OHMYGOD!!!
I got my first hater! I'm so excited. See? It's easy to write I love you, Danielle, but hater notes? That takes time and energy. I mean, someone has to stop what they're doing and really think about it, then properly hate on you.
And so you don't have to dig through the comment thread to find said hater and my response, I'm going to post them both here! But to the hater -- I LOVE YOU, MAN! I feel so put in my place now! Way to teach me a lesson. Aaaaah, feel the sarcasm!
Anyhoo, this is from a guy who calls himself "Phil N. Blank."
(Way to use your real name, man! At least when David Zent went off on me over "The Pajama Game" he had the cojones to write it in a letter to the editor and email it to me directly to me. THAT is proper hateration, when you put your name on it and email it to, like, 200 people! Zent was all "I dare you to tell me I am wrong!" on that thing. That was BRILLIANT! But I still LOVE DAVID ZENT! Squash beef, man. Love, spread love!)
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From my first (yeah!) hater:
So Danielle used to visit two maybe three(and that's a big MAYBE) theatres on a regular basis. Danielle also decided to stop reviewing theatre because she was bored by it (read Ms Belton's column several weeks ago on how bored she was with On the Verge) Actually the column was mainly about her trying to get a date.
Why is she writing a column on theatre awards for Bakersfield? To give out awards one must see all the productions, do they not? I saw very few entries on Stars Theatre or BCT.
As a regular patron of Stars & BCT, I am apalled that she did not give these theatres any mention. With Stars & BCT, at least they cast actors that are age appropriate, and can play the roles.
I stopped attending The Spotlight Theatre because I was tired of seeing teens/young adults trying to play adult roles (Into the Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar). If I want to see a high school production, I will go to one of the area's local high schools.
The Empty Space has the same actors in every production. Yes, they have their "token" new people, but for the most part it is the same tired actors who are not age appropriate, and have very little talent. It comes off like "Hey kids, Daddy has got a barn, let's do a show" mentality. No wonder they are about to fold.
She also considers the theatre scene in Bakersfield as an "underground". It is an underground because you & more importantly THE CALIFORNIAN decided to not write about it anymore. So where else is it going to go but underground.
It seems that Ms Belton was mainly stroking people's egos with the awards. Is this her way of making up for not reviewing theatre anymore? Is she trying to kiss people's butts because of her past comments? Who knows. Only Danielle Belton knows the answer to that.
Maybe next years awards will have the same shows nominated because she stopped reviewing shows, and has no shows to nominate. Would that make all of you happy? So for you so called "artists", why the heck do you take what this writer (cough, cough, sneeze, wheeze, cough) says so serious & personal? She has honestly admitted that she would rather attend a Prince concert then visit the local theatres. Maybe you all should be like Roger Mathey, and GET A LIFE!!
Phil N. Blank
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Ooooh, NASTY! And he couldn't just hate on me! He had to hate on the newspaper, The Spotlight, The Empty Space and everyone who's posted on my blog! Including Roger Mathey who he actually compliments at the end, but apparently didn't notice that Roger was all up on the blog too. But don't be mad folks. Give this guy props! That took work! I mean, you hate me so much that you took the time to find my blog, read my blog, flame all the folks who posted to my blog and diss my awards. I bet you read my stuff EVERY week just to say how much you hate it, don't you? I bet you can't wait for it to come out so you can just commence to hating? C'mon! Hating is like Chuck Mangione -- It FEELS SO GOOD! It's the same reason why my parents watch the O'Reilly Factor then kibitz to me about it! You secretly LOVE ME! But without further adieu ... here is my response.
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The official Danielle Belton hater response:
Hey folks. It seems someone has an axe to grind against me, and that's all good. But buddy, I don't know where you got your info. I have never said that I didn't like local theater. I never said I was bored. The decision to stop doing reviews was the decision of my editors, not mine.
And at one point I was going to three shows every opening weekend (becuase about three shows open per month) because I felt that dedicated to my job. So I saw and reviewed as many shows as I could throughout the year.
Perhaps we've never met, because if you've met me you'd know that I like theater, plan to continue to write about theater and love local plays. As for your opinions towards The Empty Space and The Spotlight, to each it's own. I'll let them handle their own business. Everyone's entitled to their opinions. I liked different shows at all the theaters and quite frankly I wanted to nominated more BCT shows, but I had to cut the number of nominees. Like I wanted to give Bruce Coen a nom for "Visiting Mr. Green" a play I liked a lot, but there were so many other actors who also did great this year.
As for that column about me looking for a professional hanger on -- it was a joke. I used to write a twice a month humor column that now only comes out once a month. And yeah, I didn't like "On the Verge" but I thought it had a beautiful set. Just because I didn't like one particular play doesn't mean that I hate all theater. And to paraphrase Tina Turner -- "What's Prince got to do with it?" I love Prince. People know this. I never compared Prince to theater. How can you compare Prince to theater? Prince is PRINCE! Theater is theater. Dude, like, not to go all California surfer girl on you, but, like, whatever.
So lighten up. Why the bitterness, man? Did I, like, accidentally brush you the wrong way? Because I'm a lover. I give love. I wouldn't be devoting this much of my blog to theater if I didn't actually love these people. I felt bad when I couldn't do reviews anymore and I'm going to miss writing them.
So you can think what you want. I respect your right hate me on my own blog. Hell, I'm giving you extra attention for it! So technically, I'm stroking YOUR ego, you beautiful hater, you! After all, I ask for it everyday at the end of WOTS. Love me? Hate me? Flame me on my own blog! Or better yet, email me at dbelton@bakersfield.com!
It's all good.
And so you don't have to dig through the comment thread to find said hater and my response, I'm going to post them both here! But to the hater -- I LOVE YOU, MAN! I feel so put in my place now! Way to teach me a lesson. Aaaaah, feel the sarcasm!
Anyhoo, this is from a guy who calls himself "Phil N. Blank."
(Way to use your real name, man! At least when David Zent went off on me over "The Pajama Game" he had the cojones to write it in a letter to the editor and email it to me directly to me. THAT is proper hateration, when you put your name on it and email it to, like, 200 people! Zent was all "I dare you to tell me I am wrong!" on that thing. That was BRILLIANT! But I still LOVE DAVID ZENT! Squash beef, man. Love, spread love!)
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From my first (yeah!) hater:
So Danielle used to visit two maybe three(and that's a big MAYBE) theatres on a regular basis. Danielle also decided to stop reviewing theatre because she was bored by it (read Ms Belton's column several weeks ago on how bored she was with On the Verge) Actually the column was mainly about her trying to get a date.
Why is she writing a column on theatre awards for Bakersfield? To give out awards one must see all the productions, do they not? I saw very few entries on Stars Theatre or BCT.
As a regular patron of Stars & BCT, I am apalled that she did not give these theatres any mention. With Stars & BCT, at least they cast actors that are age appropriate, and can play the roles.
I stopped attending The Spotlight Theatre because I was tired of seeing teens/young adults trying to play adult roles (Into the Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar). If I want to see a high school production, I will go to one of the area's local high schools.
The Empty Space has the same actors in every production. Yes, they have their "token" new people, but for the most part it is the same tired actors who are not age appropriate, and have very little talent. It comes off like "Hey kids, Daddy has got a barn, let's do a show" mentality. No wonder they are about to fold.
She also considers the theatre scene in Bakersfield as an "underground". It is an underground because you & more importantly THE CALIFORNIAN decided to not write about it anymore. So where else is it going to go but underground.
It seems that Ms Belton was mainly stroking people's egos with the awards. Is this her way of making up for not reviewing theatre anymore? Is she trying to kiss people's butts because of her past comments? Who knows. Only Danielle Belton knows the answer to that.
Maybe next years awards will have the same shows nominated because she stopped reviewing shows, and has no shows to nominate. Would that make all of you happy? So for you so called "artists", why the heck do you take what this writer (cough, cough, sneeze, wheeze, cough) says so serious & personal? She has honestly admitted that she would rather attend a Prince concert then visit the local theatres. Maybe you all should be like Roger Mathey, and GET A LIFE!!
Phil N. Blank
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Ooooh, NASTY! And he couldn't just hate on me! He had to hate on the newspaper, The Spotlight, The Empty Space and everyone who's posted on my blog! Including Roger Mathey who he actually compliments at the end, but apparently didn't notice that Roger was all up on the blog too. But don't be mad folks. Give this guy props! That took work! I mean, you hate me so much that you took the time to find my blog, read my blog, flame all the folks who posted to my blog and diss my awards. I bet you read my stuff EVERY week just to say how much you hate it, don't you? I bet you can't wait for it to come out so you can just commence to hating? C'mon! Hating is like Chuck Mangione -- It FEELS SO GOOD! It's the same reason why my parents watch the O'Reilly Factor then kibitz to me about it! You secretly LOVE ME! But without further adieu ... here is my response.
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The official Danielle Belton hater response:
Hey folks. It seems someone has an axe to grind against me, and that's all good. But buddy, I don't know where you got your info. I have never said that I didn't like local theater. I never said I was bored. The decision to stop doing reviews was the decision of my editors, not mine.
And at one point I was going to three shows every opening weekend (becuase about three shows open per month) because I felt that dedicated to my job. So I saw and reviewed as many shows as I could throughout the year.
Perhaps we've never met, because if you've met me you'd know that I like theater, plan to continue to write about theater and love local plays. As for your opinions towards The Empty Space and The Spotlight, to each it's own. I'll let them handle their own business. Everyone's entitled to their opinions. I liked different shows at all the theaters and quite frankly I wanted to nominated more BCT shows, but I had to cut the number of nominees. Like I wanted to give Bruce Coen a nom for "Visiting Mr. Green" a play I liked a lot, but there were so many other actors who also did great this year.
As for that column about me looking for a professional hanger on -- it was a joke. I used to write a twice a month humor column that now only comes out once a month. And yeah, I didn't like "On the Verge" but I thought it had a beautiful set. Just because I didn't like one particular play doesn't mean that I hate all theater. And to paraphrase Tina Turner -- "What's Prince got to do with it?" I love Prince. People know this. I never compared Prince to theater. How can you compare Prince to theater? Prince is PRINCE! Theater is theater. Dude, like, not to go all California surfer girl on you, but, like, whatever.
So lighten up. Why the bitterness, man? Did I, like, accidentally brush you the wrong way? Because I'm a lover. I give love. I wouldn't be devoting this much of my blog to theater if I didn't actually love these people. I felt bad when I couldn't do reviews anymore and I'm going to miss writing them.
So you can think what you want. I respect your right hate me on my own blog. Hell, I'm giving you extra attention for it! So technically, I'm stroking YOUR ego, you beautiful hater, you! After all, I ask for it everyday at the end of WOTS. Love me? Hate me? Flame me on my own blog! Or better yet, email me at dbelton@bakersfield.com!
It's all good.
posted by Danielle Belton @ 10:53 AM
1 Comments:
At 12:36 PM,
Anonymous said…
Phil deserves a flogging just for trying to bring Prince into his argument! U leave Prince alone you, you, you....BLANK!!
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