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Is there any such thing? - Merge into Pantomime[edit]

I am not persuaded that there is any such genre as "American panto". There are no references here that support finding such a genre. This article seems merely to describe a few American productions of British-style pantomimes. Can anyone show that "American pantomime" is an encyclopedic topic? Or, pehaps the article could be called Pantomimes in America. -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:57, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I shudder to think. I'll believe it when Hollywood starts doing remakes of Carry On films.TheLongTone (talk) 17:04, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Someone tried to add information about a NY-based community theatre group. If there are no professional pantomime companies in the U.S., I think it is fairly clear that this article should be merged into pantomime. -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:01, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agree this should be merged with Pantomime. --Cornellier (talk) 03:51, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge (I independently proposed this at Talk:Pantomime in the RfC over there; not realizing it had been discussed here before. This means this merge has been unopposed for over three years. Just do it (someone who knows the subject better than I do). — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 07:17, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Panto[edit]

The term "panto" is slang for "pantomime". I think we should use the word "pantomime" throughout, except in direct quotes. I do not believe that the references given in this article support using the term "American panto" instead of "pantomime". -- Ssilvers (talk) 05:28, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I agree. As a Brit, I know that "panto" is widely used as a slang word, often used by the tabloids and the gutter press in reviews and advertisements. it is also frequently used by the celebrity circuit who often star in them at Christmas. To swap the name to "panto" would be a bit like naming an article "A list of American RomComs" instead of "A list of American Romantic Comedies". -- Cassianto ^Talk 07:53, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed "panto" isn't encyclopedic. It's like referring to conversations skills as "convo skillz". — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 07:18, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Americans in British pantomime[edit]

What relevance is "Americans in British pantomime" to this article? Is this not about American pantomime, or pantomime in America? -- Cassianto ^Talk 11:11, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I have removed the section. -- Ssilvers (talk) 11:44, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Audience participation[edit]

I noticed that this section had only one reference. Clicking on the reference, I saw that it was a link to a page from the University of Bristol, so it had nothing to do with American pantomime. I have deleted most of it but left the main assertion with a request for a cite. -- Ssilvers (talk) 11:44, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]