Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Things that make my head explode

A friend drew my attention to Science: it's a girl thing. It speaks for itself. People are entitled to their tastes and opinions, but they're not entitled to leaving negative reviews because of their own misguided expectations. I posted about this a few months ago in reference to restaurant reviews (remember? someone gave a restaurant a bad review because it hadn't opened yet). One of the ladies I roomed with in Prague owns a bar. She told us about how she warns people that the jalapeno bloody marys are no-$hit spicy, and yet there are people who insist they want them anyway only to change their minds and ask for their money back. With that example in mind, check out these Goldstar user reviews of the excellent "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You." My "favorite" was, "I went for the comedy, not the social commentary" Um, do you understand the concept of theater?? If you want entertainment without social commentary, stay home and turn on your TV. None of the negative reviewers had anything constructive to say; they mostly complained that the play made them think (which isn't what they were going for) or made them uncomfortable (no comment).

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