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Leroy N. Soetoro
May 25, 2013, 1:00:00 AM5/25/13
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National Review writer Kevin Williamson says a woman's incessant use of
her cellphone during a live theater performance drove him over the edge.
Annoying cellphone users beware: Don't mess with Kevin Williamson.
The National Review writer is being hailed on the Web as a mini-hero after
he exacted vengeance on an annoying theatergoer who wouldn't stop using
her cellphone during a live performance.
His final act: He snatched the phone from the theatergoer's hands and
threw it across the theater.
"Theater Night: Vigilantes 1, Vulgarians 0," Williamson wrote in a
National Review column the day after the incident.
HUSH HUSH
Williamson was in attendance at Tuesday night's performance of "Natasha,
Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812," a critically acclaimed, cabaret-
style musical loosely based on a section of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace."
The play is performed inside a huge carnival tent erected next to the
Standard High Line, a luxury boutique hotel in the heart of downtown
Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district. Theatergoers sit at tables
clustered throughout the room.
Williamson said he was thoroughly enjoying the play but was bothered by
some members of the audience sitting near him who insisted on talking and
using their cellphones during the performance.
According to Williamson:
"It was bad enough that I seriously considered leaving during the
intermission, something I�ve not done before. The main offenders were two
parties of women of a certain age, the sad sort with too much makeup and
too-high heels, and insufficient attention span for following a two-hour
musical."
He said his date spoke with theater management during intermission, but
the situation wasn't remedied when the play resumed:
"The lady seated to my immediate right (very close quarters on bench
seating) was fairly insistent about using her phone. I asked her to turn
it off. She answered: 'So don�t look.' I asked her whether I had missed
something during the very pointed announcements to please turn off your
phones, perhaps a special exemption granted for her. She suggested that I
should mind my own business."
THE CONFRONTATION
That got Williamson's blood boiling. He said he proceeded to use "my
famously feline agility" to snatch the phone from the woman's hands and
toss it across the room, "where it would do no more damage."
Williamson said the woman slapped him before storming off to notify
management.
Williamson told Gothamist the show's security director confronted him and
said the woman was talking about pursuing criminal charges.
"He did try to physically keep me in, and was standing in the door
blocking me, telling me I couldn't leave. I inquired as to whether he was
a police officer and I was under arrest, and since I wasn't, I left,"
Williamson told Gothamist.
Asked if the woman's phone was damaged, Williamson said, "It had to be; I
threw it a pretty good distance."
HIGH PRAISE
Williamson's antics earned him praise from several people across the Web.
Gothamist, on its website, awarded him a "Certificate of Commendation" for
"exemplary protection of theaters from annoying attendants."
Daily Beast blogger Justin Green chimed in: "I wish everyone reacted to
impolite cell phone usage like Kevin Williamson."
On Twitter, one man remarked: "This man did what the rest of us mere
mortals only dream of."
"There's no other way for me to say this: I love you. You are my hero,"
another tweeted.
Not everyone was impressed:
"@KevinNR sounds like a douche. He expects commendations for his childish
behavior, too. And he is receiving praise," one person tweeted.
Williamson took all the praise in stride, writing:
"In a civilized world, I would have received a commendation of some sort.
To the theater-going public of New York � nay, the world � I say: "You�re
welcome."
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womans-cellphone?ocid=OBTAP
National Review writer Kevin Williamson says a woman's incessant use of
her cellphone during a live theater performance drove him over the edge.
Annoying cellphone users beware: Don't mess with Kevin Williamson.
The National Review writer is being hailed on the Web as a mini-hero after
he exacted vengeance on an annoying theatergoer who wouldn't stop using
her cellphone during a live performance.
His final act: He snatched the phone from the theatergoer's hands and
threw it across the theater.
"Theater Night: Vigilantes 1, Vulgarians 0," Williamson wrote in a
National Review column the day after the incident.
HUSH HUSH
Williamson was in attendance at Tuesday night's performance of "Natasha,
Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812," a critically acclaimed, cabaret-
style musical loosely based on a section of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace."
The play is performed inside a huge carnival tent erected next to the
Standard High Line, a luxury boutique hotel in the heart of downtown
Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district. Theatergoers sit at tables
clustered throughout the room.
Williamson said he was thoroughly enjoying the play but was bothered by
some members of the audience sitting near him who insisted on talking and
using their cellphones during the performance.
According to Williamson:
"It was bad enough that I seriously considered leaving during the
intermission, something I�ve not done before. The main offenders were two
parties of women of a certain age, the sad sort with too much makeup and
too-high heels, and insufficient attention span for following a two-hour
musical."
He said his date spoke with theater management during intermission, but
the situation wasn't remedied when the play resumed:
"The lady seated to my immediate right (very close quarters on bench
seating) was fairly insistent about using her phone. I asked her to turn
it off. She answered: 'So don�t look.' I asked her whether I had missed
something during the very pointed announcements to please turn off your
phones, perhaps a special exemption granted for her. She suggested that I
should mind my own business."
THE CONFRONTATION
That got Williamson's blood boiling. He said he proceeded to use "my
famously feline agility" to snatch the phone from the woman's hands and
toss it across the room, "where it would do no more damage."
Williamson said the woman slapped him before storming off to notify
management.
Williamson told Gothamist the show's security director confronted him and
said the woman was talking about pursuing criminal charges.
"He did try to physically keep me in, and was standing in the door
blocking me, telling me I couldn't leave. I inquired as to whether he was
a police officer and I was under arrest, and since I wasn't, I left,"
Williamson told Gothamist.
Asked if the woman's phone was damaged, Williamson said, "It had to be; I
threw it a pretty good distance."
HIGH PRAISE
Williamson's antics earned him praise from several people across the Web.
Gothamist, on its website, awarded him a "Certificate of Commendation" for
"exemplary protection of theaters from annoying attendants."
Daily Beast blogger Justin Green chimed in: "I wish everyone reacted to
impolite cell phone usage like Kevin Williamson."
On Twitter, one man remarked: "This man did what the rest of us mere
mortals only dream of."
"There's no other way for me to say this: I love you. You are my hero,"
another tweeted.
Not everyone was impressed:
"@KevinNR sounds like a douche. He expects commendations for his childish
behavior, too. And he is receiving praise," one person tweeted.
Williamson took all the praise in stride, writing:
"In a civilized world, I would have received a commendation of some sort.
To the theater-going public of New York � nay, the world � I say: "You�re
welcome."
--
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 200% and leaves millions without health care.
Obama helped bankrupt Illinois. Democrat run Chicago closes 54 public
schools.
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May 25, 2013, 4:31:49 PM5/25/13
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/theatergoer-praised-as-hero-for-
texting and a woman seated in front of me kept yelling at her to turn her
phone off, then stormed out and brought back a manager. They argued for
twenty minutes, which was far more disruptive than the texting.
There should be no arguments over phones in theaters: Signs should be
posted and the theater ticket should contain a contractual agreement that
patrons who use them will be immediately expelled by security, charged
with criminal trespassing and banned from the theater permanently -- with
their phones turned over to police as evidence, and no refund!
> http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/theatergoer-praised-as-hero-for-
smashing-
> womans-cellphone?ocid=OBTAP
>
> National Review writer Kevin Williamson says a woman's incessant use of
> her cellphone during a live theater performance drove him over the edge.
>
> Annoying cellphone users beware: Don't mess with Kevin Williamson.
>
> The National Review writer is being hailed on the Web as a mini-hero
> after he exacted vengeance on an annoying theatergoer who wouldn't stop
> using her cellphone during a live performance.
>
> His final act: He snatched the phone from the theatergoer's hands and
> threw it across the theater.
Good for him! However, I went to see a movie recently and someone was
> womans-cellphone?ocid=OBTAP
>
> National Review writer Kevin Williamson says a woman's incessant use of
> her cellphone during a live theater performance drove him over the edge.
>
> Annoying cellphone users beware: Don't mess with Kevin Williamson.
>
> The National Review writer is being hailed on the Web as a mini-hero
> after he exacted vengeance on an annoying theatergoer who wouldn't stop
> using her cellphone during a live performance.
>
> His final act: He snatched the phone from the theatergoer's hands and
> threw it across the theater.
texting and a woman seated in front of me kept yelling at her to turn her
phone off, then stormed out and brought back a manager. They argued for
twenty minutes, which was far more disruptive than the texting.
There should be no arguments over phones in theaters: Signs should be
posted and the theater ticket should contain a contractual agreement that
patrons who use them will be immediately expelled by security, charged
with criminal trespassing and banned from the theater permanently -- with
their phones turned over to police as evidence, and no refund!
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