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Can't promise this will be the last Patti LuPone-related post, but here's a very thoughtful take from the U.K. on the questions LuPone raises about audience behavior.
Anyone wanna bet that someone's going to remix footage of the Mark Sanford fiasco with LuPone's version of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"? Keep an eye on YouTube...
Update: Those YouTube parodies are starting to pop up. Here's the first one (that's not La LuPone singing, obvs.) Best line: "You won't believe me... I still need your votes after all that I've done."
I agree with some of the comments after the U.K. article, that when a performer "stops the show" to berate one person, it punishes hundreds or even thousands. I once attended an all-day seminar that could have been useful, but was made excruciating by the way the presenter had to cause a big scene every time anyone tried to creep in late during sessions. Every single time, the whole presentation had to stop, the whole audience had to wait for the exchange between the "offender" and the presenter to run its course, the whole mood had to be broken. That's, honestly, almost all I remember from that whole day of talks!! Was that the purpose? I doubt it.
Granted, a part of me likes to see idiots taken to task and I despise the whole cell phone culture, but the ranting gets tiresome very fast, especially when I was really enjoying or involved with whatever was going on before that!