Broadway twitter bashing- Page 5
Broadway twitter bashing
#100Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:31pm
Thank you, followspot.
No one is policing what opinions people are allowed to have.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#101Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:39pmIs this the same Morgan James who screech/screamed out music on Obsessed with Seth Rudetsky?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#102Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:40pm
As I've said, if she simply said she didn't care for it, and cited the sexuality presented as her reason, the tweet would have gone practically unnoticed.
What she said was unprofessional and beyond "honest".
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.
#103Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:40pm
"She had EVERY right to say what she did. The so-called community needs to get a tougher skin and grow the hell up. What a bunch of babies," TheHappyPhantom exclaimed anonymously.
Anyone who doesn't hire her based on that is childish and doesn't know how to handle criticism.
That may be true, but to expect everyone in the industry to be above it, then you're discounting at least a century of history and nearly ever big name in the business. Fair? Perhaps not. But reality is rarely fair and to expect as much is hopelessly naive.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#104Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:44pmThat goes against human nature. You don't hire people that have publically maligned your work.
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.
#105Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:44pmShe would have been better off bitching about it here on Broadway World as opposed to tweeting.
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#106Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:45pm
"Anyone who doesn't hire her based on that is childish and doesn't know how to handle criticism."
Ha HA! Welcome to the theatre, Miss Eve Harrington.
If two people came before me who were similarly talented, and one of them was someone who publicly made ill-advised comments about other performers (whom I may also want to cast in my project), guess who's getting the job.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#107Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:45pm
At the end of the day- the Broadway community is such a small community. She should have worded wisely and carefully without messing up potential future collaborations, employers and work buddies. That's of course, if you feel you need to twat everything.
Updated On: 7/25/12 at 01:45 PM
#108Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:47pmOr, she could have kept her mouth shut and said NOTHING. Why in God's name would you put that out there? What chip do you have missing that you think it's ok and it won't get around???
#109Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:50pm^or if you have to, just say something to the people you're with; in person!!!
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#110Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:52pm
^ I concur!
I mean...I love to tear a show apart! But not in 140 characters! I need much more room to let the c*ntitude unfurl!
#111Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:54pm
I do find it funny that no one has a problem with a ton of personal attacks against her talent, the jobs she's taken, her general existence it seems.
While yes, it was a bad move on her part, there's a ton worse on display here and nobody has claimed to be personally attached to the production has to be so damn upset to begin with.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#112Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:56pm
And for all the negative things HER shows have had said, you would think she'd know better. I'm sure it sucked to hear the press and discussion boards react negatively. But did she see/hear other actors trash her shows? Not publically. And I'm SURE there were some (many?) that thought her shows were garbage. (I'm not saying she was any of the reason the shows were less than wonderful.)
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.
#113Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:56pm
She would have been better off bitching about it here on Broadway World as opposed to tweeting.
Oh, Dottie--even here, we are are not alone.
#114Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 1:59pm^Ha, but she could have created a screen name, say, JamesMorgana!
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#115Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 2:00pmIt probably would've been "MorganJamesFan", actually.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#116Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 2:03pmSo true.
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#117Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 2:09pm
There's a lot of MorganJamesing on these boards every second of every day.
If anything, it gives us all a chance to take a look at ourselves too.
World Peace.
#119Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 3:52pm
"HOW can you f-ck up "into the woods"?? I fear musicianship is dead in musical theatre. And acting, for that matter. #horrified"
I think Morgan James is entitled to her opinion but was it a stupid move to tweet it? Yes.
"And acting for that matter". Oooh. I think what she was trying to say here was that there needs to be more theater like the recent Godspell revival.
Sounds like someone is bitter about not being cast in Into the Woods more like.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#120Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 3:56pm
"errr...I don't think the Cult of Sondheim has anything to do with it in this instance.
Whether it be Wonderland or Into the Woods, it's just a lousy thing to do."
Yes, it is. And very ill-advised. But if the tweet had been about Wonderland, do you think it would have provoked the same level of indignation that we have seen here?
#121Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 4:00pmAny post in favor of anything Wildhorn provokes indignation on BWW.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
TheHappyPhantom
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/11
#122Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 4:21pmI love sondheim and Into the woods, and I still say she had a right to say it, and more power to her for being honest. It has nothing to do with it being a Sondheim show.
#123Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 4:26pm
Of course she had the right to say it. And now she has to deal with the backlash.
Having the right to an opinion doesn't mean you are free from the backlash of stating that opinion.
TheHappyPhantom
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/11
#124Broadway twitter bashing
Posted: 7/25/12 at 5:15pmNo it doesn't, but she shouldn't be getting any backlash. If a regular patron had said it, it would be fine. she wasn't an actress that night, she was an audience member, and as such she can post a review. Not a single comment against her has held an ounce of maturity. People need to get over themselves. Theatre people should be the harshest critics. They obviously weren't her friends. She doesn't owe them anything. Any seeing as very few people have seen this production yet...she might be right!