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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Friday night, actually. I don't really like matinees to begin with. But the group who stood up, while they didn't eat chips and drink sodas, were pretty rude. One of them started humming loudly during one of the arias. (he got hushed up pretty quick).
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Humming along at the Met should be a capital crime. I'd like to be able to produce actual physical pain while giving my death ray glare to rude concert/theater/opera patrons.
As for standing ovations, I thought it was just Minnesotans who gave them for just showing up. It's become so trite I think we should borrow a page from European audiences and show enthusiasm by rhythmic clapping or foot stamping and save standing ovations for the kind of performance that leaves you with goose bumps.
