moral-disorder replied to your post:So in regards to questionably obtained video of a...
I feel like if any media should get a free pass for people accessing it illegally its stage shows because what you’re getting from seeing a bootleg version is obviously not anywhere near as good as being there. I mean, its better than nothing,right? But its not even close to being there. Its like seeing a preview. No one is ever going to be like “welp ive seen the bootleg so I wont spend money on actually going to the show”, if anything they make you want to see it more!
Amen. Hell, I’ve seen Wicked 3 times and I still watch bootlegs of it to compare casts. I watched a bootleg of The Book of Mormon original Broadway cast and then convinced my mom to take me to see it in London. You get so much from stage shows that they’re one of the few (if not the only!) type of media people frequently and happily pay money repeatedly to see, bootleg or no.