Maggie Mulqueen: All I wanted was the right to remain seated. - NBCNewsTHINK
These days it seems as if the standing ovation is anticipated before the first line is spoken or the first note sung.Returning to the theater after a pandemic-induced hiatus was something I wanted to stand up and cheer — until the very end of the performance, when all I wanted was the right to remain seated. Unfortunately, I quickly found out that the interruption of Covid-19 had done nothing to stop the wild proliferation of the standing ovation.
Indeed, it often feels as if the standing ovation is anticipated before the first line is spoken or the first note sung. Maybe it’s steep ticket prices that create a self-fulfilling prophecy; a performance has to be great to justify spending a week’s pay on a night out. Perhaps it just makes for a better selfie if you are standing at the end of a performance. Or it’s done unreflectively becausein such a way as to manipulate this response.
But in my view, the unexpected is part of the mystique of live performance. I prefer to allow the performance to move me rather than knowing from the outset that a standing ovation is expected. And I worry about how this affects the performers themselves.
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