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New York Is Full Of Snobs? You Don't Say!
Filed under: Broadway Babies
Hey there Broadway producer Nancy Coyne, we'd like to introduce your foot to your mouth.
Responding to the economy's unfavorable effect on Broadway, the chairwoman of Serino Coyne - a theater advertising agency - attempted to point out a light at the end of the recession tunnel by saying:
"The good news is that so many straight plays [As oppose to musicals, which draw mostly tourists] are now coming in the spring, and I think New Yorkers will come out for them once the tourists go away. We’re horrible snobs. We hate tourists from Cleveland."
Hearing its name, Ohio looked up from its Wal-Mart Christmas sales and said, "What was that?" and wrote Coyne angry emails about how they appreciate the works of Tennessee Williams too - how dare she!
In response, Coyne said, "I was just trying to spin it in a positive light, then I opened my mouth and put my foot in sideways. I do love tourists and I think Cleveland rocks. I'm printing up 'I heart Cleveland' T-shirts."
Hah!
[Image via AP Images.]
*YAAAWNS
Geeze, are people not allowed to have an opinion anymore? For fuck's sake, who gives a rat's ass what she says???!!!
i don't blame her. i mean, how annoying is it to have people from ohio come out and look at all the homosexuAls?
'look dear, a gay!'
I am not a snob. I don't know anyone from Cleveland, but if I did I would like them! Speak for yourself, missy!
Shot your your whole wad there, huh Ass Hammer.
So, was she also slamming current Broadway actress and Ohio-based Katie Holmes??
Hey if u had the ballz to say it, then u better have the nutz to back it up.
No, actually, I agree with her. I lived in Cleveland for 2 horrible years; Cleveland does suck. I had to move back home to Cincinnati where the economy isn't in the shitter and there are actually jobs down here.
WHO CARES????
Re: baba booey – Ahahahahaha…..
Re: LaDiva says smell yo dick… – NICE ONE LA DIVA!!! I SHALL USE THAT AS MY NEW SAYING….YOU GOT ME CRAVING SPANISH FOOD….TOMORROW NIGHT, JERSEY CITY, I WILL BE THROWING DOWN ON SOME CRISPY CRUNCHY PERNIL
IF YOU HATE TOURISTS SO MUCH THEN WHY DO YOU KEEP CASTING FILM/TV ACTORS FOR YOUR FUCKING BROADWAY SHOWS TO GET THEIR ATTENTION???????? FUCKING RETARTED HYPOCRITE.
I don't even go uptown this time of year because of the tourists. So frickin' annoying. DON'T STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK! ughhhh
Re: THE BIGGEST BOSS SAYS HAPPY HOLI – Lol I can imagine your christmas cards saying that…. lol - hey u from nj….what part?
Re: THE BIGGEST BOSS SAYS HAPPY HOLI – Ahhh pernil. i love pernil… hmmm
Oh well then miss precious. New Yorkers would just cringe if you knew what Floridians had to say about how much we despise your winter flock south, like "get the hell out" and "go home already." Don't through stones in glass houses, cause a New Yorker isn't so pretty to look either.
I agree, I too hate the tourists and wait until after the holiday season to see any plays/musicals!
That woman is a retard. All the sudden she changes her tune to "I love Cleveland! Cleveland ROCKS!"? Go fuck yourself, lyin' ugly whore.
yak
Hearing its name, Ohio looked up from its Wal-Mart Christmas sales and said, "What was that?"
WTF Perez don't put down Ohioan's-were loyal fans too you know. We don't all shop at Walmarts and there are those that are very intelligent and non criminal
we just do not allow "the gays" to get married.
…and yet she is pictured standing next next to a poster from Wicked, one of the most successful musicals…very popular with tourists. What a bitch.
she is absolutely right….I FUCKIN HATE TOURIST….
while i am rushing to catch my train when i leave work THOSE FUCKIN TOURIST FROM OHIO stop to take pictures block my way and the rest of us rushing home after a long day at work….THEN they walk around here and look up at the building WHAT you never seen tall building before FUCK GET OUT OF MY WAY AND OUT OF MY CITY….
THEN LETS NOT FORGET WHEN THEY WALK….they walk 3 to 4 people in a row and block the fuckin sidewalk THEN get upset when WE THE WORKING PEOPLE OF THE NYC BARGE THROUGH AND PUSH ALL THE PEOPLE FUCK THAT IF YOU ARE OLD OR A BABY MOVE OUT OF MY WAY CUZ
I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU
for all of you that complain: the tourists are what make your city. don't you realize that? if it weren't for them the economy wouldn't be as stimulated and all of those shows would never succeed. have some fucking respect…
not to mention the fact that Londoners and Parisians probably say that about you when you travel abroad: "stupid new yorker taking pictures on the side of the road."
What the fuck Perez! You get so offended about other issues, well stop being a hyporcrite and hating on other people you don't know. I bet you've never stepped foot in Ohio. There are a lot of nice people who live there, more sane people(not politically speaking) there than any other place I've lived. Not everyone there lives on a farm, shops at walmart and party with the Amish! You sound ignorant when you say things like that!!
Re: bitches –
im not from cleveland, but i am from columbus, ohio, and i must say that i find this laughable considering an overwhelming number of people living in new york city aren't even from new york city. just because you moved there from north carolina, or just because you commute from connecticut doesn't mean you're any better. i've been to NYC on numerous occasions and it's a trash can. i only hope in 2012 that it falls into the ocean.
by the way NYC only recognizes same sex marriages, they don't preform them, so i don't even know what all the pointing fingers is about.
Ms. Coyne is probably freaking out over the collapse of her company's billings as old shows close and new shows cancel thanks to the crashing economy. She recently had to lay off 15% of her staff. It's remarkable that she's calm enough to form sentences, even ones she'll regret.
this lady is the chairperson of the agency that creates advertising that brings in the very tourists she's putting down. what a dumbass!
Dayum!!! I feel some panties in abunch over this one!!! HEHEHE….
What's that smell?? Oh, it's those pesky tourist from Cleveland.
bitch im from cleveland! and it rocks! but i love new york too!
oh and ps…people from ohio love the gays!! give it a rest!!
im from cleveland and it rocks! people from cleveland dont mind the gays so you can give that a rest! oh and what people from NY never go on vacations and take pictures or something? im sure when you go out of town people think you are the worst!! lame
Damn Yankees…
this is so retarded… This was obviously not a personal attack on Clevelanders… so Ohio-ans…. back it on up.
This is an undeducated woman, saying you can only truly appreciate plays if you live in NY. She mights as well add that you have to be jewish or gay too. New Yorkers are lucky to have so many people visit their city… they should be grateful to the tourists for spending their hard earned money in their city- keeping those Locals employed.
Pisses me off, so what someone stops to take a picture on the sidewalk… I think you're still going to make it home ok and in a timely fashion… Newslfash- everyone has traffic around the holidays…
Out of all the cities I've lived in, NY and Philly included… I can't wait to raise my family in the wholesome suburbs on the beautiful beaches of Cleveland.
well im about to move to cincy & ive heard people in ohio dont even like people from cleveland
*if its brown, flush it down* thats all they say (in reference to the cleveland browns)
Well, apparently she is not just a horrible snob but a fucking idiot too.
What the hell??? Bet she's never even been to Cleveland. I'm sure she really meant "We hate people from "insert any city other than NYC here". Stupid bitch! Wonder if she ever thought about the fact that some New Yorkers were not actually born in New York. Some are from Cleveland. She should shut her mouth. She isn't better than any bum on the street in NYC.
Saying you hate tourists is such a great way to drum up business.
Re: lindseybitch – Not true. I am not from Cleveland and I live in Ohio. We don't hate anyone just because of where they are from. We don't hate.
Clevelanders dont go to NY for musicals, the Broadway musicals come here to Cleveland. This woman has no idea what she's talking about.
thats mean perez to say that us from ohio looked up from out wal mart sales. not everyone in ohio shops at wal mart and new york is gross and dirty. the east side of cleveland is really nice.
A few things: First, I am a life-long Clevelander and while I often hate on my city, I am a proud resident and will always consider it home. Second, us "tourists from Cleveland" are what make your "snobby" cities (NY, Chicago, LA) stay afloat. Third, it is interesting that a theater person is putting down Cleveland seeing as we have one of the best and largest theater districts in the country, second only to, oh, NEW YORK'S Lincoln Center. So please, Ms. Coyne, save the half-ass apologies and cutesy t-shirts. Cleveland would love to have you visit and see what the city is about.
im a proud clevelander.
its a shame that this twat has nothing better to do than bash my city.
NY thrives off of tourism, they should be appreciative.
and perez, i love you baby, but you need to stop bashing ohio.
trust me, we dont all shop at wal-mart. at all. and just because some assholes dont believe that love is love does not mean we all believe that. dont just us because of them!
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Umm California is full of snobs too.
I understand and I'm from the Midwest. I was stuck on on a midtown bus with a tour group from Minnesota when I visited NYC with my mom and it was TORTURE!
But for realz, don't bite the hand that feeds you.
yea I live in New York and New Yorkers pretty much hate tourists…You guys are pretty annoying. No offense.
My office is in the Theatre District, between Mamma Mia and Wicked, and let me tell you how tedious Wednesdays can be. Whether from the Poconos or Cleveland or East Armpit, bus loads of 'them' descend for matinees. 'They' are overly fond of standing dead-still in large groups in the middle of the sidewalk….GET OUTTA MY WAY PEOPLE!
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(Thanks for letting me vent ya'll.)
I wouldn't usually descend from my mountain of walmart findings out here in the sticks of Ohio to comment on such ignorance, but it seems that it would be fitting to include my two cents here as it pertains to something I hold near and dear to my heart: the state of Ohio. One behalf of all tourists everywhere I would like to formally apologize to all New Yorkers for spending billions of dollars per year visiting their fair city. I would also like to apologize for walking more than one person a breast while staring up at sky-scrapers. Many of us are not accustomed to giant walls of concrete blocking out the sky or the socially acceptable patterns of travel on sidewalks covered in the grit and grime of the proud people who inhabit the city. I must say in my travels to the great city of NY I never once pointed out a homosexual person to my husband or commented otherwise. As a rule we have many homosexual folks in our neck of the woods, but we don't generally refer to them as the gays. More like friend, or brother, or sister, mom, dad, cousin- people if you will. Perhaps the downfall of the great city lies in the perceptions of the great people inhabiting it, eh? Even after so many bold and thoughtless comments from the folks of NY, rest assure that if you were to visit our cities we would stop answer your questions and of course offer you directions to the local Wal-mart.
Oh God. I hate how New Yorkers think the world revolves around them. As a proud Chicagoan, I'm proud to think people would care enough about my city to come and visit it. Haven't you ever heard of a hotel and tourism tax? Once the tourists leave, all the plays will surely bomb.
im from ohio… i should probably get my xmas presents from wal-mart.. sounds fitting since we're not cultured enough… according to you perez
I live in Cleveland and personally shop at Target. Fuck right off haters. Puh-lease stay in your batcaves.
okay, she does sound like a snobby bitch but I'm from Ohio and Perez's comment about the Wal-mart xmas sales was hilarious and accurate!
She's absolutely right. We hate any dumb ass midwestern tourists wearing t-shirts and shorts to Broadway, Cleveland and beyond.
Re: Ms. Thang –
Go you!
I completely agree. And FYI to whoever said Chicago was a snobby city, you are completely way off.
WE SURE DO AND PROUD! Down with the tourists in times square, you cant even walk around there anymore!
NYers need to start muggin people again and scare them off! lolz
Why would the poor dear stop with her foot in her mouth when it is ever so easy to go for the knee!
Re: Ms. Thang –
as a person from Chicago you can claim membership in one of those select groups that can truly be more obnoxious than New Yorkers. I made the truly stupid mistake of being married to one! Were it not for the Museum of Science and Industry for the most part Chicago would be a total loss. And yes, my dear, that sweeping judgment includes your own fabled Lake Forest. What a miserable place!
Re: bitches – Inteesting that you invest so much time being concerned about people who don't give a rat's ass about you. Counseling that includes anger management -soon-do it soon!
Re: baba booey – True Story-Striesand was in the city while they were having a major Drag Queen event. There were Barbra's of all shapen and sizes. At one point a woman said to her husband is that Barbra Striesand who was standing near them.. Her husband said she was just looked better than the rest and they walked on. It could only happen in the city-a wonderful place! One question-with the Windows on the World gone, where does one go for really good cheese cake these days?
No sarcasm in Ms. Coyne's last statement! Not at all! (What a beeotch. Yuk!) I do love my flyover state…
As a Cleveland tourist, I take offense! But then again, I hate New York snobs so I guess the feeling is mutual…
George Clooney and Halle Berry will not be pleased Perez!!!!!!!!
ugh…im from ohio, i get it…ok, ohio is filled with a lot of people who are walmart loving redneck-ish ppl….but not everyone is like that!!! cleveland, which is where i grew up, is actually the most liberal part in the whole city and cleveland heights actually passed gay marriage in the city! (which unfortunately ohio turned over) so not all of ohio is conservative! aren't u proud of us for electing obama?! give us some credit pleaseeeee
what a complete bore. without "tourists from Cleveland" New York would probably be worthless. Hello, little idiot woman - ya ever think about what would happen if those lowly tourists stopped coming to your little town and spending their silly hard-earned money on your stupid plays and musicals?
They wouldn't be there any longer. So shut up and go back do doing the only thing you're good for in life - apparently making plays, while the rest of us actually do real work that helps people. Christ.
I moved to NYC from Ohio, and I'm not a hick! haha can you believe it! Tourists annoy me too, why specify Cleveland? If we are going to pick out a state to hate on lets go for Utah!