Broadway to Dim Lights for Joan Rivers After Controversy

[joeybee12]

After a minor firestorm from social media, the Broadway League has overturned its decision not to dim Broadway’s lights in honor of Joan Rivers. The League will now oversee the darkening of the theater district’s marquees tonight, in memory of the comedienne.

“Due to the outpouring of love and respect for Joan Rivers from our community and from her friends and fans worldwide, the marquees of Broadway theaters in New York will be dimmed in her memory tonight, at exactly 6:45 p.m. for one minute,” said the Broadway League’s exec director, Charlotte St. Martin, in a statement.

Dimming the lights for departed members of the Broadway community is a longstanding tradition in the industry. The Street most recently dimmed marquees for Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, both Rialto alums.

On Monday, Rivers fans took to social media to declare their outrage, ignited by a report that the League, after deliberation, had opted not to dim the lights in honor of late comedienne, since she didn’t launch her career on Broadway nor had she appeared on the boards recently. Soon enough an online petition had started and the hashtag #Dim4Joan caught on, prompting some in the Broadway industry, including Jujamcyn Theaters (the owner of five Main Stem venues) and Disney, to decide to dim their lights despite the League’s decision.

https://movies.yahoo.com/news/broadway-dim-lights-joan-rivers-controversy-174259367.html

Fricking morons, you get a Tony nomination, the lights dim...what a phucked group of people.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. There's no shortge of dim bulbs, it should be easy.

[Warpy]

2. We might not like what she had to say in later life but she had a legal right to say it.

What can't be denied is her talent that allowed her to smash through glass ceilings into the top comedy venues in the country in a time when women were supposed to be June Cleaver and were labeled "unfunny." She was one hell of a funny broad and even club owners had to admit at long last that she was a draw, not a drawback on the play list.

For smashing rigid and stupid stereotypes about women, she deserves all the awards the country can find to give her.

[4now]

3. "You're dead. You deserve to be dead."

"You're dead. You deserve to be dead. You started it. You started it. Don't you dare make me feel sad about that."

She was so funny.

[yeoman6987]

4. She was indeed funny

And sad that Broadway had to be "forced" into doing this. We are talking a minute for goodness sakes.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. I am sure some are weeping...