Seth Vigdor
The Eagles had an awful year that culminated in the firing of Chip Kelly. Eagles’ fans are pissed with the performance of the team this season and rightfully so. One Eagles fan made a comment on Facebook saying that the team “played like they were wearing tutus!!!” to which the Pennsylvania Ballet didn’t take too kindly to.
Unfortunately for the fan, he was about to get roasted, which I’m sure he wasn’t expecting. Here’s the response from The Pennsylvania Ballet via uproxx.com.
https://www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniaballet/photos/a.106944370381.96755.101118735381/10153297210780382/?type=1&theater
With all due respect to the Eagles, let’s take a minute to look at what our tutu wearing women have done this month:
By tomorrow afternoon, the ballerinas that wear tutus at Pennsylvania Ballet will have performed The Nutcracker 27 times in 21 days. Some of those women have performed the Snow scene and the Waltz of the Flowers without an understudy or second cast. No ‘second string’ to come in and spell them when they needed a break. When they have been sick they have come to the theater, put on make up and costume, smiled and performed. When they have felt an injury in the middle of a show there have been no injury timeouts. They have kept smiling, finished their job, bowed, left the stage, and then dealt with what hurts. Some of these tutu wearers have been tossed into a new position with only a moments notice. That’s like a cornerback being told at halftime that they’re going to play wide receiver for the second half, but they need to make sure that no one can tell they’ve never played wide receiver before. They have done all of this with such artistry and grace that audience after audience has clapped and cheered (no Boo Birds at the Academy) and the Philadelphia Inquirer has said this production looks “better than ever”.
So no, the Eagles have not played like they were wearing tutus. If they had, Chip Kelly would still be a head coach and we’d all be looking forward to the playoffs.”
Happy New Year!
Damn!!!! The fan won’t live this one down. He had to learn the hard way that you shouldn’t post on social media unless you’re prepared for potential responses.
Lesson learned.