Patti Murin takes on BWW Chat Boards...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

DAME said: "Incestous is the wrong word.. what word am I looking for?

 

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Girl, I don't know. More clues, please. 

[DAME]

I've hit a wall.  maybe because now I am just so afraid of expressing myself.  I don't want to be accused of being snarky, or a bully, or anything like that.  I just want to have fun and be a little catty.  But I feel it is being taken away from me.. AND I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG!    Am I part of the problem?

[ljay889]

Patti and Scott Alan would like our profiles linked to our facebooks to prevent us from hiding behind anonymous usernames! 

[DAME]

What if I am not on Facebook?

 

@PRS .. I would hate that Grotesque turns me on.  Something a little lighter..

[lucillefrank]

Off-topic I guess, but I've been a longtime lurker of these boards and I just finally had to come on here to tell you all that you're all hilarious and it's been really enjoyable reading all of your comments on this thread

[DAME]

@ PRS and @Namo.. maybe you can help me to come up with a disclaimer to put below my threads...  I am all for being catty but I don't want to come off as snarky or a bully,, Is being catty just a gay thing?  I always thought it was just a a me thing.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

DAME, and i say this in complete sincerity, I don't think anyone would ever say you come across as a bully.

 

 

[Jordan Catalano]

PRS, the same couldn't be said about you!

#LightSnark

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Ima take that #LightSnark and make a #LightSnack!

 

 

[FindingNamo]

My snark is lightly breaded, delicately fried and served with a white whine vinegar reduction a la murin.

[Marianne2]

Would posting this be considered bullying & mean?

 

 

This was the song they presented from Nerds at BroadwayCon. I actually did like it and wanted to hear the rest of the score. Now that will not happen.

[Jordan Catalano]

That show looks good. It should come to broadway. 

#LightSnark

[Pootie2]

Why are the performers insisting that people only read cherry-picked propaganda and not the original sources with context? I've lost respect for many of them now. Brainless. Attacking one of only two major fan boards for Broadway is shortsighted beyond belief.

 

 

 

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

#TakeDowntheBoards2k16

 

 

[FindingNamo]

Ha!  But not a Tony!

BTW, I lasted 30 seconds of that nerds number.  Haven't we moved on from this type of thing?  I mean, far far beyond?

[Jordan Catalano]

#Tonys4Everyone

[LizzieCurry]

Also, why attack BWW when there's Datalounge?

[Jordan Catalano]

Oh, God. Don't point that poor girl towards datalounge!!!

[Pootie2]

I'm sure she's never heard of it. It's clear many of these people are inexperienced with the internet and the entire concept of "fan communities."

[FindingNamo]

God bless them on their crusade to fundamentally change internet culture.  They're the first to think of it.  They're "brave" to talk about it.  I'm thinking patti doesn't know much about the world if she thinks anything about this "fantastic quote" says anything that hasn't been said a million times before and better:

@PattiMurin people seem to forget that just Bc someone is a public figure doesn't make them public property

 

#profoundtopatti

[Jordan Catalano]

#FreePatti

[evic]

Patti- You have chosen a ****ty business to be in.   It is catty, nasty, vitriolic, not only from strangers but people IN the biz  ....the song "Welcome To The Theater" from "Applause says it all  Life was much simpler and happier before the advent of social media.  People use it for all the wrong reasons..There are many opportunities for people to rant and take out their anger on people they don't even know.  People have committed SUICIDE because of what people say about them on FB!. And they diss shows because -well maybe they are jealous, .it could be 100 reasons.  Get off of Twitter if you have an account.  I understand it is a way of promoting yourself.....but if it is going to upset you,.....is it really worth it?  When Liza Minelli was in rehab, she was upset at what mean things people were saying about her.  She called Elizabeth Taylor for sympathy and Liz asked her....are you reading them?...Liza said "yes"..  And Liz said "Well....don't read them"....Sending you love and tranquility.  You were fab in "Lady Be Good"...    

[FindingNamo]

You have the offending word RIGHT IN YOUR SCREEN NAME!!

Let's just tell Patti & Co "Vintage" means  "light."  Not to be "mean" but nobody in the Donnells's echo chamber seems particularly worldly or what you might call book smart.

 

 

[sing_dance_love]

https://twitter.com/pattyballbundy/status/708180230012215296Thi

 

This was just my little attempt to share a bit of what we've been saying from a modestly diplomatic standpoint. I tend to feel her intentions are good and this has all gotten a bit out of hand. But, we have our equally valid side of the story too.

 

 

 

[FindingNamo]

Patti Murin ‏@PattiMurin  59m59 minutes ago

@PattyBallBundy I absolutely agree. That's why I want it to be everyone respecting each other, not just 80%.

 

 

I appreciate what you've done but her response to you has pushed her from my "people who mildly annoy me" column right to "I hate this person."

And here's why:  People have to grow up and realize they DON'T run the world, they CAN'T control other people, they AREN'T inside other people's heads, and even if people did everything we think we want them to do, our disordered personalities will be sure to give us something else we can complain about and delusionally think the world would be better if they would just change that one thing.

 

Grow up, Patti.  Grow the eff up. At best I will henceforth respect you 15%.  And I am just me.  I am one person.  Communities are made up of all sorts of people.  And you and I both know that this friggin myth of the "supportive theater community" is filled with way more talking behind people's back, which they'll happily stab as they step over you to get a part in whatever crap project you're doing now.  So, can it with the dreamworld, wouldjya?

[Fantod]

That's weird, I actually know of Patrick Ball. Saw him in Singin' in the Rain a couple of years ago I believe.