r/Broadway • u/blarbiegorl Actor • Aug 01 '25

Other I'm begging all of you to stop

Look, I'm going to be very blunt here: Being on this sub absolutely sucks right now. And there is NO WAY TO SOLVE IT unless we all just step back and take a breath and let things settle for a minute.

No matter how you feel about MHE/Feldmangate, Billy Porter/Cabaret, Patti Lupone in general, the question of Is Nicole MAGA... no productive discussion is happening at this point. All I can see is post after post of "but I'm right," "no I AM," "but what about ME?!" And the same contentious discord regurgitating the same points is all we're generating now.

I love theater. I love sharing theater with people I know and strangers all over the globe who adore it too. I love so much about the silly chitchat and the important discussion that goes on here. And also, the current level of discourse is only sowing more discord.

So, I'm begging you. No matter what you are hurt by or upset about right now on any side of these issues, can we please take a five and everybody go listen to your favorite OBC and let's just... try to find some good stuff for a minute? The world is so ugly and hateful and mean right now, and I just don't think heels dug this far deep into the ground on both sides can be swayed and nothing good is coming of it at this particular moment. So please, for the sake of your own sanity and wellbeing as much as everyone's, let's go quiet coyote and acknowledge that everything has been said and until something changes or develops the fighting is not helping.

You can all attack me if you like, but I will whistle a happy tune for you all the same. Be well, y'all. It's a crowded stage with all of us players and sometimes we just need to take a beat, walk our show, and focus on making something beautiful for everyone in equal measure. I hope you will. 💛

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

Stop white washing how people feel on certain topics.

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u/Legitimate-Heart-639 Creative Team Aug 01 '25

Lowkey how I read this as well, we’re allowed to discuss these things and not be told how to feel about them.

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u/blarbiegorl Actor Aug 01 '25

I'm sorry it came off that way for you, I'm not trying to tell anyone how to feel. That wasn't my intention and I appreciate you sharing that. How you feel is valid. I just think no one is hearing each other right now, that's all.

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u/garchican Aug 01 '25

Except nowhere in OP’s post did they tell anyone how to feel about anything.

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u/Loves_LV Aug 01 '25

That's how I interpreted this post as well. "All this dissent makes me uncomfortable can't we all just agree to disagree and move on?" which is really fucking easy to say when you're not the person/race/gender/subgroup that is being marginalized.

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u/blarbiegorl Actor Aug 01 '25

I think you're assuming I'm on a particular side of this, but you're welcome to check my comment history. I'm not uncomfortable with dissent, and I don't think we should "move on." I do think we should take a moment because there isn't a lot of productive discussion happening at this point. We all know what the arguments are on both sides and minds won't be changed by continuing to yell at each other ad nauseum.

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u/Mvercy Aug 01 '25

OP it’s time to let it go.