Episode 548. What About Cellphones?

“Several high-profiles performers (including Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, and Hugh Jackman) have recently stopped their live performances on Broadway to chastise an audience member for distracting everyone with a ringing or bright cellphone. But is the solution more distracting than the problem? Reed Martin, Teddy Spencer, and Austin Tichenor discuss the situation from a Reduced perspective and debate the difference between theatre and concerts, casual vs. formal atmospheres, truly Shakespearean environments, probably the most amount of bleeps we’ve ever had to insert, and the ultimate question: Are audience members on their phones preferable to audience members asleep? (Length 19:56)