| re: James Corden delays start of play to let audience watch Euros penalty shootout | |
| Last Edit: sf 05:02 pm EDT 07/12/24 | |
| Posted by: sf 04:57 pm EDT 07/12/24 | |
| In reply to: re: James Corden delays start of play to let audience watch Euros penalty shootout - JereNYC 03:35 pm EDT 07/12/24 | |
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| "But there's also a difference between doing something like this regularly, in which case patrons would legitimately not know when to expect the performance to be over and not be able to plan their transit, and doing so once for an unforeseen event." Is there? Really? Once you're coming in from outside London, the cheapest tickets are often tied to specific trains - which means if you miss the train you booked, your ticket isn't valid on the next one. Even if that isn't the case, the ten-to-fifteen-minute delay easily translates into a much longer delay to a journey home. Is it really reasonable to expect people to get home from the theatre an hour later because some people in the audience want to watch a penalty shoot-out? No it isn't. As I said, it was unprofessional and absolutely unjustifiable to delay the performance. And it also sends an absolutely toxic message about how our culture values the arts in relation to sports - a message that the Old Vic, as one of London's pre-eminent producing theatres, really should know better than to propagate. And frankly, people who can't put their phones away when the lights go down have no business inflicting themselves on a theatre audience. If watching the game is that important, stay home and watch the game. |
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