Ovation Inflation

August 3rd, 2012 Anger, Art

4 comments to Ovation Inflation

• Karl Fogel

  August 4, 2012 at 8:48 pm · Reply

  In high school, I had an English teacher who told us he’d promised himself to give only 10 more standing ovations in his entire life, to ensure he really meant it.

• yonemoto

  August 12, 2012 at 7:33 am · Reply

  One time, I went to a musical concert, and I thought it was crap, so I didn’t stand, and actually I scowled a bit (almost everyone else stood). It turned out that I was sitting next to the composer the whole time. I wonder if he noticed that I stood for the previous piece.

• bruceleh

  November 22, 2012 at 10:29 pm · Reply

  A performance deserving a standing ovation should have all (or most) of the people simultaneously standing at once. It should be a physical reflex from the depths that the creation has reached in you. I frequent the creative/improv/experimental scene, and used to be bothered by over use of standing ovations. Should I stand? Am I being an asshole for not standing when so many others are? This has lead me to not worry about think about standing ovations any longer. It’s *my* reaction to the performance, and it will happen when it’s called for. Like laughter at good joke.

• bruceleh

  November 22, 2012 at 10:30 pm · Reply

  s/think about //