Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?- Page 2
Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
#25Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 8:59am
Actors don't work for you. And when you meet them at the stage door, they're off the clock. That they even stop to sign an autograph or snap a photo is purely a courtesy on their part. You may personally find smoking distasteful, as I do, but it's ridiculous to expect someone who's essentially doing you a favor to act in a manner that you deem appropriate.
"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
#26Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 9:04am
PC Culture run amock.
I do not smoke and dont like it, but the actor is outside so let him be.
When They Go Low, I Go High
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#27Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 10:19am
I bummed a cigarette from Raul Esparaza once before a concert he was performing at in DC. I've also had actors bum from me before shows. It is what it is.
#28Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 11:19am
broadwayboy223 said: "I'm curious to know who it was. If it's an actor in a musical they really shouldn't be smoking. "
Then you are going to be shocked by the number of musical theatre performers who smoke.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
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#29Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 12:06pm
Kinda unrelated, but I remember seeing a video for a tour of "Big Nate: The Musical", based off a popular series of children's books. Naturally, the show is for younger kids. They interview the guy playing Big Nate, and I kid you not, they interview him on his smoke break. They kind of edit it to try to hide it, but you can see him clapping a pack of Newport's and lighting a cigarette.
MinnieFay
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/16
#30Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 12:07pm
Kad said: "broadwayboy223 said: "I'm curious to know who it was. If it's an actor in a musical they really shouldn't be smoking. "
Then you are going to be shocked by the number of musical theatre performers who smoke."
Exactly! Most of the Broadway chorus kids I know live on a diet of coffee and cigs.
#31Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 12:09pm
Whether an actor smokes or not is their prerogative. In this day and age, everyone knows the dangers of doing so. As long as they are respecting the restrictions placed on where you can or cannot smoke, then its none of our business.
I'm super curious now on which musical theatre performers smoke. One part of me is impressed with them being able to do both - and the other part of me wants the shake them and say "what the hell are you doing to yourself?"!!
I know the addiction of nicotine all too well - smoked for 20 years - quit for just over 20 now. still crave one every once in a while...... Would never shame anyone for not being able to shake off the addiction - or any addiction.
#32Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 12:19pm
No idea if these people are current smokers, but at one point or another they all smoked:
Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Alice Ripley, Billy Porter, Tammy Blanchard, Michael Ball, Euan Morton, Alix Korey, Jarrod Emick (who was a really heavy smoker at one point--I used to see him around the stage door of BOY FROM OZ smoking in costume during the show), Chuck Cooper, Leah Hocking, Raul Esparza.
Patti LuPone was a heavy smoker for years, quitting when she became pregnant with her son. Laura Benanti was a smoker at one point (quite a heavy one) but has also quit.
"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
Updated On: 2/22/17 at 12:19 PM
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#33Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 12:38pm
"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2
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#39Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 1:27pm
"Autograph fiends, they're not people. Those are little beasts that run around in packs like coyotes...They're nobody's fans. They're juvenile delinquents, they're mental defectives, they're nobody's audience. They never see a play or a movie even. They're never indoors long enough."
#40Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 1:29pm
Actors should do whatever they damn well please at the stage door.
Generally speaking, the audience should go home.
#41Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 1:41pm
To ComdenGreen--What an amazing combination of talents they were and YOU have a wonderful way with words [at least on paper]. As a timid/shy chorus boy I learnt the hard way to defend myself, with my tongue, from a seasoned mature bitter,nasty old queen who was viscous to all who threatened his position on the line. Nothing to be proud of and I often regret the sharpness of my tongue.
And yes, to the young it's 'what's your problem?'--they are NEVER in the wrong and as for apologising ?
To SassySam--in a word---Disrespectful. Intelligence allows you to adjust to each situation and to change your greeting accordingly---you are not a robot.
5am--I'm off to the gym to be polite to a dumb-bell........x
#42Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 1:59pm
Talk about those you wouldn't expect to see smoking - I live down the street from one of the major ballet schools. It's cute to see all the little bun heads waddling like ducks on sixth avenue. They're also smoking and drinking sodas.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
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#43Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 2:00pm
Sounds mental ill to justify attacking person for saying "hi guy." Maybe you was thrown out for being asshole of instead of just leaving like you say?
Mother to Petra and Anezka. Am evil like Petra
#44Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 2:38pm
This one is complicated for me. Smokers should absolutely be able to do what they want to their own bodies, but my issue is that the harmful effects of second-hand smoke have been widely researched and proven, so really, it's not the most considerate or respectful thing to smoke in close proximity to a non-smoker.
Sure, the stage door fans don't have to be there and the actors aren't obligated to engage, but this isn't about that necessarily. It's about being considerate of those around you.
#45Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 3:40pm
"It's about being considerate of those around you."
I'd normally agree with that, but not in this case.
The actors who smoke are naturally tired after a show, couldn't smoke for several hours, and when the show is over, they're dying to get outside to grab a cigarette. They haven't asked anyone to wait for them, so if you're there, fine. They can smoke if they want. I think it's unreasonable to expect them to hold off on that cigarette until they finish talking to fans who are out there.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
Updated On: 2/22/17 at 03:40 PM
#46Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 3:44pm
Magdalicious said: "Sounds mental ill to justify attacking person for saying "hi guy." Maybe you was thrown out for being asshole of instead of just leaving like you say?
The Bitch is back--thank God--thought it had maybe gone to a finishing school for aging old hags--obviously rejected, so welcome back.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T
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#47Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 4:05pm
Jane2 said: ""It's about being considerate of those around you."
I'd normally agree with that, but not in this case.
The actors who smoke are naturally tired after a show, couldn't smoke for several hours, and when the show is over, they're dying to get outside to grab a cigarette. They haven't asked anyone to wait for them, so if you're there, fine. They can smoke if they want. I think it's unreasonable to expect them to hold off on that cigarette until they finish talking to fans who are out there."
There's an actor I know who doesn't smoke at the actual stage door line but does light up after he's done signing and taking photos. If people approach him after the line & he puts the cigarette behind him or to his side so it doesn't get into people's faces. And if they talk to him longer, he moves around so that the smoke doesn't go towards them. He's pretty considerate about it, especially when it's technically after he's done with stage door. It's their own time so they should be able to do what they want.
#48Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 4:38pm
IMO it is wrong...Rude and disrespectful in that close environment to the non smokers.
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#49Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ?
Posted: 2/22/17 at 4:51pm
Robbie2 said: "IMO it is wrong...Rude and disrespectful in that close environment to the non smokers."
Not nearly as rude and disrespectful as the creeps who are annoying them after they have punched the clock so to speak. It is a self-inflicted close environment, and the lesson is quite simple: stay the F away.
