rubberdinghy Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 It's not winning enough anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'm starting to feel bad about watching this train wreck. It shows all the signs of a pretty serious manic episode. Mental illness isn't very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Wait...............what????"show" What the fuck is all this about? Dude - where have you been? he's going on tour. first two shows (detroit and ?) sold out in minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'm starting to feel bad about watching this train wreck. It shows all the signs of a pretty serious manic episode. Mental illness isn't very funny.Either that or he's using his acting chops to his advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 The news article I saw said he's donating $1 for each ticket sold to earthquake relief.Mighty generous of him!I don't see the appeal of following the antics of this jerkwad. Is your life so devoid of sex and drugs that you have to live vicariously through Charlie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I don't see the appeal of following the antics of this jerkwad. Is your life so devoid of sex and drugs that you have to live vicariously through Charlie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 The Diceman has a few things to say about Charlie Sheen.I'm sick of watchin' the Charlie "Asshole" ShowPziJjBpVcY8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 he just said everything I'm thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Sources connected with the concert tour tell us ... the deal is for Charlie to perform on 21 dates. He'll get 85% of the profits, with Live Nation getting the remaining 15%. Charlie's cut is projected to average between $250,000 - $275,000 for each show.And there's more ... Charlie will get additional $$$ for after-parties and merchandising with 200,000 pieces of merchandise already shipped out for the show.In all, we're told Charlie will pull in $7 million in a month.The show will last 1 hour and 15 minutes. It's essentially Charlie doing comedy in a chair, so the overhead is minimal.And since the shows are selling out off of Charlie's Twitter, there are no advertising costs."Two and a Half" what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I wouldn't be surprised if Sheen's pulling a Joaquin Phoenix style hoax. Either that or he's been diagnosed with a terminal illness and is just riding it out in some grand freak show way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Well I suppose the whole hoax angle is a bonus too when he finally does crash. A lot easier to redeem yourself if the whole thing was just an act. I think the parody part becomes amplified when he gains momentary lapses of clarity, but there's some classic, genuine manic behaviour in there that's almost too tragic to fake (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Anyone planning on hitting a show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister slippery Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Anyone planning on hitting a show? Yup. Gonna try for tix tomorrow AM. Otherwise, a bud has an extra for Detroit.This, I wanna see.The concept of "Charlie Sheen extras" makes me laugh. :chug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 you could sell those "enough to kill two and a half men" shirts in the lot pretty easily I bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 or he's using his acting chops to his advantage. This is what the better part of me hopes. I mean, he's a very decent actor, so how could he have become pinned down to something as absurd as Two and a Half Men for so long? And then, who knows, maybe there is some groundswell of mania going on within that's behind this need for a radical shift. There's a lot of literature out there about the crazy shit people will do when they've become crazy enough about their situations to unconsciously force a change to come about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Is this the same guy?TmrEo85vuEI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 That's for the sloth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Bob Lefsetz comments:Television never sold tickets. It's like being in your living room, a member of the family, would you pay to see your sister?Even though they're taller now, because the screens are bigger, TV stars have little charisma. Hell, one can argue TV killed rock and roll. Where's the mystery. Want mystery...STAY OFF TV!Even better is Bill Maher's response. Charlie's going to go on stage and do...what?It's modern America. Everybody can do everything. Everybody can be a rapper, a musician, a movie star, a comedian, only this is not true. It takes years of experience to get good. And Charlie Sheen may be a good TV actor, but as a live performer he's got to stink...because he's never done it!Now in the old days everybody would have believed the hype, that demand for Charlie's shows was outrageous, that they were instant sellouts. (And don't think Charlie's shows are the only ones billed as selling out that don't...)So we've got the hype.Then we've got the inaccurate reporting. The woman at CNBC saying that tickets were still available for the Detroit gig even though they were of the platinum variety, way overpriced.But then this story gets picked up and analyzed and retweeted until conventional wisdom is the Charlie Sheen tour is a stiff, before it even begins.Welcome to modern show business.This was only about the money. And a misunderstanding of the marketplace. If you think Charlie Sheen will sell tickets, you believe Rebecca Black will sell tickets. That notoriety/fame is enough to get the public overheated to the point of overpaying to see it all up close and personal.But imagine the sideshow in the modern era. The carnival barker convinces you to overpay to see something that is ultimately disappointing. Today, this can't happen. Because you'd instantly go on the Internet and tell everybody that it SUCKS!You're sitting there during the event, texting and tweeting, that's your role, everybody's a reporter.The mainstream media bought this hook line and sinker. If Charlie's a star, he's a star in all media.The brokers, who deal with the concert business like the stock market, they literally don't care what happens on stage, they buy the hype and buy the tickets. Causing an instant sellout. Causing pandemonium and more dates, which don't sell out, just cruise Ticketmaster. In other words, there was very little demand.And now the brokers are dropping their tickets en masse, at a discount, below face value. Hoping Charlie enters rehab or drops dead and they can get all their money back.Losers?Charlie Sheen. Who believed he was indomitable, a genius, a force of nature who could not fail. It's hard to shed the stink of failure. In other words, this failed tour will hurt Charlie more than help him. Whatever he's paid must be measured against his lack of employability in the future. In other words, when Creed overplays and tickets go unsold and the sheds are empty, it's hard to recover. Creed should have swallowed its pride and come back in clubs, there were enough fans for that. And built from there. Charlie playing live is like me debuting on Broadway. A big jump that's doomed to fail.Brokers. They got bitten in the ass here. They do provide a service, allowing those with too much money who can't buy tickets from Ticketmaster to overpay for good seats. Weighing the pros against the cons, they're scum. If only tickets went for fair market value up front. People are bitching about the cost of Buffalo Springfield tickets, yet it appears people will overpay to see Neil Young year after year, they think he's worth it. Bottom line, he gets all the money.Mainstream media. Even though the fiasco was broken by a reporter for CNBC, somewhat inaccurately, the mainstream media is complicit in hype today. They want something to write about, something for ratings. There are almost no reporters at TV news anymore, just people who quote the NYT, WSJ, the WaPo or the AP. We get the news we deserve. We're a reality TV, all sheen and no substance culture, and that's the news we get.The public. Once again people are sold no-talents while those with substance but sans train-wreck value go unhyped. We're interested in Britney Spears why? Oh, that's right, you grew up with her, but don't tell me it's about the music.Winners?The Internet. A germ of a story is planted and then batted around until the truth emerges. Sooner rather than later. You can't lie anymore, the truth comes out.The public. They didn't buy this show in droves and now they know they were smart and are laughing that the brokers are losing money.The truth. Historically, show business was smoke and mirrors. Now it's all about honesty. Have smoke and mirrors on stage, not in the marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 The next round of smoke and mirrors for Charlie will be the instruments that send him into bona fide rehab, I suspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Dear Charlie Sheen, You're a complete fucking loser.~me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Charlie Sheen's show bombs...how knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlphaNerd Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Glad I didn't purchase those tickets to see on the aftermarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Dear Charlie Sheen, some folks would be more disgusted if you beat a dog than they are that you beat a woman but not me. After obessing over your crazyness for a bit I've concluded that I'd rather chew my own foot off over giving you a dime. Get over yourself and get some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Show looks like a winner to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Show looks like a winner to me. or That can go for Pronger or Sheen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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