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Post by eizzie on Nov 8, 2002 21:00:54 GMT -5
HEY DUCHESS, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. THE VIDEO REALLY DIDN'T SHOW THE PEOPLE--EXCEPT A FEW AT THE VERY END OF THE SHOW WHO WENT UP TO THE STAGE TO SHAKE HANDS. OTHER THAN THAT, IT SHOWED WHAT LOOKED TO BE ABOUT THE FIRST TWO OR THREE ROWS--BUT IT WAS THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S HEAD. I CALLED MY FRIEND TO ASK HER AND SHE SAID WITHOUT A DOUBT IT WAS ABOUT A 90% WHITE AUDIENCE THEY EVENING SHE WENT. SHE SAID WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ABOUT 8 OR 9 BLACK WOMEN SITTING TOGETHER, (WHICH SHE IS PRETTY SURE WAS THEIR FAMILIES--BECAUSE MR. C'S TWINS WERE SITTING WITH THEM)--THERE WERE NOT THAT MANY OTHER BLACKS). AS FAR AS THE AGES, SHE SAID THEY WERE QUITE A FEW SMALL CHILDREN AND A FEW TEENAGERS WHO WERE WITH THEIR PARENTS--BUT THE AGE RANGE SEEMED TO BE BETWEEN ABOUT 35 AND 55. NOW REMEMBER--THIS WAS PROBABLY NOT YOUR NORMAL TEMP REVIEW AUDIENCE BECAUSE IT WAS AT DISNEYWORLD WHICH MEANT MORE OF A FAMILY OUTING. THATS PROBABLY THE SAME REASON FOR THE TIMES THEY HAD THE SHOWS. THE TICKET YOU PURCHASED TO GET INTO THE PARK--ALSO ALLOWED YOU TO SEE THE SHOWS.
OF THE SIX SHOWS I HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR--AT LEAST THREE OF THEM HAD ABOUT A 80% BLACK AUDIENCE. SO I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE VENUE.
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Post by Duchess on Nov 10, 2002 5:56:54 GMT -5
Thanks, eizzie. It's good to hear that the brothas & sistahs represent the majority of the audiences of the shows that you attended. It does my heart some good to know that (although that "%90 white" kinda stung at first - but it WAS Disneyworld, so...you know ). Later.
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