| An R-rated Response | |
| Last Edit: DanielVincent 11:50 pm EDT 07/25/24 | |
| Posted by: DanielVincent 11:49 pm EDT 07/25/24 | |
| In reply to: Some of the wonderful (or otherwise) characters at the TKTS booth over the years - PlayWiz 05:05 pm EDT 07/25/24 | |
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| I was a sophomore theatre kid in high school—or, in other words, the ultimate twink—visiting the big city with my pseudo-jock bestie during the first week of our summer break and staying in my sister’s extra bedroom. It was 1998 and Cabaret was the hottest ticket in town. Of course, this was long before official sales agents offered premium tickets and the existence of “legitimate” resale sites like Stubhub. So, scalpers still preyed on tourists in the line. I’d visited NYC enough to know not to engage with them, but my friend had not. When one lanky guy with a peroxide punk mullet and—despite it being in the 80s—a studded leather jacket started going up and down the line, whispering, “Cabaret. I got Cabaret tickets,” my friend’s ears perked up. “How much for the Cabaret tickets?” he asked. “$150 each.” “Oh, that’s too much, but thank you,” my friend replied. The scalper stared at me for a few uncomfortable seconds, leaned in to my bestie, and whispered, “I’ll give them to you for $50 a piece if I can watch you f*ck him in the *ss.” I wish, wish, WISH we’d been quick enough to come up with a clever retort, but we were both flabbergasted. So, all my friend said was, “Oh, no thank you. Have a nice day.” |
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