The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #31831   Message #417510
Posted By: UB Ed
14-Mar-01 - 02:47 PM
Thread Name: Performers Excess Drinking at Their Gig
Subject: RE: Performers Excess Drinking at Their Gig
Well, Susan, as soon as I got back from the dictionary looking up "paucity", I gotta tell you I'm seeing a number of folks passing judgements without a full consideration of a broader perspective. Bonnie says their copious drinking bothered her but they were not drunk. I think if they had engaged the audience, it wouldn't have occurred to her something wasn't right. But they didn't so it must be the booze. Maybe, maybe not, we simply don't know.

Another post referred to a dressing down for one glass of wine. Seems a little extreme to me.

I feel the problem we're having is imposing our myopic and singular view of right and wrong to the whole world. Its just not that black and white. I believe a better approach is to withold judgement until we are certain destructive behavior is occuring or the performer is so impaired that we can rightly demand a refund.

Ed