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A '''''ticket''''' is something you do not buy to attend a [[convention]]. A [[fan]] pays for a ''[[membership]]'' in an [[sf convention]] to help cover its costs, because the [[fannish]] way is to be an active participant in the [[sf community]], not a passive consumer of entertainment. (A ticket gets you into a show as audience; cons are not shows and their members are not audience.) | A '''''ticket''''' is something you do not buy to attend a [[convention]]. A [[fan]] pays for a ''[[membership]]'' in an [[sf convention]] to help cover its costs, because the [[fannish]] way is to be an active participant in the [[sf community]], not a passive consumer of entertainment. (A ticket gets you into a show as audience; cons are not shows and their members are not audience.) | ||
| − | '''"Tickets? We don't need no stinking tickets!"''' a [[fannish]] catchphrase, reflects this philosophy, although [[fans]]' use of this misquote from the | + | '''"Tickets? We don't need no stinking tickets!"''' a [[fannish]] [[catchphrase]], reflects this philosophy, although [[fans]]' use of this misquote from the 1974 film ''Blazing Saddles'' (in turn a misquote from the 1948 film ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre'') stems from an unappreciated effort to control [[Hugo Award]] seating at [[IguanaCon II]], the 1978 [[Worldcon]]. |
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Latest revision as of 09:24, 20 August 2023
A ticket is something you do not buy to attend a convention. A fan pays for a membership in an sf convention to help cover its costs, because the fannish way is to be an active participant in the sf community, not a passive consumer of entertainment. (A ticket gets you into a show as audience; cons are not shows and their members are not audience.)
"Tickets? We don't need no stinking tickets!" a fannish catchphrase, reflects this philosophy, although fans' use of this misquote from the 1974 film Blazing Saddles (in turn a misquote from the 1948 film Treasure of the Sierra Madre) stems from an unappreciated effort to control Hugo Award seating at IguanaCon II, the 1978 Worldcon.
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