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Marklbetya 08:39 pm UTC 03/06/17 |
| In reply to: | re: Thoughts on Bat - angie 08:33 pm UTC 03/06/17 |
| Interesting, but I don't think it's a real parallel. I think if the new dart fans were holding up banners that prevented others from seeing the action, it would be a more apt comparison. > Maybe this is just what happens, though. > > Kind of like - my family follow the game of professional > darts. Back in the day, it used to be all... the audience > need to be quiet and drink their beer quietly and smoke > like crazy as they watch the game. Not as quiet as the > snooker, but kind of quiet. > > Then someone thought it would be a good idea to run a > professional darts league like they do pro-wrestling. So > they gave the players funny nicknames, let the audience > sing and chant, and hold up signs with jokes on, and wear > fancy dress outfits... > > And lots of the original audience of darts fans hate it. > They hate the chanting, they hate the singing, they hate > the costumes and the silly names. And they hate the "no > smoking" rules! > > But it proved really popular and the new audience is *so > much* bigger now. The crowds are enormous, their age is > younger, the prize money is enormous, so the players can > go full-time and train more and that's raised the standard > of playing a lot.... and, well, it's transformed it. The > quality of darts in terms of playing at the top of the > game is so high now, and that's a big draw for another > group. > > So... maybe this is the kind of thing that is happening. > Maybe it really isn't like theatre that you know, and > maybe it's really something you don't like, but maybe > it'll bring in a new kind of audience and work out well in > the end. > > Angie > > -- > > > This is another indication that the show is a "jukebox" > > musical. It won't be taken seriously by a lot of musical > > theatre fans. > > > > > > > I guess this is where we disagree. You generally DON'T > > > run that risk at the legitimate theater. You call an > > > usher and get someone thrown out. At Rock of Ages or > > > Mamma Mia this was not a concern. I worry about the > > > future of the show if there are going to be some core fans > > > singing along with the score. | |
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