“Shut up!” says veteran film critic. John Simon, New York magazine reviewer, could not stand these children enjoying themselves at a recent performance of “The Music Man”.

“It was disturbing as all hell. Finally, after 30 or 40

minutes I leaned forward and said, ‘Madam, could

you please try and control your brats?’

“She said, ‘I will try and control them, but they’re not

brats.’ Well, for the purposes of a theater audience,

they certainly were brats.” [New York Post via Jorn Barger]