What if we treated so-called highbrow entertainment like lowbrow entertainment?

We already treat the theatre, the ballet and the symphony like hockey games or going to bars.

Who have you seen dressed up for any of those? The closest to high brow in this town is the Metropolitan Opera. People still dress for that, of course, maybe paying $365.00 for tickets and an additional $150.oo for the two person pre-fixe served before the performance makes them want to make it worth it.

It is the same price for the Lion King, but people line up to enter the theatre wearing hoodies and jeans.

Joe(I still wear a tie with my hoodie)Nation

"Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football." Albert Camus.

It must be different in the UK, as our lowbrow people have been entertaining themselves at highbrow places for years....

What would the opera be without hotdogs and a paper cup of beer?

After Kinky Boots won the Tony last year, there were cars overturned in Times Square.

A lot would be lost in translation if the audience was allowed to drink beer, do the wave, hollar and hoot loudly, etc... during a ballet or symphony performance like large crowds do at a sporting event or rock concert.

Two guys in the back of the symphony. One of 'em yells, "Play the 1812 Overture!"

1812 Overture begins playing. They hold up their lighters.

or howbout a street full of Winnbagos like at a NAscar race , have em show up for the museum opening of a Goretsky Symphony.