Tweet Seats
Colin Mitchell | Dec 06, 2011 | Comments 3 |
Well, at least they’ve finally come up with a catchy name for the idea. Tweet Seats. I’m a sucker for a catchy name.
The conversation continues on whether to allow tweeting during live performances. Here’s the story over at the LA Times. There’s another story at USA Today about the same subject. It’s alive!
There’s a nice poll over at the Times you can contribute to as well. You know how we like polls here at the Lemon. Did someone say BLIP?
I’ve spoken on this subject ad nauseum so I won’t add to the, uh, nauseum.
Though apparently Patti Lupone isn’t so hot about the idea. Check this story.
If it’s a wave that can’t be stopped then let’s at least put the Tweetie Birds in some box far far away from everyone else. If these folks want to act like kids, then they should be treated like kids. Stick ‘em in the freakin’ cry room. Or up on the cat walk. Or build a nest for them in the rafters somewhere.
Just keep ‘em out of my sight! Get off my lawn! Aaaaaa!
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Exactamundo. If the children can’t sit still for two hours without their toys, then put them in a playpen somewhere away from the adults so they don’t bother us with their playthings.
I don’t understand why people assume the way to attract younger audiences into the theater is by allowing tweeting. What’s the connection? Are the seeing statistics that say the youth doesn’t like theatre because they have to put their iphones away? Are there stats that say twitter users are youth? This is silly and lazy. The way to attract a younger audience is through programming things that speak to them. If the youth of America doesn’t like what you put on stage, they won’t like it with or without twitter. We discussed this to death over the summer on the Boston Court blog. My conclusion, as a tweeter and a theatre goer, is that using any device during a theatrical performance that is not designed for an audience to momentarily disengage from time to time is counter-productive. Theatre is not created to be a fractured experience. Music concerts can be. But not theatre.
I agree with you, Brian. That’s why this sudden “wave” seems more like a surrender to a trend rather than any serious attempt at writing relevant stories for an emerging generation and using new techniques for marketing shows.