And people used to dress up to travel on trains and airplanes. That's because they were novelties. Now travel and performances are regular events, and for that we should be glad.
Do you still wear your hat on flights?
Nobody dresses for the theater anymore
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Shouldn't you care more about the play than about what others are wearing? How does that affect you in any way?
There is a selfish, even nihilistic attitude in these "why do you care" responses.
It used to be that people took pride and pleasure in dressing up for events because it showed respect both for the dignity of the event and to others participating in the same event. You may not like dressing up, but civilization is based on rules and rules is what separates us from barbarians.
I'm not surprised the whole dumbing down of mass society is accompanied by substantially increased selfishness, resistance to any forms of people telling you what to do, and which in turn fuels extreme intolerance.I like you. We should hang out sometime, maybe get some ramen.
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Shouldn't you care more about the play than about what others are wearing? How does that affect you in any way?
There is a selfish, even nihilistic attitude in these "why do you care" responses.
It used to be that people took pride and pleasure in dressing up for events because it showed respect both for the dignity of the event and to others participating in the same event. You may not like dressing up, but civilization is based on rules and rules is what separates us from barbarians.
I'm not surprised the whole dumbing down of mass society is accompanied by substantially increased selfishness, resistance to any forms of people telling you what to do, and which in turn fuels extreme intolerance.Quite honestly, I don't understand how what others are wearing affect the dignity of the event or is a disrespect to you. You are there to watch the play.
Amazing
We are surrounded by people who don’t understand that being a slob in public isn’t cost-less (for both society and the slob)
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Dressing up is considered a form of systemic racism.It's maddening to see these people going to see plays dressed in dingy jeans and t-shirts.
I remember when going to the theater was an event, and you dressed nice. I'm tired of a country full of arrested developed adolescents. -
Shouldn't you care more about the play than about what others are wearing? How does that affect you in any way?
There is a selfish, even nihilistic attitude in these "why do you care" responses.
It used to be that people took pride and pleasure in dressing up for events because it showed respect both for the dignity of the event and to others participating in the same event. You may not like dressing up, but civilization is based on rules and rules is what separates us from barbarians.
I'm not surprised the whole dumbing down of mass society is accompanied by substantially increased selfishness, resistance to any forms of people telling you what to do, and which in turn fuels extreme intolerance.Quite honestly, I don't understand how what others are wearing affect the dignity of the event or is a disrespect to you. You are there to watch the play.
Amazing
We are surrounded by people who don’t understand that being a slob in public isn’t cost-less (for both society and the slob)It is very hard to have a conversation with someone that finds that everything he believes in is self evident, and what he doesn't is plain sputid.
I would rather live in a society in which people can have conversations than in one in which people dress well.
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There is a selfish, even nihilistic attitude in these "why do you care" responses.
It used to be that people took pride and pleasure in dressing up for events because it showed respect both for the dignity of the event and to others participating in the same event. You may not like dressing up, but civilization is based on rules and rules is what separates us from barbarians.
I'm not surprised the whole dumbing down of mass society is accompanied by substantially increased selfishness, resistance to any forms of people telling you what to do, and which in turn fuels extreme intolerance.Quite honestly, I don't understand how what others are wearing affect the dignity of the event or is a disrespect to you. You are there to watch the play.
Amazing
We are surrounded by people who don’t understand that being a slob in public isn’t cost-less (for both society and the slob)It is very hard to have a conversation with someone that finds that everything he believes in is self evident, and what he doesn't is plain sputid.
I would rather live in a society in which people can have conversations than in one in which people dress well.What makes you think I’m interested in having a conversation with you, slob?
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Shouldn't you care more about the play than about what others are wearing? How does that affect you in any way?
There is a selfish, even nihilistic attitude in these "why do you care" responses.
It used to be that people took pride and pleasure in dressing up for events because it showed respect both for the dignity of the event and to others participating in the same event. You may not like dressing up, but civilization is based on rules and rules is what separates us from barbarians.
I'm not surprised the whole dumbing down of mass society is accompanied by substantially increased selfishness, resistance to any forms of people telling you what to do, and which in turn fuels extreme intolerance.Quite honestly, I don't understand how what others are wearing affect the dignity of the event or is a disrespect to you. You are there to watch the play.
Amazing
We are surrounded by people who don’t understand that being a slob in public isn’t cost-less (for both society and the slob)And most importantly, I do not care at all whether someone else is dressed well or not. If a person had a strong odor or was blocking my view/being loud, that would bother me. Outside of something extremely graphic (like a wound or an image/text in their shirt), people can wear whatever they want.
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There is a selfish, even nihilistic attitude in these "why do you care" responses.
It used to be that
What makes you think I’m interested in having a conversation with you, slob?Nothing. What makes you think that I care if you get offended if I wear jeans to a theater?
Also, wasn't it you who said: "There is a selfish, even nihilistic attitude in these "why do you care" responses."?
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he probably went to, god forbid, a musical and fancies himself cultured. About as bourgeois as you can get, as reflected in his lame opinions.
You people are cr inge for engaging in an in ane debate, let me ask you OP what was the most recent theater play you went to? Because from your entire discussion you sound like a char latan that doesn't even go to plays.
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You people are cr inge for engaging in an in ane debate, let me ask you OP what was the most recent theater play you went to? Because from your entire discussion you sound like a char latan that doesn't even go to plays.
Aida just over a months ago. The Bacchantes by Euripides a day before.
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Ahhh.. I could just as well say we live in a pretentious society that only cares about appearance and surface. You might not dress to the theater (although I find no evidence of that claim), but you sure as h/eck will spend months thinking about how you're going to "sell" your paper. Certainly not about content and ideas anymore.
Theatre, above all, is a medium not for entertainment, but to look into the depth of oneself and the society around us. It is regrettably associated with upper class, good manners and other little pretentious kitsch that make us closer to an AI than a human. But fundamentally, theater is much more than that.
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And people used to dress up to travel on trains and airplanes. That's because they were novelties. Now travel and performances are regular events, and for that we should be glad.
Do you still wear your hat on flights?Gender-neutral bathrooms are a novelty. How do you dress for that?
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Not sure why you are so concerned about these things.
Take church for instance. Every pastor I know would rather have people in the pews hearing the Good News than having them not show up because they can't afford a fancy suit.
Many performers feel the same way, they want people to enjoy the performance, and to democratize the experience. Shakespeare is a good example, his plays were meant to be performed for a diverse audience including workers in their everyday clothes.Workers in the 19th and early 20th century all possessed suits and dressed much more formally than you and I do. Of course not while working, but for important events or for simply going around town they dressed up. They cared. You don't