or need.
The sculpture is called “Die Claque” by the artist Guido Messer showing a group of paid clappers.
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Some Approval You Don’t Want
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The sculpture is called “Die Claque” by the artist Guido Messer showing a group of paid clappers.
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I think we call them sycophants.
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That’s what they look like, right? But the name of the sculpture and the position (in front of a theatre) suggests: audience paid to show their approval demonstratively. I don’t know if they still do it but it was a means to get the whole audience to clap, especially during opening nights. I had that function once, I was the assistant (student) director of the play opening the new theatre complex at the university. There were lots of VIPS and the director was worried that people wouldn’t catch the beginning of the interval. So I was sitting very prominently, almost front row in the middle on opening night. I was far too excited and started clapping early! But it worked, people clapped, got up and went for their glass of bubbly.
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Paid to clap?????
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See my answer to Violet.It’s an old theatre tradition.
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That was an easy job as long as the show wasn’t boring or tedious
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But only tedious and boring shows needed a paid audience …
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I guess so 🙄
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