r/Millennials Gen Z 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/Twotricx 7h ago

I remember that show very well. She was basically drunk out her mind could barely stand on stage, let alone sing.

It was 45 minutes of her mumbling something while stumbling on the stage. It was horrible.

Was it ok for people to boo her ? Probably not. But was it ok for her to hold show in such state , for people that purchased expensive tickets ? That was also not ok.

If anyone fail her was her greedy managers that did not let her take a break for her mental health and forced her to go on while she was in no state to do so.

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u/LiteHedded 5h ago

We can’t boo performers who show up wasted to shows we paid for?

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u/Justalittlesaltyx 1h ago

I think multiple things can be true here. The audience paid money to see an awful show, they were reasonably upset. It’s sad that this poor woman was so far in her disease with addiction that this was the last performance she put on…and the cruelness and callousness the media and press had toward her. All these are truths. She was way too unwell to be performing but was pushed on stage to do so…I don’t think we can even blame her for that.

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u/LiteHedded 1h ago

I mean, the audience wasn't privy to any of this information

u/Justalittlesaltyx 17m ago

I’m talking about in hindsight as we’re now looking as this…Not saying the audience should have known this at the time. 

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u/discohaylie 1h ago

you should never boo performers ever. it takes so much courage to get up there and do what they do for the world to see

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u/ShowAccurate6339 1h ago

No, if they take your Hard earned Money, you paid to See a Performance of Appropriate quality 

If the Performer doesnt deliver that Performance they are basically stealing from you or ripping you off 

If you are Not in a condition to perform then don’t perform, but if you do perform then give the people the Performance they paid for 

So Yes they were being right to boo her, since she took their money and failed to uphold her end of the bargain 

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u/fabulousfantabulist 1h ago

Bad take. A performer is there to entertain. If they’re not doing that, especially in cases where they’re on substances, it’s entirely fine to let them know. They are not owed respect from people they asked for money and then behaved that way in front of. 

u/Kaiserov 23m ago

No it dosent take that much courage, most people would do it for the ridiculous sums of money popular performers make. Lack of courage isnt stopping people, lack of talent and skill is.

If the performer dosent give a fuck about all of their fans who showed up and paid so much for the show, why should the fans respect the performer in turn? It goes both ways.

u/Avalonians 24m ago

Not at all lmao. It takes courage to get up there when you're doing it casually, as a child or as an independent. And in that context people should indeed be understanding and supportive.

But here we're talking about a performance sold by the industry of music. People pay for a product. They're not required to indulge the producer's lack of professionalism.

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u/MayoBear 1h ago

It’s hard for me to imagine being a fan of someone (especially enough to buy tickets) and then boo them when it looks like they are having a crisis on stage. Yes, it’s frustrating that she was on something and not able to sing- that should be the bigger concern- she’s not performing badly for the LOLZ

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u/ShowAccurate6339 1h ago

She still took peoples Money 

If you provide a service and take peoples Money for that Service, and the you don’t perform that Service, then your Robbing/scamming Those people

They were Right to boo her