Presentation Karaoke

[nancymcc]

I am considering going to a local event (which recurs): Presentation Karaoke. "Give a presentation that you've never seen to an audience of hecklers

Comments

[fmsv]

"an audience of hecklers" kind of sets the expectations, at least for me. I know that, if I were going to give a presentation at an event like this (not really likely), I'd be expecting to be heckled. Also, I'd think that maybe the hecklers, being part of a group, would get more into heckling than thinking about their target.

Is there any way you could go to the event and not give a presentation? That way, you could see what the audience is like.

[barondave]

Part of the charm of karaoke (such as it is) is that you're in front of a very understanding audience. There's Apollo Theater-type hecklers, who are there to boo you off the stage, and RHPS-type interactivity, which bounces off your energy. I might be able to deal with the latter. The former... I wouldn't even want to be in the audience.

While I like to judge karaoke contests (so I can be upfront to take good pictures), the very few times I've actually done karaoke myself have been to "Wipeout" or "Tequila", with the time I did "Popcorn" using my mouth as instrument.

[zond7]

Most people are incredibly bad at heckling, which is to say that in their attempt to do what they think good hecklers do, they make the whole affair entirely unenjoyable for anyone else. Inviting people to heckle breeds a horrible atmosphere, and being judged on what you do by people afterwards breeds a worse kind of cheap-shottism among performers.

Avoid like the burning pits of hell.