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Brooklyn
Gal
Takes
Control
November 1, 2006
Barbra shocked the music world during her October 9th concert in New
York. Why? She uttered (gasp!) a profanity. Presses all around the
country grinded to an immediate halt in order to rush the report of
Barbra's rather unscripted, in-your-face comment to an unruly patron.
A heckler who began disrupting Barbra's performance during the George
Bush comedy routine just wouldn't let up, even after the skit was long
over and Barbra had completed another song. Fearing that her fans'
concert experiences were in jeopardy, Barbra took matters into her own
hands and told the guy off in plain terms, dropping what has since
become known as Barbra's F-Bomb.
Had this occurred during any other
artist's concert, the incident would have been a complete non-event.
But this is Barbra Streisand, a performer who is the epitome of grace
and perfection, performing in her home town in front of family,
friends and lifelong fans who paid enormous amounts of hard earned
cash to see her. Barbra did what she had to do to take control of her
show. The girl from Flatbush Avenue let loose but good. She gave the
malcontent the heave-ho and booted him out onto Seventh Avenue. She
allowed her performance to continue without further disruption.
Some have criticized
Barbra as a "potty-mouth" for her handling of this situation. But
look at the whole picture. Had Barbra not addressed the issue head on,
who knows how much longer this guy would have persisted. So while
virgin ears might have been momentarily shocked, Barbra did the right
thing. She eliminated the problem and the show went on. She did it for
her audience, and everyone who was there that night was grateful.
I
applaud her Brooklyn moxy. |
