NBC New York: A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York's Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover's ashes, police said Saturday.
The freakish incident during an afternoon performance of Rossini's "Guillaume Tell" forced Met officials to cancel the rest of the show as well as an evening performance of a second opera.
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This is terrifying and hilarious in the most absurd way. Absurd because I can't believe somebody out there thought that this was going to EVER go over well, and terrifying because I don't want to be covered in the ashes of another dead human. However, am I really that surprised? After all, this is New York City we're talking about, the city of dreams and also the kingdom of the erratic and bizarre. Being a native New Yorker, I've seen and heard of some pretty abnormal things happening in public but this has to probably be up there. I think that I appreciate the thought and intent behind the incident, but I really just wonder about the thought process that happened before these series of actions took place. Did the person know that he was going to be definitely arrested for sprinkling the ASHES of another human IN THE PIT?????? I am curious about how it would have been like to actually be an audience member watching this event at the prestigious MET unfold. I also think that it says something that the counterterrorism unit was rushed in right away...
Wow well that's one way to go out. Have your ashes spread in a place where they can be very easily mistaken for an act of terrorism. To be honest, when you think of it outside of the context of this article, it doesn't seem THAT insane. Like, oh wow I love the opera, I want to have some of my ashes in an opera house. It doesn't seem completely ridiculous. Of course, it is ridiculous, but I can understand why if both of these guys weren't totally thinking super clearly, it might seem like not a terrible idea. That being said, I think this incident is hilarious, even though a whole bunch of people didn't get to see the second half of their opera. Can you imagine being that guy though? Waiting through the whole first half with these ashes in hand, then waiting for most of the orchestra to clear out during intermission. Then saying to yourself, ok time to sprinkle some human ashes into the orchestra pit, all the while thinking, yes this is a good plan. What a wild story. I love this.
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