his wife is calling him." (No, that was the hospital, calling to tell him that his (Frankie) daughter just overdosed on Heroin and died at age 22. Stop saying you know this show, because you obviously don't have a clue.)
"I wonder how that actor can sing like Frankie?" (Er, it's called being a CounterTenor, and it's not as hard as it sounds when you're amped to the roof, and have another guy doubling your part from the wings, and by the way, shut the fuck up!!!)
These idiots didn't even get it when they got glared at when they spoke AT FULL VOLUME during the tunes. Maybe you should shut the hell up and talk when you're not bugging everyone around you? $60/ticket does not entitle you to act like a philistine and do whatever the fuck you want. It entitles everyone around you to enjoy what's occurring onstage, not enjoy you sucking crap from between your teeth during dialog. Ever heard of a toothpick, dipshit? I'm going to find out who gave their season passes to these morons and arrange to have a horse head tossed into their bed while they're asleep.