The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Gary learned a new word from reading the paper "imbroglio".

I know this word but I forgot what it means ...

imbroglio
(imˈbrɔʎʎo)
gli

masculine noun

1. (truffa) swindle, con (inf)
   niente imbrogli! no cheating!
2. 1. (groviglio) tangle
   2. (figurative, situazione confusa) mess
   cacciarsi in un imbroglio to get into a mess

British English: scam /skæm/ NOUN
A scam is an illegal trick, usually with the purpose of getting money from people or avoiding paying tax.
They were participating in an insurance scam.
American English: scam

The definition Gary gets is “... an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation.”

I feel the connotation is intermingled and soup with a lot of ingredients. In German we would say: "this **** is steaming"

 

[davidharmier60]

Watching Bull Durham.

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[smoke665]

A hip-hop musical about one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton.

Not sure I would pay to see it if the tickets were half that. I actually sort of miss the NY trips, and the week of over indulging that came with it.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou is checking out the Hamilton tickets for today. Cheapest tickets are around $350 each. Gary has no plans for tonight.

In another life I attended shows both on and off Broadway, and I don't remember the tickets being that expensive

Oh times have changed. But, Hamilton is extremely pricey due to the high demand and limited supply.

 

[SquarePeg36 7]

The most I have ever paid for tickets for any show was just under $300 and that was for a concert. Broadway shows I think we maxed out at about $150/tix. We used to do the day of show tickets (in both Boston and when in NY) and have gotten lucky many times with decent seats for half the usual cost. I'm dying to see Hamilton and would go as high as $200 but I can't really justify more than that.

 

[davidharmier60]

I couldn't conceivably spend more than $30 for a show. This goes back about as far as I can remember.

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[smoke665]

Broadway shows I think we maxed out at about $150/tix

Wow hasn't changed to much then. We paid almost that much 30 years ago for popular shows on Broadway, off was cheaper.

 

[Frank F.]

I tend to not see any shows at all, except for movies. No concert, no opera, no dance, not theatre. And frankly: I do not miss any of it. My idea of happiness is reading, evenings with friends, cooking together, discussing, philosophing, drinking wine, taking a walk enjoying the seasons.

I feel show business is trying to distribute attention away from people onto an imagined outer world ... while my aim is to concentrate attention onto onself and the moment you meet people, direct exchange, real world, not imagination, not symbolic ... I hope someone will make sense of my utterings ...

 

[davidharmier60]

Watching the last 2017 F1 race
Kinda anticlimactic with Hamilton being the driver champion...

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[terri33 4]

I tend to not see any shows at all, except for movies. No concert, no opera, no dance, not theatre. And frankly: I do not miss any of it. My idea of happiness is reading, evenings with friends, cooking together, discussing, philosophing, drinking wine, taking a walk enjoying the seasons.

I feel show business is trying to distribute attention away from people onto an imagined outer world ... while my aim is to concentrate attention onto onself and the moment you meet people, direct exchange, real world, not imagination, not symbolic ... I hope someone will make sense of my utterings ...

I can appreciate not wanting to dwell in fantasyland, but to basically frame so many expressions of ART as little more than distractions in Wunderland is misguided, at best.

There are oftentimes when world events or humankind can make one feel despair. The fact that the arts (and here the performance arts in particular) come from humans, and only humans - is among our best traits. I am uplifted when I hear, see, or watch various performance art. I can feel a kinship with others in the audience when we're all reacting in the same joyous way. It's certainly lovely to spend time with friends or family, but care must be taken not to live in a bubble.

 

[smoke665]

I feel show business is trying to distribute attention away from people onto an imagined outer world ...

We hardly ever go to the movies anymore, preferring to watch them from the comfort of our recliners on the big screen tv. However, we really enjoy a stage performance, and will go whenever we get the chance.

Be it a movie or a stage performance, though, it should be about entertainment, they can keep their political or social commentary to themselves.

 

[davidharmier60]

Amen to what Smoke said.
Keep the politics to yourselves!

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[Frank F.]

@davidharmier60 --- Saying I do not go to see show business events is political?

Not really.

It is only a statement on how I prefer to spend my time. I support musicians by buying their music as CDs or Downloads. I support book authors by buying their books, mostly in paper, some electronic. I support blogs and idependent news papers with my buying power to keep them independent and do research I have no time to do myself. Have reliable source. I support film makers if they touch my heart and PIXAR is high on the list.

In your definition it seems to me my buying decisions are political.

PS: My statement smoke665 quotes stems from my memory of a Hermann Hesse Book. There is a traveling artist discussing with a hermit and my quote is what the hermit says to the juggler as far as I recall it...

 

[limr29 2]

@davidharmier60 --- Saying I do not go to see show business events is political?

I don't believe he was referring to your comment, Frank. He was referring to an incident in which a performer in Hamilton addressed a politician in the audience that night.

And that's all we will say about that.

 

[SquarePeg36 7]

2nd attempt at the pretzel caramel chocolate cookie bars was a bust. Caramel too sticky/hard. Cookie not soft enough. Flavor great - texture not so great. Also should have used dark chocolate instead of semi sweet. Going to give them one more try tomorrow before tanking the idea and going back to one of my standby recipes. Have a cookie swap coming up (9th year in a row with the same group of neighbors) and running out of new ideas!

Got the cookie and the caramel layer perfect on the 4th try. #trialanderror, #determination, #tastetester

Broadway shows I think we maxed out at about $150/tix

Wow hasn't changed to much then. We paid almost that much 30 years ago for popular shows on Broadway, off was cheaper.

I’m happy to sit in the cheap seats and don’t feel any need to be front and center.

I feel show business is trying to distribute attention away from people onto an imagined outer world ...

We hardly ever go to the movies anymore, preferring to watch them from the comfort of our recliners on the big screen tv. However, we really enjoy a stage performance, and will go whenever we get the chance.

Be it a movie or a stage performance, though, it should be about entertainment, they can keep their political or social commentary to themselves.

How can you not go to the movies? The giant screen? The popcorn smell? The surround sound? I love everything about going to the movies and try to go a few times/month. I get really annoyed when there is nothing that I want to see.