There was a radio show on film in the L.A. area put on by a guy who billed himself as the FILM FREAK and was otherwise an enjoyable show that I miss. However, he had a screener, a young woman that stated that since she paid for a ticket to the movie it gave her the right to talk on her cell phone. The host said nothing!
It’s very weird because she acting like she’s never to the theatre her entire life. Since when is vaping a thing in a theatre! What? This is a not a concert at Red Rocks. You don’t grope your date in a theatre, you watch the damn play. You respect the art, you respect the artists for their talent and their ability to entertain, their mastery of the characters, the joy of the show. Honestly, it is very trashy to grope your date in public and if you want to grope your date stay home.
This is so right. And not just at movies. Try going to see a band and not being close to someone who talks to their friend loud enough to be heard over the music all night. Gitmo for all of em.
The Boebs just made a teeny mistake; she was just in audience participation mode.
Anybody could have made the same mistake. I mean, audience participation is in -- especially post COVID. Haven't your kids been to a sing-a-long Frozen or Encanto!
Let It Go! Hakuna Matata! The audience shoulda' have been dancing in the aisles. She's just ahead of the curve. Don't you know who she is -- a real leader.
(PS If you grew up long ago enough, getting some action was the whole point of a dark theatre for teens like Boebs).
Boebert is a clown and deserves every ounce of ridicule she gets. I’ve been glad to see some live music artists ask the audience to stop viewing the show through their screens and to enjoy the performance. Jack White even has attendees place their phones in magnetically sealed bags for the duration of the concert (ushers are able to unlock the bags in case of emergency). I would like to see more of this to alleviate the cellphone nuisance.
I really don't get it but it happens so often now that I am seriously considering not going to any live performances. For Christmas last year, I got my wife tickets to Patti Lapone in concert. Great seats but right before the show started a couple plopped down in the row behind us. They both were clearly drunk and it didn't take very long for the man to start singing along with Patti at the top of his lungs. As far as I could tell, he was the only one in the theater doing so. We asked him to be quiet several times but he just ignored us and his companion just kept saying, "He can't help himself! He can't help himself!" Fortunately, the performance wasn't sold out and we just relocated ourselves to different seats and enjoyed the rest of the show. I can give lots of other examples as well. But I don't get why an increasing amount of people feel they can do what they want and to hell with the people around them. Are they that clueless? And why is calling them on it an immediate fighting offense?
That surprises me, as Lupone has a history of denouncing audience members (unmasked theater attendees whom she forced to leave) and grabbing a cell phone from an audience member during a show.
We went to an Elton John/Billy Joel concert several years ago, and the woman next to us sang along with EVERY song, standing up and dancing around. We let it go for about 5 songs; then my husband asked her to please stop singing since we were here to listen to the performers, not her. She said "I don't have to!" and continued. Finally he got an usher, who told her to stop or she'd be removed. She slumped down in her seat like a recalcitrant toddler *for the rest of the show* and, when it was over, thanked us for ruining it for her. As my dad used to say, "some people's children".
Yes it was, but it was always fun to take newbies to see the spectacle. One of the local theaters would show classics, grade B horror flicks and the self indulgent rock movies of the 70s & early 80s that provided a good cheap way to spend a couple hours. You never knew who or what was going to show up it was always enjoyable to share the experience with total strangers.
I stopped going to movies long before this happened and while higher costs of tickets mattered, the disruptive behavior of a portion of theater patrons is what drove me to stay home.
Yes, i miss the "big (really) BIG screen", but not that much. Now, as some have noted, with the the advent of open carry/concealed carry laws, growing belligence by folks in general it's questionable whether it's worth the risk.
Last year I was in the pit orchestra for several performances of Beauty and the Beast. Some of the performances were exclusively for kids bussed in from the schools in the area. Before the performance started they were told what they should and shouldn't do during the performance. They followed the guidance and were quiet and attentive to the dialog so they got the jokes, laughed when they should, applauded when they should and clearly had a good time. Maybe all shows should have a pre-performance lecture on how to behave in the theater.
Sep 16, 2023·edited Sep 16, 2023Liked by Sonny Bunch
Lauren Bobert has no more conception of how to comport herself publicwise than a cat has how to solve a differential equation.
Let us be charitable a little. Most of us as, we stumbled gracelessly from adolescence to adulthood stepped over a line and behaved abominably in public a time or two, but with the compensating blessing that in the morning we would be sober. In her case, on the morning after -- and every morning for ever and ever after that -- Lauren Bobert will remain still Lauren Bobert.
Having watched the videos of her behavior during the performance, and her apparent difficulty getting her dress to constrain prominent features of her anatomy within its limits, it occurs to me an appropriate pronunciation of her last name would rhyme with "Schubert".
I’ve always thought there should be a theatre equivalent of a no fly list. Which - if you make noise or in any way disturb actors or people around you - you get put on the second after you’ve been flung outside onto the pavement
My working theory about people who do this, is they’re nearly all thick. They have no inner thought process, so someone has to be paying attention to them continually, ergo they refuse to sit quietly. And that’s why it’s usually futile trying to shut them up.
could handle privacy concerns too by only triggering the camera to point at people whose pre-performance behaviour clearly shows the likelihood of making noise. I have over many years realised that who will make noise in theatres and cinemas is depressingly predictable, and if I can predict it surely skynet could:)
(not that I've given this a lot of thought or anything)
It’s almost like his nudity visually represented how exposed and degraded he felt by the experience and her nudity helped convey Kitty’s sense of disgust and betrayal!
See, I didn’t even notice Kitty’s reaction. That’s what I mean by distraction. It was asymmetric. In the real world she will have screamed and started throwing things if she saw that.
But … the naked people clearly aren’t there! It’s a representation of how the Oppenheimers FEEL at having their life picked apart by the committee. This is how visual art works sometimes!
Sep 15, 2023·edited Sep 15, 2023Liked by Sonny Bunch
...But hey, if Disney+'s plummeting subscription-base is the reason why we're finally getting physical 4K UHD Blu-Rays of their shows (like "The Mandalorian" and "Loki"), bring it on, says I.
I wish I could enjoy your column and podcasts, but your takes are frequently sexist.
There was a radio show on film in the L.A. area put on by a guy who billed himself as the FILM FREAK and was otherwise an enjoyable show that I miss. However, he had a screener, a young woman that stated that since she paid for a ticket to the movie it gave her the right to talk on her cell phone. The host said nothing!
It’s very weird because she acting like she’s never to the theatre her entire life. Since when is vaping a thing in a theatre! What? This is a not a concert at Red Rocks. You don’t grope your date in a theatre, you watch the damn play. You respect the art, you respect the artists for their talent and their ability to entertain, their mastery of the characters, the joy of the show. Honestly, it is very trashy to grope your date in public and if you want to grope your date stay home.
This is so right. And not just at movies. Try going to see a band and not being close to someone who talks to their friend loud enough to be heard over the music all night. Gitmo for all of em.
Someone has written a song about Boebert's night out and it does not disappoint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSjqhn0EazU
Hey. You're talking about **Beetlejuice**. You know, the Ghost with the Most.
Crass, inappropriate, coercive, exploitative Beetlejuice.
The Boebs just made a teeny mistake; she was just in audience participation mode.
Anybody could have made the same mistake. I mean, audience participation is in -- especially post COVID. Haven't your kids been to a sing-a-long Frozen or Encanto!
Let It Go! Hakuna Matata! The audience shoulda' have been dancing in the aisles. She's just ahead of the curve. Don't you know who she is -- a real leader.
(PS If you grew up long ago enough, getting some action was the whole point of a dark theatre for teens like Boebs).
Boebert is a clown and deserves every ounce of ridicule she gets. I’ve been glad to see some live music artists ask the audience to stop viewing the show through their screens and to enjoy the performance. Jack White even has attendees place their phones in magnetically sealed bags for the duration of the concert (ushers are able to unlock the bags in case of emergency). I would like to see more of this to alleviate the cellphone nuisance.
No prefab answers here.
I really don't get it but it happens so often now that I am seriously considering not going to any live performances. For Christmas last year, I got my wife tickets to Patti Lapone in concert. Great seats but right before the show started a couple plopped down in the row behind us. They both were clearly drunk and it didn't take very long for the man to start singing along with Patti at the top of his lungs. As far as I could tell, he was the only one in the theater doing so. We asked him to be quiet several times but he just ignored us and his companion just kept saying, "He can't help himself! He can't help himself!" Fortunately, the performance wasn't sold out and we just relocated ourselves to different seats and enjoyed the rest of the show. I can give lots of other examples as well. But I don't get why an increasing amount of people feel they can do what they want and to hell with the people around them. Are they that clueless? And why is calling them on it an immediate fighting offense?
That surprises me, as Lupone has a history of denouncing audience members (unmasked theater attendees whom she forced to leave) and grabbing a cell phone from an audience member during a show.
We went to an Elton John/Billy Joel concert several years ago, and the woman next to us sang along with EVERY song, standing up and dancing around. We let it go for about 5 songs; then my husband asked her to please stop singing since we were here to listen to the performers, not her. She said "I don't have to!" and continued. Finally he got an usher, who told her to stop or she'd be removed. She slumped down in her seat like a recalcitrant toddler *for the rest of the show* and, when it was over, thanked us for ruining it for her. As my dad used to say, "some people's children".
Amazing to hear an adult say, "I don't have to..."
Bring back the Midnight Movies?
The interactive audiences at Rocky Horror Picture Show and others were pretty entertaining.
Well Rocky Horror was kind of cultish/purposeful... the audience (at that point) was actually the show.
Yes it was, but it was always fun to take newbies to see the spectacle. One of the local theaters would show classics, grade B horror flicks and the self indulgent rock movies of the 70s & early 80s that provided a good cheap way to spend a couple hours. You never knew who or what was going to show up it was always enjoyable to share the experience with total strangers.
I stopped going to movies long before this happened and while higher costs of tickets mattered, the disruptive behavior of a portion of theater patrons is what drove me to stay home.
Yes, i miss the "big (really) BIG screen", but not that much. Now, as some have noted, with the the advent of open carry/concealed carry laws, growing belligence by folks in general it's questionable whether it's worth the risk.
Last year I was in the pit orchestra for several performances of Beauty and the Beast. Some of the performances were exclusively for kids bussed in from the schools in the area. Before the performance started they were told what they should and shouldn't do during the performance. They followed the guidance and were quiet and attentive to the dialog so they got the jokes, laughed when they should, applauded when they should and clearly had a good time. Maybe all shows should have a pre-performance lecture on how to behave in the theater.
Lauren Bobert has no more conception of how to comport herself publicwise than a cat has how to solve a differential equation.
Let us be charitable a little. Most of us as, we stumbled gracelessly from adolescence to adulthood stepped over a line and behaved abominably in public a time or two, but with the compensating blessing that in the morning we would be sober. In her case, on the morning after -- and every morning for ever and ever after that -- Lauren Bobert will remain still Lauren Bobert.
Having watched the videos of her behavior during the performance, and her apparent difficulty getting her dress to constrain prominent features of her anatomy within its limits, it occurs to me an appropriate pronunciation of her last name would rhyme with "Schubert".
I’ve always thought there should be a theatre equivalent of a no fly list. Which - if you make noise or in any way disturb actors or people around you - you get put on the second after you’ve been flung outside onto the pavement
My working theory about people who do this, is they’re nearly all thick. They have no inner thought process, so someone has to be paying attention to them continually, ergo they refuse to sit quietly. And that’s why it’s usually futile trying to shut them up.
This is why we need surveillance cameras monitored by AI, constantly updating the No View List.
could handle privacy concerns too by only triggering the camera to point at people whose pre-performance behaviour clearly shows the likelihood of making noise. I have over many years realised that who will make noise in theatres and cinemas is depressingly predictable, and if I can predict it surely skynet could:)
(not that I've given this a lot of thought or anything)
Glad she announced her name and stays so the folks can send her home and out of Congress. !!!
It wasn’t my main takeaway but I did feel like the nudity during the interrogation in Oppenheimer was a distraction.
It’s almost like his nudity visually represented how exposed and degraded he felt by the experience and her nudity helped convey Kitty’s sense of disgust and betrayal!
See, I didn’t even notice Kitty’s reaction. That’s what I mean by distraction. It was asymmetric. In the real world she will have screamed and started throwing things if she saw that.
But … the naked people clearly aren’t there! It’s a representation of how the Oppenheimers FEEL at having their life picked apart by the committee. This is how visual art works sometimes!
...But hey, if Disney+'s plummeting subscription-base is the reason why we're finally getting physical 4K UHD Blu-Rays of their shows (like "The Mandalorian" and "Loki"), bring it on, says I.