So there I was at the show last week, as they wrapped up the performance, one of the three cast directors/people in charge does the final shoutouts for the cast roll call at the end of the movie, and even encourages everyone in the audience to check out the website. On top of all that, I add a link to it on my site ... why not, right? One problem ... they hadn't updated the cast list since 10/19 and here it is 11/15. So I fire off a little ditty of an email to said cast director:
JenniHey, WTF???? Your site still has the cast list for 10/19 after you beckoned everyone to check it out. And Myke's been getting way too much run considering how little talent he's got. I mean, come one(sp) ... we all know who the real draw is. How 'bout a few photos from after July while we're at it???
Get crackin there ... you don't want to be one of those ghost sites that people point to and make fun of do you?
Love,
Greg
Sure, its full of that hard-edged wit and whatnot that masks a deep underlying bitterness. But the central point here is this: if you're gonna tell people to check your website, at least have the decency to update it.
Here's the lovely little retort I get back ...
I'm sorry the site hasn't been updated to your liking. The site is slowly being updated the past 3 weeks pictures have already been updated at a rate of one week per day the only thing lacking is an update on the photo page itself to link all of it together. I haven't had time recently since I work 3 jobs and am going to school full time so honestly Greg kiss my ass. And as for Myke playing he happens to beaudiencehe audicence favorites and I get comments aboutevery weekst everyweek either at the show or thru e-mail. I'm sorry if your opinion don't hold much weight with me. Actually no I'm not. However if you would like to be somewhere where folks actually care about your opinion drive to Wconcerned As far as I am concered you have no weight on what is done in this cast. You are not a cast member nor one of the three people in charge at any level. If you don't like the show I would strongly suggest you take your money and your presence elsewhere.Jenni
Real nice, huh? And I thought I was bitter. You can all find this loveliness at River Oaks Theater every Saturday at midnight. I'm still shaking my head at how some people can totally grasp the concept of this site while other can't.
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Who shoved a hot poker up her ass?
Let me start of with this first. I am speaking strictly for myself and what I say in no way reflects the opinions of the THEM cast or their cast directors. What I have to say is screw the both of you. Greg, it's pretty low of you to print e-mails on your web site. If someone wants a message to you to be public, they will print it on your "almighty" website such as I am doing now. And as for your opinions on Myke, well, who really cares what you think? Myke rules! You see Greg, your opinion would count much more if you had ever proven yourself on a stage. Let me give you an example from someone we all know. The Amazing Randy. He kicks ass. We know this, everyone knows this. He has shown that he kicks ass. Therefore if he ever came to me with an opinion or criticism I'd probably listen. That is as opposed to some thirtysomething guy who likes to come to the show to lear at eighteen year old girls.
So when it comes to your question Greg, "What is it about Rocky?" You'd probably be the best to answer it considering you spend so much time on the net devoted to it. You see, during the week, I hardly ever think about Rocky. I'm too busy...well...working and having a life. For me Rocky is a chance to get together with my friends, get up in front of people and make a few laugh (granted I bomb more often than not) and I get to yell "Fuck" in a theater. Rock On! I'm a musician, not an actor. I have no plans on becoming an actor. I'm just there to have a good time, like all of us. Sure, sometimes things don't get done...Rocky bags don't get made, websites don't get updated, costumes don't get cleaned (we can all smell when that happens)... but that's all because we have lives during the week.
So Greg, if you abhor our show so much, go ahead and go to Webster. On the other hand, if you want to keep coming back, that's cool, we can always use your 7.50. Either way enjoy Rocky for what it is, a cathartic end to the week and a way to kick back with friends.
And as for you and Ulysses, leave the cast directors alone. Jenni desreves more credit than she gets for the things she does, and she balances her jobs and school on top of all that. Rocky may not be her top priority (and I'll feel sorry for anyone for whom it is), but that just shows that she's an adult who has more important things to do with her life than little piddly spats over the internet. Luckily for you, I had nothing better to do this Friday night. So for both of you getting on Jenni's case, I deliver to you a hearty "fuck off."
Love,
Charles
xoxo
Can ya feel the love here?
Once again, someone just doesn't get it. I mean this is about the millionth time someone has come up with that brilliant retort: "your opinion would count much more if you had ever proven yourself on a stage." So lemme cover a few backgrounder issues here.
1. Emails are not some sacred thing that demand privacy. Especially when one is sent saying "kiss my ass." Never be shocked if those get re-circulated. The basic jist of my original email (which, if you'll notice, I also posted in full) was that the cast list hadn't been updated in a month, even though Jenni requested audience members to check out the website. Everything else is secondary.
2. Myke ... I got no problem with Myke. You guys clearly overstate my anti-Myke position. Among the few enjoyable things to do with THEM is to make fun of Myke. Try and tell me you don't enjoy that as well. My point in bringing him up was that he's been featured for over the same month, and God only knows how much longer. I'm really saddened that you guys don't feel you have any other cast member worthy of highlighting. That must be a real condemnation of the rest of the cast.
3. My "almighty" website? Lemme fill you in on something. Websites are cheap and easy and some of us do them as a hobby. This isn't about ego, swagger, or anything else. THIS is my outlet. Might not have happened if I could get a gig playing 80s heavy metal, but here we are.
4. The fact that I would suck on stage would never negate the fact that someone else already does. My performing would prove nothing, either good or bad. The fact that ANYONE can sit there and say what you are essentially saying: your opinion doesn't count because you aren't a performer ... is pure hogwash. I go to hockey games and can tell you very clearly why the Aeros got shutout Thursday night as well as I can comment on why we shallaced a team prior to that. Last I checked I never played ice hockey. I can do the same for a football game, baseball game, movie, play, tv show, vaudeville show, and so on. Pay attention and maybe you'll learn something very vital about what this site is and is not. IT IS GREGS OPINION. Nobody requires you to agree with it, like it, or more importantly ... READ IT. If I make a post on here reviewing Comedian or Bowling for Columbine, do you think Jerry Seinfeld or Michael Moore get their panties in a wad over something I've written? You perform a show in a public setting ... I comment ... its simple. Try not to think it through so much.
5. How much time are you thinking I spend on this? I write a little review every week. I check Sadistic Pleasures message board about once a day. I check the cast lists for both casts once a week. And of course, I spend my Saturday nights there as well. On average, I expend far less effort than any exalted cast member. Outside of Saturday, that means probably a grand total of 30 minutes to an hour (when responding to such witty insults as "kiss my ass" and "fuck off", that is).
6. Who in the world is saying that Jenni is the ONLY one that can update a freakin cast list on a website? One word: delegation.
7. The day I go to Rocky expecting to see a good show anymore is the day pigs fly. Think about it Charles ... who actually wakes up and says: "I want to see a kick ass show. I know ... let's go to Rocky!" Ever hear those words in a non-sarcastic setting?
8. The site STILL shows the cast list for 10/19. Among Jenni's vetching was: "I'm sorry the site hasn't been updated to your liking." My question now is ... who DOES like a site that can't even tell you who's performing? Both of you are reading way too much into my original complaint and its now obvious that neither of you are even seeing that point. Last I checked, it takes a minute to update that. A MINUTE. I've done it before with the SP site. Don't even try to tell me that having three jobs, going to school fulltime, and not being able to delegate a simple task is asking too much. Of all the cast members available to do such a simple task, I'm guessing there's a MINUTE available in there somewhere.
Hugs and Kisses ...
Greg
Silly Greg, they can't take valuable time from their rigid cast rehearsals just to update a website!
Charles. your point would be valid if public shows were meant to be seen by performers only. But they are not, they are meant to be paid for by an audience. They are meant to entertain an audience. Therefore, someone who has performed onstage has the LEAST ability to judge a show because they can no longer see it from the viewpoint of an audience.. they know too much of what goes into it and notice things an audience never would. If I go by your logic then if you go to a restaurant and say that the food is awful, my reply is "you can not get your money back because you have never cooked before, i'm sorry, but because of this your opinion just doesn't count."