Secondly, they’ve become completely and utterly meaningless; friggin’ Clerks 2 reportedly got an eight-minute standing ovation at Cannes. Will Smith got a standing ovation at an event where he literally assaulted someone less than an hour earlier. And in the world of the theater, pretty much every show, including notorious Broadway flops, began receiving standing o’s – arguably because the inflated ticket prices led audiences to celebrate whatever they just saw, regardless of its quality. This madness needs to end. It’s just a bunch of weirdo theater kid peer pressure and if you don’t think so, try starting a standing clap during a regular show and gauge in seconds, not minutes, how quickly it takes for you to feel like a jackass.
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