So I (M 19) am a freshman in college and I went to go see a musical called Floyd Collins, a musical based on the story of a man who got stuck underground for 2 weeks. I’ve never seen this musical, but I knew that Floyd dies at the end. I went to go see it opening night, and side note, the story is well written, because even though I knew how it ends, I believed that he would get out. So it gets to the end where it’s revealed that Floyd is going to die down in the cave. I was sobbing my eyes out. So I went to go see it again on closing night with some friends, who has not heard of the story of Floyd Collins, so in the pre-show announcements, they announce that there’s gonna be death in the musical. So we watch the show, and during intermission, they’re trying to figure out who dies, and since I’m the only one who knows, I didn’t tell them, so we get to the ending and it’s revealed that he’s still trapped and he’s gonna die, I’m staring at them, they’re all sobbing their eyes out, and then after the show, they look right at me, and then begin to yell at me because I didn’t tell them that Floyd dies. Now I don’t know if it’s because they didn’t learn about it in school, but that’s just me.
Why would they expect you to tell them the ending unprompted? People who spoil endings are universally hated.
INFO: where are you from that you learn about Floyd Collins in school?
I’m from Kentucky, so the school would hold an event to honor him during the days he was underground
Don’t ever take them to a show based on the Edmund Fitzgerald. I’m a little surprised they wouldn’t google a topic to see what it was about but I’m more surprised the theater would announce there was going to be a death in the story like that. Are people this sensitive now?
NTA. In fact, you would automatically be the A if you ever spoil an ending for anyone. Why do they feel like you should have told them how it ends? If I were you, I’d start doing that any time you’re watching a movie together until they apologize.
Totally irrelevant if it’s based on a true story or not.
NTA – I can see them not knowing, the same way that very few people outside Appalachia know about Peter Urban, but giving away the end of a show just isn’t done. Mind you, there are some shows that have become so popular that even first-time attendees know the ending, but those are shows with 50+ year runs.
INFO: Did they ask you who died?
It’s universally agreed upon that you don’t spoil the endings of any form of media unless specifically and clearly asked to do so.
NTA
You’re NTA. They’re being ridiculous. They could have just googled it at intermission if they were that curious.