True. :yes:
It's okay if it's not their taste. The great thing about arts and entertainment is that it allows the audience to find their own personal aesthetic. If a show sucked, it's perfectly reasonable for the audience to say that it sucked.
I remember the first time I went to see an experimental music performance. I thought to myself - after years of classical piano training - why would anybody want to take piano strings out and rub them together to make pointless sound when you can play the piano they way it was made? And why would during the piano-string-sound-mish-mash there be some visual moving sculptures of a wooden plank on stage where hands are poking out and reaching randomly to the sky?
I went with a group of friends that night. I thought the show was all right. I wasn't overly impressed with it. One person was blown away by it and got a lot out of it. Two thought it was meaningless and stupid. I thought it had it's moments when one instrument would begin playing with another instrument, and a short duet would seem to pop up (which I thought created some awesome moments in the show). Afterward, I mentioned to the director that if they were to re-stage it, I'd personally like to see more of those moments. But that was just my own impression. Most of the audience gave it a good reception.
Drag shows are like the same. They're not what you'd expect out of show with flowing hair, tights, and heels. But like other experimental music performances I'd been to, if you get a good one, they're unforgettable, fun, and inspiring.
At least that's what I think.
