It's Gonna Change, You Know ...

[the_dark_snack]

Well now, here's a lovely follow-up to yesterday's posting about the bitch who verbally assaulted myself and veronica_rich at "Chicago" the other night. I am now permanently banned from attending any more touring productions because of her complaint that my laugh was too loud

Comments

[tommytoony]

Are you FUCKING kidding me????????? How can they ban you???? For LAUGHING??? Hell, I get asked to GO to shows because I laugh!

Lay low for awhile, then go back...they'll forget. DO NOT give this up. In fact, I'd consider a law suit.

[the_dark_snack]

I'm not only invited to shows because of my laugh, I've had groups offer to pay me to just sit in the audience and laugh for them.

I can't go back if they don't give us passes and they refuse to allow me admittance so I'm out for good.

[tommytoony]

Wait...they invite you to shows, and one throbbing c--t muscle complained ONCE...and they're booting you???? Seriously, I would consult a lawyer. This is totally ridiculous.

[tommytoony]

Pardon my language...but that's how infuriated I am about this.

Another idea...go public with this. Embarrass the hell out of them and the she-thing that complained. The last thing ANY theater company needs in this economy is bad press.

[fibro_witch]

I am confused. Did the theater tell you you were Banned? Or have you just decided to stop attending theater productions after this event.

You can't let the ass hats let you down. The woman who yelled at you was in the wrong, if I had been there I would have told her so. It's not like you laughed during a super sad show. It's Chicago, a comedy musical.

For you to be permanently banned management will have to put it in writing, the GENERAL MANAGER of the theater has to sign off on it. Unless you have it in writing, one person going off on you during a performance does not a banning make.

[beldar]

It's not an absolute ban, but she's no longer allowed to get press tickets. She can pay her way, but with tickets starting in the 70s for these shows, that's not likely to happen much.

[veronica_rich]

Did she leave her name? Alternately, who do I speak with at the Murat if I call Friday or Monday? Because I HAVE paid for several performances there.

[beldar]

It's not the Murat, it's the BroadwayAcrossAmerica press person, who said that it was "another member of the media" who saw the altercation and complained. We'll talk more about this when we see you tomorrow.

[veronica_rich]

Hmm. That's odd, considering an altercation implies a two-way argument - the women turned around and lighted in on us, and we didn't get the chance to say much at all, as their voices kept getting louder and more sarcastic. (And neither of us said anything about Snack being media. Nor did I use any curse words - just in case you're curious - which for me was restrained.)

As I said, I too am media, I'm a paying customer once or twice a year (actually more than that if you count the people I bring in from out of state when I do go), and I'll be glad to say something on her behalf about what happened from my POV. It's obviously biased, I'm sure, but at least it's another voice saying "we didn't start anything."

[gobsmacked]

Who is this "other member of the media"? (My money is on it being the asswipe's friend).

[astria]

Laughing at comedy? How utterly despicable. You should be ashamed of yourself for being amused by people parading around the stage in a humorous fashion. What's this world coming too? GOSH.

[xenafox]

Hey there, I know I don't know you at all, I followed a link from your friend's journal -

I just wanted to say WOW, as in WHAT THE HELL WOW. I don't see how that's even allowed. There must be a way to talk to them. Do they take emails seriously? If you have enough people willing to email in a complaint about this it's gotta do something. I can't believe how ridiculous this is. You laughed, boohoo. What a nasty person to get you in trouble over this.