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Post by anthony on Jun 4, 2022 23:22:57 GMT
Saw tonight's final performance. I really enjoyed it for what it was, although I'm not sure of the point of it? Was M abusive all the time? The ending seems so weird - I never really got the impression that the character was all that manipulative or anything to that point? Maybe I am dumb, though.
Thought the cast were all brilliant - especially Joel Harper-Jackson.
I did sit near some of the most annoying people imaginable, though. Someone with a really OTT laugh who literally chucked throughout, but when he laughed, he was literally repeating "ha, ha, ha, ha", not a real laugh. A guy behind me also shouted at "show us it!" at the point that John's penis was mentioned... Why do people do this?!
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Post by lonlad on Jun 5, 2022 9:38:34 GMT
>> A guy behind me also shouted at "show us it!"
That person should be banned from theatre henceforward -- though given that it was the final performance it might have been intriguing if Jonny actually HAD (shown them it)
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Post by kathryn on Jul 4, 2022 6:36:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2022 6:43:09 GMT
Shame he did that via press interview and couldn't just come out and say/post something on his social media for more people to see, especially in the UK. He didn't need to say something at the time necessarily but he has been back quite happily using social media for fun and self promotion for a while. |
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Post by kathryn on Jul 4, 2022 17:46:47 GMT
Hmm, I can see him just wanting to be protective of the family member’s privacy and not draw the attention of the social media sleuths. There’s definitely social media users who would respond to that kind of announcement by checking out the accounts of everyone known to be related to him or to be friends with him for clues as to who it was.
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Post by A.Ham on Jul 4, 2022 19:21:07 GMT
Thank you for sharing. At least we know now. |
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Post by jojo on Jul 8, 2022 10:24:48 GMT
Hmm, I can see him just wanting to be protective of the family member’s privacy and not draw the attention of the social media sleuths. There’s definitely social media users who would respond to that kind of announcement by checking out the accounts of everyone known to be related to him or to be friends with him for clues as to who it was. True, and I respect that people in the public eye have the right to privacy, and that extends to the right to lie to protect privacy, especially when it's not just about them. There did seem something off about the public reasoning given for Taron's absence, and this is a good reminder that there can be more going on behind the scenes that is none of our business. On the other hand, I'm not sure that talking about it in an interview, rather than on social media, offers any additional protection. The main difference being that having decided against talking about it at the time, then it's hard to know if and how to mention it, so the next suitable interview is reasonable. |
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Post by kathryn on Jul 8, 2022 22:36:35 GMT
The fuss has died down now, which I am sure is part of it, and also hopefully the relative’s health has improved.
And there’s a disconnect between the NY Times (which is paywalled) and casual Social media users - it’s much harder for a sentence buried in the middle of an interview to go viral than for an Instagram post.
He did have to address it eventually or it would have become a Mysterious Thing for fans to speculate about forever more.
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