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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (604930)	8/17/2004 4:02:55 PM
From: Enam Luf	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

>>And if it was on Broadway, so too would the theater. But if it was some arty-political off Broadway thing, well you take your chances. The venue matters not. It's the expectations that matter, and the expectations are set by the performers and their promotions. >>But the idea that the ticket buying public has a right to dictate the artist's performance is ridiculous. no one is saying that the audience has a right to dictate the artist's peformance. however the artists have a responsibility not to mislead the audience in marketing. >>If you don't like what an artist is doing, don't go. If the show was something very different than what you expected, don't go to any future shows. It's pretty simple really. It is simple, you should get the product you pay for (the quality may vary, but the product itself should be accurately categorized). If you pay for a lime, you shouldn't be forced to take a lemon under the guise of "well, ok, next time I'll know not to shop there."

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (604930)	8/17/2004 6:18:35 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

The artist is the artist. This is just a bunch of nonsense. "The artist is the artist." Oh, that just takes care of it then. The artist has to be accepted for whatever she does. This is stupid leftism. Artists must appeal to the tastes of patrons just like everyone else. What if the artist has new material which is extremely political (but sung instead of spoken)? Are you saying they can't perform their new material without the public's prior consent? No one is saying they can't do whatever in hell they wish to do. What I am saying is that it is immoral to use one brand in order to attract people ad then hit them with inflammatory material. You are completely overlooking the community that is implied by these advertisements. People hear the ads, reflect on their past through the music, take their spouses to hear the music live, and at considerable expense and effort, only to have the entire night destroyed by an inflammatory political speech that has nothing to do with the advertised product. It is just wrong. You reveal what you are by supporting this trash.