re: "I hated the show. I left at intermission."
Posted by: ryhog 06:27 pm EDT 10/10/24
In reply to: "I hated the show. I left at intermission." - HadriansMall 01:55 pm EDT 10/10/24

I think the answer to your main question is no. Ditto if you slept through a good part of it.

As others have said, however, one does not need a reason for leaving a show early sans critique.

I have left shows early for two reasons I can think of: because they were lazy, or because I was tired not feeling great or just not in the mood to be in a theatre.

I think it is ok to say you hate something for being objectively lazy, although I wouldn't use the word "hate."

Regarding second act redemption, I would say the odds are against it but there are exceptions. I thought hanging around (tediously) to hear Juaquina Kalukango at the end of Paradise Lost was worth it, but I wish the best 15 minutes had been at the beginning (like Lion King). But the alternate argument is that front loading the good stuff creates false expectations.
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