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Re: Retirement investments not cutting it...so man sues Blue Man Group
What part of "audience participation" did he not understand. There is always a risk when you participate. If he was not willing to entertain some risk then he should have refused to get up on stage. He was looking for his fifteen minutes and now wants to cash in on it. Sad.
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Re: Retirement investments not cutting it...so man sues Blue Man Group
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If Blue Man Group assaulted this man, they should pay -- disclaimers or no disclaimers. And if they did NOT assault this man, the court should make him pay for bringing ungrounded and false accusations.
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If this was a legitimate complaint, criminal charges would be more appropriate.
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Re: Retirement investments not cutting it...so man sues Blue Man Group
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In the case of
Tobias Funke, he's both
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Re: Retirement investments not cutting it...so man sues Blue Man Group
He's alleging something ridiculous. He's alleging they forced a camera down his throat to show it on the screens. Here's the problem with this:
(1) If you've ever had a camera down your throat, you know that doctors will give you a relaxant and some drugs to make sure you're held absolutely straight so they can see. They aren't going to "circle you" and cram a camera down you because you'll immediately start gagging and quickly puke. The entire audience would have noticed if he started gagging, freaking out from his gag reflex. If he has a boatload of witnesses that this happened, his case is a lot more believable, but otherwise probably not.
(2) Here's the thing about #1, if the camera (which, really, for most use is about 1/8" in diameter or less, if it was a real medical camera) will still cause your throat to close up if you haven't been given drugs; which means it wouldn't be your fillings falling out weeks later, you would start choking and may cause permanent damage to your vocal chords and scaring on your esophogus that could require hospitalization immediately.
I'm not saying strange things don't happen, but if Blue Man Group actually managed to run a camera down him and thread his vocal chords without killing him or causing him permanent damage immediately on stage, in a way that everyone in the audience would have noticed instantly, then it means the staff of that group are all virtual doctors with medical degrees and by god, I'd pay to see that show.. if you can pull that trick off, it's pretty f*(& miraculous.
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