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These are the little lines (via People) that make reporting the news ever-interesting…lines like:

“The British singer allegedly attacked a theater staffer at a holiday pantomime show in Buckinghamshire, England…”

and

“Winehouse, 26, became boisterous and shouted obscenities at the cast of a production of Cinderella, which included Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke.”

and, less so…

“Staff tried to usher her into a private box, but the singer allegedly kicked and punched front-of-house manager Richard Pound before being dragged out by her own security staff.”

Pantomime. Cinderella. Mickey Rourke. wrap your brain around that.

That is all….

no, wait. That’s not all. I just can’t let this go….so, you’re telling me that they have shows in the UK where the entire cast just pantomimes the story of Cinderella? And The Wrestler was doing it too? He was miming?

I gotta lie down.

UPDATE!!: The Rosenthals pointed out that the gory details are even more insane than I could have ever dreamed:

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“Winehouse, who according to the Sun newspaper spent large parts of the show standing up, continually disrupted the performance by shrieking “He’s fucking behind you”. Many children in the audience of 1,400 were apparently reduced to tears as she shouted: “Fuck Cinders, Prince Charming. Marry me” and laid into the Ugly Sisters, yelling that they were “bitches.”

and

“Before the punch-up Winehouse was introduced to cast members, but that didn’t go entirely smoothly either. The Sun reports that she had a cut on her wrist and bled on Fairy Godmother Anthea Turner. One source at the theatre said she was acting “like a demonic child”.

UPDATE 2: I have been told that “pantomime” does not in fact mean people in black leotards and white pancake makeup “miming” walls and doing the Marcel Marceau thing. It just means “slapstick comedy.” A slight buzzkill, but the children crying in horror makes up for that.