Comments on: Oh, The People You’ll Meet: The Drama Major

By: Jes

Jes — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:53:04 +0000

DUDE- Its a freaking SATIRICAL blog post…

As a freaking drama major you should recognize that and understand!! Gezzzus…

God, I'm so tired of people bitching about these "People You'll Meet…" blogs. Get over yourself!

Its not about you personally, its a flippin' joke!

By: T

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:06:22 +0000

PLEASE – the author says controversial things to get hits on the page. It’s a ploy and it works.

Obviously none of the stereotypes are 100% true. I think that the only thing remotely true about this one is the bit about reading out loud well. And that’s not even a fault…. MOVING ON!

The part about “sticking to their own kind”— Well, guess what, you can’t tell who majors in drama at a party, and since the “biggest parties on campus” include multitudes of strangers, I’m betting you don’t realize how many thespians are dancing along side you… (chances are they dance better than you do, anyways) There’s nothing “chill” about drama kids. They’ll be the ones singing along loudest to that Spice Girls song that the DJ plays, but they won’t sound like a tone-deaf chorus, unlike you and your screaming cohorts.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:37:30 +0000

My drama teacher once told me that true artists make no apology for their craft. There are certain things in life that you need to do to hone your skill. It sometimes will mean looking like a loon and going out of your comfort zone. Honestly, we have to practice lines SOMEWHERE. It's not like there is this colony out there where you can ship us to so we can all be crazy together. You can't let a few stares stop you… And sometimes it pays to be a diva, especially when fighting for what you need.

Also @ Kristina:

Maybe you need to figure out why you're so uncomfortable with the spotlight yourself before you bitch about other people not minding it. Theater people don't go around trying to be invisible. They're comfortable with themselves and they don't inhibit their actions every second of the day. Try it. Liberate yourself. Unless your heart is naturally spiteful and grouchy, leading you to begrudge people their very personalities… well, then, you're just being your perfectly resentful self. Go on hating others for being who they are without apology. See how much fulfillment that brings you.

By: Star

Star — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:07:43 +0000

I am so annoyed with people getting mad at these. The only reason people normally get ticked off is because they don't want to admit these profiles are accurate. And even if they're not, IT'S HUMOR. Every time they do this article, it will be like this. So if you have a problem, stop reading them so the rest of us can laugh about it. Stop bitching that "well the people I know don't act like that." We don't care.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:12:01 +0000

This is hilarious. I've lived with a few theatre majors and am firneds with several. They definitely all fall into some aspect of the sterotype in some way.

And the reading is class thing is so dead on!

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:36:19 +0000

I know this is supposed to be a joke, but I think it's a bit ridiculous that one of your reasons they are annoying is "The Drama Major will read with pauses, motions, and may even add different character voices, if the passage calls for it." I would much rather everyone read this way. It's much better than the boring monotonous tone most people read with that makes you want to fall asleep and not have any interest in what the class is reading. Maybe if everyone read the way drama majors do class readings would be more interesting and we'd actually want to pay attention.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:09:51 +0000

First off, it’s “thespians” with a “p”.

And of all the drama majors I’ve met (it’s a rather large number since I did theatre for years) none fit that description.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:09:47 +0000

Chill out guys. The point of these "oh the people you'll meet" articles is be entertaining. Everyone falls into at least one stereotype. No one is THAT unique to completely be above them. I'm an art major (which was already done as an article). I only partially fit the bill, but it was hilarious.

By: emily

emily — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:58:36 +0000

uhhh guys this is supposed to be a JOKE.

I like how all the other groups stereotyped in this serious had no problems with the articles or laughed and all the theater kids freak out and call a foul.

By: Ghitta

Ghitta — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:07:12 +0000

wow, ouchies.

thanks for the stereotype. next time i catch myself reading clearly in class i'll remember to turn my personality off.

no one likes being shoved into a boxy catagory including theatre majors. ;]

so mandy, what do you major in? i know hofstra is supposed to be pretty good for theatre…?