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Common Courtesy
I’ve been to a number of plays and the opera recently where I have had the bad luck to sit near people who talk during the performance. Not to mention at the movies. Talking in the movie theater seems to happen quite often. I’ve been thinking about this situation and I feel it doesn’t hurt to remind people about some common courtesy issues that still are important. Pop music concerts, television viewing, interactive performances, and other forms of entertainment have generated a population of viewers and attendees who feel very comfortable talking, eating, checking text messages, and other activities that do not fit into the more formal environment of traditional entertainment attendance. There is a code of behavior and decorum required by people who attend classical music concerts, opera, theater, plays, ballet and other dance performance, and vocal recitals. Unfortunately, many people who attend these events don’t know about it. This requires being considerate of the performers and other viewers by not talking during a performance. It means that cell phones are not to be used either. Food is usually not allowed, although cough drops are definitely useful. Clapping occurs at the end of a symphony or any classical piece of music that may be in movements where the instrumentalists stop for a moment before going on to the next movement of a piece. Opera goers are invited to be free to clap after various arias in order to show appreciation to the artist. But, it is disturbing when people watching a play or other theatrical performance talk to each other while the performance is going on. Movies in a movie theater are also viewing experiences and not spectator sports wherein the viewers talk back to the movie. This form is OK in a home viewing situation, but not in a movie theater where other people have paid to see a movie and want to become engaged in the story without hearing extraneous noises. All of the above situations are very simply different ways of being considerate of other people. And that never is out of style.
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Contributor's Note
Not only does this interest me as an audience member, but as someone who has a number of performers in my family.
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