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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
And this brings me to my next point. It seems that all it takes for the sheep from out of town who attend these Broadway shows, as their only exposure to culture, is a good review to bring them to a roaring, standing ovation. Standing ovations don't mean a damn thing anymore. In fact, if I were producing a Broadway show, I would simply reserve the first three rows of every show for idiot out-of-towners or the blue-haired bitties club to ensure a standing ovation (not once, but twice during the show including) for the finale. I enjoyed Bernadette Peters, but she did not deserve a standing o.
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The last time I was at the Met, at the end a bunch of tourists rose to their feet and someone yelled "sit down, this isn't Hairspray". Which was decidedly un-Met-like behavior, but made me laugh.
