So there is this lovely craze that I can't stand! People who think they are suddenly the biggest fan of something they have liked for 5 minutes and try to pretend they know all the in jokes and everyone and everything to do with what ever it is they are fanning for!
For those of you that read my Things that proper wind me up blog will know that I cannot stand the phrase biggest fan and do not believe that such thing exists.
If you take a liking to something new, then fine, but don't then try to pretend you have been a fan since the very beginning. You will always get caught out, trust me!
I will use Girls Aloud and Legally Blonde the Musical as my examples as they are the things I know most about lol! Although I am 100% sure you get this with anything/person that has fans!
You can tell the new fans a mile off, they are the ones who come in after a few years and start waffling about facts that other fans learnt in the beginning but never really mention anymore. They are the ones who refer to GA as Cheryl Cole, The ginger one, the mouthy one, the Irish one and the other one. They are the people who go to see their "favourite" show, the one they are the "biggest" fan of, yet don't actually know the cast by name and refer to them by their characters name. They are the ones who try to get in with the people who actually have been going for a while and know the cast real names, so it can look like they have always been there to! They are the ones who claim to know the cast and speak to them all the time, but don't actually approach them to speak to them when they see them. They are the ones who join in to only laugh when u laugh, only scream when you scream, clap when u clap (u get the picture lol). These are the people who stop cast and ask for a picture before even finding out their name or whether they are even in the cast at all. These are the people who will ass lick a cast member, claim they are their biggest fan and that they have followed them their whole life, but then never quite manage to follow them to their next show cos in actual fact you just liked the character they played and the attention it brought you from being their "fan"
A lot of this came in with Girls Aloud when Cheryl Cole went solo and on X Factor. Millions of young girls became her fan and then took it upon themselves to say they have been a fan since the very beginning and then rush around to buy every piece of material they have ever made in a bid to be that "biggest" fan, even though u can't quite fully name the rest of the group without looking it up!
This happens with others as well, others that I've seen. To be honest, in my opinion, I don't think you need to own every single thing they have done to be a big fan. You don't win an kind of prize for having the most stuff, that person is not gonna come round and pat you on the back for wasting money on stuff they probably would quite like to forget.
As most of you probably know I am a Girls Aloud and Sheridan Smith fan, I don't own everything they have ever done, I have seen/heard every single piece of TV/Film/Radio work they have done, cos tbh some of it I'm just not interested in, I'm not about to go and buy Lark Rise To Candleford just because Sheridan appeared in a few episodes, I didn't make myself sit through Suck My Pop, after discovering within the first few weeks that it was a little bit shit, just because Kimberley Walsh hosted it.
People who make a point of owning everything are exactly what the first part of the title of this blog is, the second part is what they become, then they look back at all the stuff they brought in their moment of madness and begin to flog it on ebay!
If you wanna be a fan of something, then fine be one, but stop trying to out do others, you're all fans of the same thing, you should be joining and celebrating whatever/whoever it is, not fighting over who has who's autograph more, who's met them more, who that person tweets/speaks to more.
Just because they have spoken to that person more, simply means they have met them more, not that the certain person likes them better. If they've had more tweets is probably because you only tweet them a couple of times and week and they tweet them a couple of times an hour!
Just feel safe in your own knowledge that you know you support that person, cos really that's all that matters in the end
But to the saddo's who find the need to lie about it all, don't bother, true fans can always see straight through you ;)
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Favourite Cast Members!
I have lately come to get an annoyance to people who love a cast member in a role in a show, then suddenly they leave, someone else takes their place, and this person becomes your new favourite!
One of the main people I have noticed it with is who plays Margot in LB! Everyone loved Amy, then suddenly Carey was their favourite now all of a sudden Ellie is the BEST Margot ever! (I apologise to all, but I don't get it :')) I know Carley still appears in the show as a different character but there is no reason why you can't still like her the most in the character she used to play. Ellie is funny, but Carley is my favourite Margot.
Most of you spend the whole time that person is in the show bigging them up, making them fan pages, telling them they are the best person to ever walk the stage in that role, then they leave and suddenly in your life they drop of the edge of your earth and you forget they ever appeared in the show! If you like someone then keep liking them! Meaning you continue to support them into other shows they go into, which I think it's very clear half of you don't/wouldn't!
I do understand that in some occasions the person who takes over is better, for example, in my opinion Siobhan was a much better Vivienne than Caroline and Natalie is a much better Paulette then DVO could ever have dreamed of being! I have changed my mind on a couple, Siobhan and Carley being 2 of them. But not every person to join the show is better than the person they replaced!
It would be like me turning around the first time I saw Susan as Elle and saying she was my favourite/Best Elle EVER!, or Britney turning around and saying Gemma is the best Enid ever! These things are not gonna happen cos we are true to the person we support whether they are in the show or not!
Oh and another thing is people who have never shown any interest in a cast member yet suddenly, other people start showing interest and all of a sudden you love them and apparently always have :/! A lot of people didn't even know swings existed in the cast, let alone who they were and what their names were. But once a few people started to show some interest and it was 'OMG Jane/Lucy/Ruthie are the best swings ever! Super swing!!!' ¬_¬
And the people who have no idea who cast are, to the point they have to ask if their even in it, then want a picture! Why the hell do you want a picture with someone, that 2 seconds ago, you didn't even know who they were?? So u can go home, show ur friends and go 'yea she was in the cast, not sure what her name is or who she played tho'!
I know this is not something people only do with LB, as I have noticed it with other shows as well. I just use LB as my example as it's the show I see the most lol!
Also happens with Other things too! For people who don't know me all that well, I am a Girls Aloud fan, I follow many fans on twitter, the ones who arse lick Cheryl Cole at ever possible opportunity, but now love her X Factor replacement :/
If anyone cares btw my favourite's in all roles would have to be
One of the main people I have noticed it with is who plays Margot in LB! Everyone loved Amy, then suddenly Carey was their favourite now all of a sudden Ellie is the BEST Margot ever! (I apologise to all, but I don't get it :')) I know Carley still appears in the show as a different character but there is no reason why you can't still like her the most in the character she used to play. Ellie is funny, but Carley is my favourite Margot.
Most of you spend the whole time that person is in the show bigging them up, making them fan pages, telling them they are the best person to ever walk the stage in that role, then they leave and suddenly in your life they drop of the edge of your earth and you forget they ever appeared in the show! If you like someone then keep liking them! Meaning you continue to support them into other shows they go into, which I think it's very clear half of you don't/wouldn't!
I do understand that in some occasions the person who takes over is better, for example, in my opinion Siobhan was a much better Vivienne than Caroline and Natalie is a much better Paulette then DVO could ever have dreamed of being! I have changed my mind on a couple, Siobhan and Carley being 2 of them. But not every person to join the show is better than the person they replaced!
It would be like me turning around the first time I saw Susan as Elle and saying she was my favourite/Best Elle EVER!, or Britney turning around and saying Gemma is the best Enid ever! These things are not gonna happen cos we are true to the person we support whether they are in the show or not!
Oh and another thing is people who have never shown any interest in a cast member yet suddenly, other people start showing interest and all of a sudden you love them and apparently always have :/! A lot of people didn't even know swings existed in the cast, let alone who they were and what their names were. But once a few people started to show some interest and it was 'OMG Jane/Lucy/Ruthie are the best swings ever! Super swing!!!' ¬_¬
Dawn Sievewright Guys, Dawn Sievewright!!
And the people who have no idea who cast are, to the point they have to ask if their even in it, then want a picture! Why the hell do you want a picture with someone, that 2 seconds ago, you didn't even know who they were?? So u can go home, show ur friends and go 'yea she was in the cast, not sure what her name is or who she played tho'!
I know this is not something people only do with LB, as I have noticed it with other shows as well. I just use LB as my example as it's the show I see the most lol!
Also happens with Other things too! For people who don't know me all that well, I am a Girls Aloud fan, I follow many fans on twitter, the ones who arse lick Cheryl Cole at ever possible opportunity, but now love her X Factor replacement :/
If anyone cares btw my favourite's in all roles would have to be
Elle Woods: Emma Bateman
Emmett Forrest: Lee Mead
Warner Huntington III: Ben Freeman
Professor Callahan: Peter Davison
Paulette Buounfonte: DVO
Vivienne Kensington: Caroline Keiff
Brooke Wyndham/Shandi: Jane McMurtrie
Serena: Tamara Wall
Margot: Jane McMurtrie
Pilar: Tamara Wall
Kyle/etc: Stephen Webb
Gabby/Stenographer: Jane McMurtrie
Nikos: Jane McMurtrie
Judge/Saleswoman: Jane McMurtrie
Enid: Jane McMurtrie
Dad: Lincoln Stone
Aaron: Robbie Towns
Mom: Jane McMurtriePforzheimer: Sean Mulligan
Kate/Chuntey: Jane McMurtrie
Carlos: Thomas Camielleri
Cece/District Attorney: Jane McMurtrie
Lowell: Stephen Webb
Only joking :P. Here's my actual one lol
Elle Woods: Sheridan Smith
Emmett Forrest: Alex Gaumond
Warner Huntington III: Duncan James
Professor Callahan: Peter Davison
Paulette Buounfonte: Jill Halfpenny
Vivienne Kensington: Siohban Dillon
Brooke Wyndham/Shandi: Tamara Wall
Serena: Lucy Miller (was Susan, but Lucy has really impressed me recently!)
Margot: Carley Stenson
Pilar: Ibinabo Jack
Kyle/etc: Chris Ellis-Stanton (Altho I do have a slight soft spot for Stephen's Dewy ;))
Gabby/Stenographer: Jane McMurtrie
Nikos: Dan Burton
Judge/Saleswoman: Nadine Higgins
Enid: Suzie McAdam
Dad: Lincoln Stone
Aaron: Robbie Towns
Mom: Sorelle Marsh
Pforzheimer: Sean Mulligan
Kate/Chuntey: Dawn Sievewright
Carlos: Thomas Camielleri
Cece/District Attorney: Tamara Wall
Lowell: Stephen Webb
Thursday, 13 October 2011
TOW Dawn Sievewright
So for #LegallyBlondeCastChange we decided it would be a really good idea to put camp and spend the night outside the Savoy. I must say it was a very entertaining night! we sang some songs
We meet some lovely people
We made a lovely poster to stop people jumping in if we nodded off ;)
And of course not forgetting seeing the upperly amazing Dawn Sievewright!
We're in the day queue and we're drinking some wine!!!!
Still don't think I've quite recovered, sleep wise, from that night, But who cares! Who needs sleep when there's Red Bull on sale ;) (disclaimer: of course there are also other energy drinks available on sale).
Enjoy the show!
We meet some lovely people
We made a lovely poster to stop people jumping in if we nodded off ;)
And of course not forgetting seeing the upperly amazing Dawn Sievewright!
Dawn Sievewright, don't leave right!
It was somewhat of an eventful night, but we had company! Ended up with 9 of us camping out lol!
We got the chance to educate the people of London about Dawn and got a free McDonald's!!!! We were also offered money by many people and questioned about our dedication and whether the show was worth it!
And we weren't unprepared! We had games, a legally blonde quiz, Red Bull, Pro-plus and Wine
We're in the day queue and we're drinking some wine!!!!
So around 7-8ish more people started to join us, the first of whom seems to be a little shocked that she turned up at that time and wasn't first in the queue :P
By the time the doors opened there was around 50 people in the queue!
Do we regret staying out all night and realising we could have got there around 8 and still been front row? Do we hell! We got the middle seats we wanted for both shows and all for £10 each! It was a memorable night full of laughter and tears.
I know us staying there all night caused somewhat of a topic via some people on twitter, I don't really see why people who weren't even there were fussed as to what time we got there, and people who were, well that's your hard luck :P!People camp outside shows all the time, wicked being one that is often done and that's done for just a normal show, not just cast changes! I'm not saying I would be up for it again, but I'm glad we did it and I don't really care what anyone else thinks! I'd have stayed there for a week to get front of the queue if they'd been doing dayseats when Sheridan left!
The shows themselves were brilliant, even if I did have some bad news during the second show. If anyone wasn't there or missed anything, Britney has wrote up all the muck-ups here Legally Blonde muck-ups
The evening was full of emotions, from some more than others, was such a fun SD tho!
So I then went back on the Monday, it was very weird, but good. Seeing the new names on the cast board Some of the new cast really stood out like the new Vivienne and the new Serena! they were amazing! Can't wait to see the new understudies and swings!
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