Totally off topic, but since you brought up standing ovation, I feel like having me a rant.
Standing ovations are so overused these days. It's gotten to the point that people seem to think every play, every concert, every award announcement needs to end in a standing ovation. And if one person stands, there's so much peer pressure for everyone else to stand, because otherwise you look like an asshole for staying in your seat. It drives me nuts. Standing ovations should be reserved for those rare moments in life when a performance is so awe inspiring that the audience is swept to its feet as one, like the first time Handel's Messiah was played and the king was so moved that he lept to his feet. If every ovation must be standing, then what's the point of ordinary applause?
Call me a Grinch if you must, but I don't stand for gradeschool concerts. They're sheer torture. 😫
Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel