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Sept 18, 2016 11:17:04 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 18, 2016 11:17:04 GMT
I didnt read it as a comment on the age group at all.
And then i went bavk and read the whole post rather than just the last paragraph
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Sept 18, 2016 13:48:12 GMT
Post by Seriously on Sept 18, 2016 13:48:12 GMT
the full capacity crowd lapped it up, who were mainly your more seniors devoured it. ...by tomorrow they probably would have forgotten they had ever been. |
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Sept 18, 2016 15:54:24 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 18, 2016 15:54:24 GMT
See thats the very part of the post i thought was suggesting the audience were mostly inebriated or high on crack. That part doesnt mention age at all
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Sept 18, 2016 22:48:20 GMT
Post by Seriously on Sept 18, 2016 22:48:20 GMT
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Sept 18, 2016 23:04:02 GMT
Post by Phantom of London on Sept 18, 2016 23:04:02 GMT
And, a bit of tongue in cheek, lighthearted fun, got a problem?
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Sept 18, 2016 23:12:34 GMT
Post by Seriously on Sept 18, 2016 23:12:34 GMT
And, a bit of tongue in cheek, lighthearted fun, got a problem? Yes. You're ageist. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 18, 2016 23:33:35 GMT
Wow, some people have too much time on their hands. Am I any other 'ist'?
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Sept 19, 2016 0:12:56 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 19, 2016 0:12:56 GMT
Didnt realise you could edit quotes or maybe my phone didnt show the top bit of the quote. It does seem a bit of a leap to me to assume the last paragraph refers back to the mention of seniors rather than being a comment about punters partaking in many a g and t or lager or alcopop before and during a show
(Selected a range of drinks to avoid being accused of ageism)
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Sept 19, 2016 0:20:48 GMT
Post by Seriously on Sept 19, 2016 0:20:48 GMT
Didnt realise you could edit quotes or maybe my phone didnt show the top bit of the quote. It does seem a bit of a leap to me to assume the last paragraph refers back to the mention of seniors rather than being a comment about punters partaking in many a g and t or lager or alcopop before and during a show (Selected a range of drinks to avoid being accused of ageism) Where does it mention or suggest alcohol in his post, bengal73? |
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Post by talkstageytome on Sept 19, 2016 0:32:24 GMT
I personally took it to mean alcohol too. Thought it was a reference to audiences at jukebox musicals usually being in a bit more of a party mood than a theatre going one.
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 19, 2016 0:35:12 GMT
I also thought that the last sentence was a reference to alcohol. Seemed to be enough to read between the lines without explicitly saying it - and far enough away from the 'senior' comment for them to be related.
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Sept 19, 2016 1:51:45 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 19, 2016 1:51:45 GMT
As the 2 posters avove have said reading the last paragraph its pretty easy to assume he was referring to alcohol based inebriation without stating that alcohol consumption had taken place
In fact looking back across the last 2 pages since the post in question 4 of us have felt it was a reference to alcohol only you picked it up as a reference to age? 80% against 20%. Interesting that is it not
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Sept 19, 2016 1:56:12 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 19, 2016 1:56:12 GMT
I personally took it to mean alcohol too. Thought it was a reference to audiences at jukebox musicals usually being in a bit more of a party mood than a theatre going one. Its not just me. Im so glad. |
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Sept 19, 2016 10:41:05 GMT
Post by Seriously on Sept 19, 2016 10:41:05 GMT
Yes, I'm sure a post which doesn't mention alcohol, but does mention "seniors" is actually about alcohol.
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 19, 2016 11:52:56 GMT
Yet taking the part. Judging by most of the audience by the next day they wont remember having been doesnt mention seniors either and in isolation says to me that as they left the theatre they were looking a bit tipsy.
Its clearly not just me who reads it that way. If someone says to me I bet you dont remember what you did last night I dont instantly think. Oh theyre being ageist. Im more likely to think they were assuming id been drinking. Alcohol isnt mentioned in that conversation either
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 11:59:03 GMT
You know what the sad thing is... this whole alcoholic/ageist thing has been more entertaining than this whole thread and I haven't seen it yet, but by the sounds of it the whole show too...  |
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Sept 19, 2016 12:00:45 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 19, 2016 12:00:45 GMT
I wonder if theres such a thing as being alcoholist
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Sept 19, 2016 12:03:03 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 19, 2016 12:03:03 GMT
It is as you say making Motown the musical look popular
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Post by schuttep on Sept 19, 2016 13:14:05 GMT
As a "senior" I find myself forgetting more and more things. So I took the forgetting to mean "as part and parcel of being senior". I can see how others might have put that down to alcohol.
That being said, who cares if youngsters want to label us seniors as being stupid enough to forget what they saw the day before?
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Sept 19, 2016 13:25:46 GMT
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Post by bengal73 on Sept 19, 2016 13:25:46 GMT
Im 43 and stupid enough to remember the stuff from yesterday. I think its ageist to suggest this forgetting things is exclusively for the genuinely senior (said tongue firmly in cheek)
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Sept 20, 2016 14:25:23 GMT
Post by schuttep on Sept 20, 2016 14:25:23 GMT
Im 43 and stupid enough to remember the stuff from yesterday. I think its ageist to suggest this forgetting things is exclusively for the genuinely senior (said tongue firmly in cheek) I knew I was going to comment on something someone said, but... Oh yes - I'm seeing Motown next week, so if I remember I'll let you know what I thought! |
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Post by easilypleased on Dec 31, 2016 23:16:15 GMT
Went to see this today, stalls third row. 6.5/10, I think. Plus points - cast try really hard, the band is good and the young Michael Jackson was great. But that is it. The core of the story is the affair between Berry Gordy and Diana Ross, and if there had been one more Ross number they would have had to rename it Diana Ross - The Musical. Plus there is way too much on the post Detroit period, and they even spend a few minutes on some very dubious performers from that era that I'd never heard of (Rick James? Teena Marie?) And as others have said, way too many great songs crammed in and probably even more left out (no Tracks of My Tears, Just my Imagination, Tears of a Clown, no Superstition - I could go on) but PLENTY of "Reach Out and Touch" (including a lame attempt to get someone in the audience to sing along with the Ross character. The guy they finally got was brave for sure, but he was truly excruciating), not Motown's finest hour IMHO, and even parts of Lady Sings the Blues.
Would you like to get up and dance? Forget it. Although this is rightfully banned during the actual performance I had thought we might get maybe a 15 minute medley at the end. Wrong! There's a 3 minute rendition of Sir Duke, then a bit more (can't recall what) then that is it - quite abrupt ending, I thought.
I am a massive Motown fan and I was so looking forward to it - but I was disappointed.
Actually make that 5/10.
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Jan 2, 2017 14:44:26 GMT
Post by Seriously on Jan 2, 2017 14:44:26 GMT
Im 43 and stupid enough to remember the stuff from yesterday. I think its ageist to suggest this forgetting things is exclusively for the genuinely senior (said tongue firmly in cheek) I knew I was going to comment on something someone said, but... Oh yes - I'm seeing Motown next week, so if I remember I'll let you know what I thought! 3 months later, I think we can presume you forgot. #Irony. |
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Jan 4, 2017 9:18:47 GMT
Post by schuttep on Jan 4, 2017 9:18:47 GMT
Yup.
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Jan 18, 2017 17:50:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 17:50:10 GMT
Seen on instagram that Vannessa Fisher is joining the cast from March so I presume new cast will be announced imminently?!
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