Submitted by Joe Franklin, Dec 27, 2006 12:50

Thanks for an erudite and entertaining assessment of this recent recrudescence of boorishness. Despite the blandness and relative uniformity of today's audience responses, return of the claques would be a devastating retrogression for the performing arts.

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