**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
#1**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/27/17 at 6:16pm
I like how folks respect the rule (unwritten?) to note when spoilers are included in a post. This forum even has the nifty “toggle” feature to hide spoilers from view.
But I am the only one here who doesn’t mind spoilers? I don’t mind hearing about and knowing what’s going to happen. I feel this way for movies, books, etc., too. In fact, I always listen to a recording (if available) and will read the show’s synopsis. I find it helps me appreciate the show even more because my brain is still focused on understanding something that happened before. I’m sure in the minority with being just fine knowing spoilers before seeing a show.
#2**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/27/17 at 6:32pm
I generally don't mind them. If I click on a thread I know they might be there. What annoys me is people freaking out when the ending of a famous, oft-produced play is "spoiled" for them. Someone recently freaked out because the ending of Miss Saigon, a well-known musical based on a well-known opera, was "spoiled" for then. Don't want plot info spoiled? Don't click on the thread. That simple.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#3**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/27/17 at 6:50pm
Mildred Plotka said: "What annoys me is people freaking out when the ending of a famous, oft-produced play is "spoiled" for them. "
Yep, the great debate, when is a spoiler no longer a spoiler?
#4**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/27/17 at 6:51pm
Click Here To Toggle Spoiler Content
I like the title of this thread, really grabs you in!
and I agree, if you are against spoilers then don't read a detailed thread in a forum that is talking about said show (or movie, book, etc).
#5**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/27/17 at 7:58pm
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There was a forum on falsettos, and normally I don't mind spoilers. Curiosity got the best of me and I clicked the spoiler content button. I didn't know Whizzer died until I clicked that button, and lets just say I had a rage quit...
#6**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/27/17 at 11:00pm
If I'm seeing a show after the cast recording is out, I won't listen to it. (Unless it's a classic whose songs are inevitable, of course... I just won't listen further.)
If there's a big plot twist, I might mind knowing about it beforehand, but when I'm going to a show, most of the joy is the process, not necessarily the conclusion, so I don't get too wound up about spoilers most of the time.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#7**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 2:13am
I don't think you are in the minority. With preview threads filled with people asking questions to learn every single thing about a show before they see it, I feel like I'm in the minority for wanting to know as little as possible. With theater I'm less inclined to go in blind than I am with books or movies, just because of the expense involved in seeing them, but I'd still like to be surprised. I get a secret thrill from starting a movie or, even more so, opening a book and having no idea what it's about.
#8**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 4:05am
PatrickDC said: "But I am the only one here who doesn’t mind spoilers? "
Yes.
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#9**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 5:44am
I like general info but not specifics to the storyline. I recently was annoyed when some posted about what happens to characters in !Miss Saigon without posting a spoiler alert. I had never seen the original and am seeing it in a couple of weeks, so I was disappointed to read that in a post that was about the show's reviews. I still think the alert should be used and people can decide how much, if anything, they want to know about the story before they see it.
The only review of a show that matters is your own.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#10**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 7:25am
I think its common courtesy. I might want to hear what people thought of a show without hearing plot specifics. To know there IS a twist is far different than knowing what the twist is. I don't care how old or well known a show is....for lots of folks a revival might as well be brand new.
That being said, personally, it doesn't bother me at all.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#11**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 8:48am
dramamama611 said: "To know there IS a twist is far different than knowing what the twist is."
To me, knowing there is a twist is too much info. I only read about a show on here enough to know whether it is worth seeing. And then I get out of those discussions until after I go...
I do find it funny for people to be reading preview threads about a show, and then bitch when people discuss details about it... that's kind of the point.
#12**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 9:00am
mc1227 said: "I like general info but not specifics to the storyline. I recently was annoyed when some posted about what happens to characters in !Miss Saigon without posting a spoiler alert. I had never seen the original and am seeing it in a couple of weeks, so I was disappointed to read that in a post that was about the show's reviews. "
Even when it's basically the same ending as the 100-plus-year-old opera it's inspired by? I'm just surprised that this was at all a surprise to you.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#13**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 9:29am
I know nothing about opera. I'm not sure why it would surprise you that many people aren't knowledgeable about Opera -- or are aware that Miss Saigon is based on one.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#14**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 9:48am
most of the joy is the process, not necessarily the conclusion
This is how I feel, I rarely get up in arms about spoilers although it is nice to be surprised. I do however greatly respect that it means a lot to most people.
My favorite is when someone is outraged about "spoilers" that are revealed in the first scene or something.
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
#15**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 10:06am
dramamama611 said: "I know nothing about opera. I'm not sure why it would surprise you that many people aren't knowledgeable about Opera -- or are aware that Miss Saigon is based on one. "
If you're able to register and post on this board, I'd imagine you'd know some basic stuff, like how Tevye is Jewish, Oklahoma takes place in Oklahoma, the Titanic sinks, Burr shot Hamilton, and Rent is based on La Boheme.
I just don't feel like this is something that qualifies as "knowledgable." More like common knowledge, if only from being around and absorbing here and there. But okay!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
Updated On: 3/28/17 at 10:06 AM
#16**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 10:21am
I don't care about spoilers and cannot recall any instance of my enjoyment of something being lessened due to knowing more about it beforehand.
I understand that not everyone feels that way. But at the same time, if you do not wish to be spoiled about something, maybe avoid wading into an in-depth discussion of the topic.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#17**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 10:28am
dramamama611 said: "I know nothing about opera. I'm not sure why it would surprise you that many people aren't knowledgeable about Opera -- or are aware that Miss Saigon is based on one.
"
Mimi dies. Violetta dies. Desdemona dies. Gilda dies. Cio-Cio-San dies. Brunnhilde dies. Senta dies. Aida dies. Carmen dies. Manon dies. Nedda dies.
Elektra doesn't die, but she goes mad. Whether or not Isolde dies is a matter of debate and interpretation.
Are those spoilers? 
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#18**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 10:21pm
"But I am the only one here who doesn’t mind spoilers? I don’t mind hearing about and knowing what’s going to happen. I feel this way for movies, books, etc., too. In fact, I always listen to a recording (if available) and will read the show’s synopsis. I find it helps me appreciate the show even more because my brain is still focused on understanding something that happened before. I’m sure in the minority with being just fine knowing spoilers before seeing a show"
I have never cared about spoilers at all. I feel almost exactly the way Kad does. People who are worried about spoilers should stay away from message boards.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#19**SPOILERS** None inside, just a question ABOUT Spoilers
Posted: 3/28/17 at 10:25pm
AC126748 said: "dramamama611 said: "I know nothing about opera. I'm not sure why it would surprise you that many people aren't knowledgeable about Opera -- or are aware that Miss Saigon is based on one.
"
Mimi dies. Violetta dies. Desdemona dies. Gilda dies. Cio-Cio-San dies. Brunnhilde dies. Senta dies. Aida dies. Carmen dies. Manon dies. Nedda dies.
Elektra doesn't die, but she goes mad. Whether or not Isolde dies is a matter of debate and interpretation.
Are those spoilers?
"
I'll admit: I easily don't know own a third of those references.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
