Patti LuPone Shows All Those Camera-Weary Band Bros How It Should Be Done

noah | January 21, 2009 9:45 am
Are you in a band? Are you tired of people whipping out their digital cameras during your concerts, thus blocking the views of people behind them and distracting you from your appointed duty of putting on a show for everyone, even the people in the back? Well, give a listen to the clip above, in which Patti LuPone takes some time out from Gypsy to chew out some poor schmo who couldn’t stop taking pictures during the show, despite numerous requests to keep cameras in their carrying cases. Sure, the unspoken rules at concerts have become slightly different than those at plays, and giving yourself a two-minutes-hate break may upset the rhythm of your set list, but you have to admit that unleashing righteous fury in this manner is a hell of a lot more satisfying than penning a sorta-whiny blog post after your annoyance has passed. [YouTube via Gawker]