Cuppacafe

So, don’t you just hate it when you are in the movies, the theater, or your chosen house of worship and some pinhead’s cell phone rings? Yeah, me too. Well then imagine how much fun it was to be at the Broadway Performance of A Steady Rain the other night an not be the person on the receiving end of a call to their cell phone. Especially when co-star Hugh Jackman became irritated at the insistent ringing and called out to the patron to answer the phone. As it turns out, the awkward moment was captured on an amateur video that appears to have been recorded by someone in the audience.

It shows Jackman breaking character to tell the owner of the ringing cell phone, "You want to get that?" as the audience erupts in cheers. As the ringing persists, Jackman pleads: "Come on, just turn it off." He then paces the stage of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, waits about a minute for the ringing to stop and the play resumes.

You can read more about it here, but it begs the question of how was it that the person shooting the vid (on their cell phone?) managed to capture the right moment. Perhaps they were simultaneous using their cell phone to call another patron of the theater, just to watch what would happen.

Hey, it could happen.

Still, regardless of that, it is still an annoying experience to have that happen. I have since been informed that (I think that it is in in England) that some theaters are starting to broadcast a jamming signal within their building to prevent cell phones from ringing. I’m honestly not sure how legal that is (some folk might legitimately might be on call and need to be reached), but it does have a satisfying, er, ring, to it eh?

Needless to say, a few minutes later, another phone (or the same one) rang and Jackman’s co-star, Danial Craig chimed in for the fool to shut it the Hell up. Now there’s a smart move, piss off both Wolverine and James Bond. Talk about “Shaken” and “Stirred”.

The Perfessor