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Post by kathryn on Jul 11, 2018 10:31:11 GMT
Ryan - Lord of the Theatreboard Sub-basement. It's all the restraining orders keeping him down there.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 11, 2018 11:01:51 GMT
To be honest, I’d call myself a fanboy of Wicked, even though I’ve “only” seen it 7 times since my theatre-going days started in 2015. The term fangirl/boy shouldn’t be a negative one but the few “crazies”/attention seekers make being a big fan look bad. Of course the term is subjective, there’s no definition in the dictionary of how many shows you have to attend/what you have to do to become a “fangirl/boy”. To be honest in my opinion anyone who sees Wicked or any other show more than once a year would be classed as one because it shows quite a devotion towards the show but like I said I don’t see why the word should ever have negative connotations I’ve been a Jason Donovan fan for 30 years (don’t shoot me people!) and random crazies still turn up at times... I think it is just one of those things. The bombarding of people on Twitter by tagging them on every single post they make is just as bad at times though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 13:39:06 GMT
I’ve been a Jason Donovan fan for 30 years (don’t shoot me people!) and random crazies still turn up at times... I think it is just one of those things. Yikes. Nothing can divide you it seems. But really, people in glass houses and all that . . .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 14:16:44 GMT
Just seen a massive palava on Twitter regarding Carrie Hope Fletcher not attending a signing at Heathers last night. An angry mother berated her because Carrie was drinking at the bar with some friends who had attended the show that night in full view of a queue of fans waiting to meet her. The mother has since deleted her tweets and made her account private, but there were quite a lot of people ripping her a new one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 14:20:52 GMT
Just seen a massive palava on Twitter regarding Carrie Hope Fletcher not attending a signing at Heathers last night. An angry mother berated her because Carrie was drinking at the bar with some friends who had attended the show that night in full view of a queue of fans waiting to meet her. The mother has since deleted her tweets and made her account private, but there were quite a lot of people ripping her a new one. The JOYS of when Fletcher is unable to stage door.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 22, 2018 14:39:57 GMT
When I commented about how it was going to be bedlam at TOP with Carrie and her stage door dramas it was pointed out that there IS no stage door so all would be well.
looks like Carrie has got around that hurdle! There is a “signing table”.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 22, 2018 14:41:40 GMT
I look forward to an instructional video on how one should behave “at signing table” (she’ll no doubt be dropping the definite article).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 14:48:56 GMT
This was off the back of some drama (natch) from a disappointed Mum (who has since deleted her twitter, which while she was a bit entitled in her tweets, I can also imagine the sh*te she was getting from other fans so I feel a bit sorry for her).
I think in this instance the fact that Carrie was also drinking in TOP bar but didn't stay to sign rubbed folk up the wrong way. While in no way does she have to stay and sign, I think perhaps slinking away to another pub would possibly have saved a bit of drama too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 15:13:15 GMT
Oh dear. I remember joking that she could use the fire exit when this casting came out and I discovered TOP had no "proper" stage door (as in, one that's round the back of the building and says "Sprinkler Stop Valve Inside" next to ti.
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Post by Rukaya on Jul 22, 2018 15:31:34 GMT
I've not paid too much attention to it the past couple of times I've seen Heathers but apparently where they do the signings it'll say who's gonna be there (the cast will have said at the interval if they're happy to stick around and sign) so I think if Carrie's name isn't on that table then people should respect that, and it's none of their business if she decides to stay in the bar to catch up with friends. The whole thing is ridiculous and it's dumb how much hate she gets over this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 15:37:12 GMT
I didn't say it was right or wrong (personally I would however get myself out of sight and drink somewhere I was more likely not to be bothered by fans post show) but then the CHF fans are not, as this thread has demonstrated over and over, strangers to a bit of drama.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 22, 2018 16:36:26 GMT
I don’t think she should feel obliged to do ANYthing after the show but i do think that being visible in the bar, throwing back drinks and laughing with your mates while a bunch of tweens stand outside with their noses to the window seems a tad insensitive.
As for the amount of hate she gets, I’m not justifying trolling but when it happens she gets armies of fans supporting her and shouting down the naysayers.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 18:03:15 GMT
Exactly BurlyBeaR I think standing in the bar, while people were clearly still waiting in hope of an autograph/whatever and when she knows how people get is a bit much. It's not like there's not many a pub within easy reach they could have gone to. And I didn't see what anyone tweeted at the lady in question today, but with her quote-tweeting it then people like Shenton chiming in brings more attention to the person - for the sake of one grumpy tweet at Carrie that seems like a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 19:28:29 GMT
I don't know the exact set up at TOP but if Carrie was in the bar she is entitled to stay there. I stage door a lot but not on press nights as I know cast have gone to the bar etc.
Sometimes I've noticed cast members in bars but I don't disturb them and might wait until they leave to ask them to sign. Sometimes they will say "You should have come over" but often they are appreciative of someone having the courtesy not to disturb them.
My thought would just be wait until she leaves and ask her then to sign.
CHF blocked me on twitter for asking if Heathers promo drawing had been airbrushed?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 19:48:56 GMT
And I didn't see what anyone tweeted at the lady in question today, but with her quote-tweeting it then people like Shenton chiming in brings more attention to the person - for the sake of one grumpy tweet at Carrie that seems like a lot. I was observing the entire thing and it was mostly people repeating what Carrie has stated in vlogs and such - you paid to see the show, not to meet the cast; Carrie has every right to choose not to sign or meet people at stage door; if you want to meet her, go to her book tour etc. There were a few instances where people made quite personal remarks about her parenting, calling her children "spoilt divas", which I honestly think was going a tad too far. Yes, the lady was very entitled and arrogant in what she said, but attacking her children and her parenting skills when you don't know her and putting things on a personal level is never good. I agree that she her attitude reeked, but there's better ways to articulate your thoughts instead of attacking them personally.
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Post by foxa on Jul 22, 2018 19:50:33 GMT
If it weren't for this forum I would have no idea who she was (and now only vaguely do) so am impressed she has such a big fan base.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 20:01:08 GMT
I've seen very entitled parents demanding when stars will come out of Stage Doors as their little darlings want to meet them!
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Post by waybeyondblue on Jul 22, 2018 20:27:39 GMT
If it weren't for this forum I would have no idea who she was (and now only vaguely do) so am impressed she has such a big fan base. I understand she often shares photos of her large base.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 20:35:34 GMT
Stage doors for shows that CHF is in always seem to turn into a free book signing/gatherings for fangirls/causes for pushy parents to complain.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 23, 2018 4:42:22 GMT
That same lady found Carrie's personal Facebook account and sent a message to Carrie - now that is taking it way too far.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 5:26:46 GMT
Yeah the same woman who complained and deleted her tweets tracked Carries personal Facebook down and sent her messages.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 23, 2018 6:08:13 GMT
This is still going on?!
Someone made a negative comment.
Instead of ignoring it Carrie sent this person EIGHT different tweets directly and some indirectly causing all her followers to wade in.
Tweets like this;
She can't be surprised when it escalates as a result?!
It's madness!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 6:58:15 GMT
This is still going on?! Someone made a negative comment. Instead of ignoring it Carrie sent this person EIGHT different tweets directly and some indirectly causing all her followers to wade in. Tweets like this; She can't be surprised when it escalates as a result?! It's madness! “Stars” should not forget that their succes is entirely down to the support of fans whose adoration they encourage. It would not have hurt CHF to send a polite tweet to this mother to diffuse the situation. As for claiming the woman tracked diown her private Facebook page...surely this is a misleading way of putting things, making the woman seem like a stalker. I feel for the mum who probably had to deal with kids who were very upset.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 23, 2018 7:45:15 GMT
You don’t think messaging someone on multiple social media platforms is a bit much?
Most people will work out for themselves that if a star is hanging in the bar with friends that they’ve clocked off for the night and won’t be appearing at stage door.
Though Carrie would have been best off using the block button and complaining privately, I agree.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 7:55:15 GMT
For clarity my comment yesterday was before I saw the woman had also found Carrie’s private FB I was just basing it off the initial tweets. Obviously that’s a line and the woman is clearly very entitled and has no idea what is acceptable. (But her original now deleted tweet was one reply to one of Carrie’s that Carrie chose to pick up on and fanned the flames so maybe this one is a case of unfortunately picking the wrong person to call out and it escalated?)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 8:08:14 GMT
Sorry to interrupt but... Although strictly speaking this is a 'stage door drama', we now seem to have turned this thread into the 'Carrie Hope Fletcher drama' (22 consecutive posts on her above). She does have quite a lengthy thread dedicated to her alone over in the Performers and Creative section where most posts are about ...her stage door dramas. Just saying.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 8:10:36 GMT
Oh the drama darling! Carrie should have raised her glass to that woman from the bar and then threw the olive at her. Complete with olive stick.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 23, 2018 8:55:46 GMT
Discussion of the incident at the stage door : this thread. Discussion of all things Carrie, including how she handles social media generally: other thread.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 23, 2018 9:07:22 GMT
It's just that Carrie Hope Fletcher and Stage Door Dramas seem to be synonymous!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 23, 2018 9:23:47 GMT
On the wider issue of younger kids being taken to the stage door and then being upset/disappointed, you have to put the blame fair and square with the parents for setting that expectation in the first place. “Darling were going to see xxxxxx in xxxxxxx and afterwards were going to MEET HER!” And if the blame is being put on twitter them I’m afraid I think twitter should be for over 18s only, as should Facebook, Instagram and all other sites which contain questionable content.
I wonder if this is just another example of how *some* parents overindulge their children to the point where nothing is ever refused. Like in The Devil Wears Prada where the two little monsters are promised first sight of the new Harry Potter and must have it at any cost. I’m afraid the word “no” was very common in my youth, in fact it tripped off the tongues of my parents with predictable regularity and as a result I have not grown up with the huge sense of entitlement that *some* younger people seem to have these days.
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