Watch the new advertisement below:
The original image of last week's tweet can be seen below.
Following 半岛体育.com's report and the theatre community's response, AT&T issued a statement.
We love and listen to the thespian community. The ad wasn鈥檛 to be taken literally and we meant no disrespect.
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Many members of the theatre community spoke out about the ad promoting phone use inside the theatre. Although hand-held devices are , performers and artists are doing all they can to .
Even Patti LuPone , "Our theatres, ballet and symphony halls are not arenas. They are intimate spaces. We do not have venders selling beer, hot dogs, peanuts and cracker jacks during a performance. We have, for the most part, excellent acoustical houses. Everything can be heard including the tapping of your digits on a phone or the click of a camera. And from the stage, do not be fooled. We can see you. It's time we all in the theatre community put an end to the cell phone disruptions. Enforce the law and eject the individual who thinks they are exempt.
To the AT&T spokesperson: What altered reality do you live in? And why do you assume I live there, too?
As for AT&T as a communications provider, I dropped them years ago, not because of an arrogant and ignorant spokesperson, but because their service stunk. I made the right decision to go with Verizon.
Drop AT&T
PS I can just hear a Shakespearean aside, 'What's the score?'"
