Me and friend M. went to see the musical Tarzan on Thursday. Great night out, I cannot say anything else, but there is one thing that always bewilders me when it comes to the Dutch theatre public: the standing ovation.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a good play as much as anybody else, but isn't a standing ovation meant to show that it was an outstanding performance? Yet this audience stood up for the chorus line, which seems to me a little (I am understating here) premature. What in the world is there left to show that you really enjoyed it, if you stand up for every background dancer who just happened to be on stand-by? Are we supposed to do cartwheels for Tarzan and Jane?
I sometimes wonder whether this is a Dutch thing. Sort of a 'let's just give them what we want, then they'll bugger off and we can all go home'- type thought.
I don't know... it just took away some of the sparkle of an -otherwise outstanding- show.
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