Astroworld Staff Told To Report Dead Bodies As 'Smurfs' Reignites Rage On Social Media Following Travis Scott Concert
The recent Travis Scott concert tragedy just became a lot worse for Scott and the promotional company Scoremore.
A document that was reportedly authored by Scoremore for use in case of emergencies during the concert detailed that staff were to refer to dead bodies as "smurfs" during the concert. This news energized the social media crowd that has already been rallying against Scott and Livenation ever since the incident happened last weekend.
WOW @LiveNation couldn’t y’all come up with ANYTHING less disrespectful than “smurf” #AstroWorld https://t.co/GsRwGEmU4K
— ✌️❤️🐾 (@Hippy_Chic_SC) November 9, 2021
An Astroworld Festival planning document instructed security & others to call dead concertgoers "Smurfs", not "dying" or "deceased". EMTs called the event the "Smurfiest" they've seen, while pronouncing multiple young men & women "Smurf".
— I'm OK Boomer, You're OK Boomer (@CMDolan99) November 10, 2021
As expected, the most common angle people took against the reveal was in the disrespect about calling potentially dead attendees "smurfs" instead of trying to help them or stop the show so further people wouldn't die. This falls in line with earlier criticism of Travis Scott, who did refund the tickets of all who attended and canceled further tour dates among the recent backlash.
At the same time, people began to point at the word "smurf" and started to try to connect dots to other conspiracy theories about the concert being a satanic ritual in disguise.
Nah imagine you get killed at a concert in astroworld and niggas start callin you a 'smurf' 💀
— bankai! (@blankjijutsu) November 9, 2021
going smurf mode -- at Astroworld
— andy warhol hate bot (@dead__bug) November 10, 2021
“Smurf’s” that means they knew they would turn blue? From what #AstroWorld https://t.co/CHWQ3X6gqB
— Jonni Armani (@jonniarmani) November 10, 2021
When you look up the backstory to the word “Smurf” it leads back to “Meal”. Which makes sense cause the whole story of Smurf’s is them fighting for their lives from some Psychopath. They really just called a bunch of victims a Meal basically. #ASTROWORLDFest #AstroWorld https://t.co/IjS6sJAqs5
— 👁👄👁 (@simply_wendigo) November 9, 2021
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hipnox
I think people are just reaching for anything to be MORE offended at this whole tragedy.
So they instructed their personnel to use a code word instead of saying "dead person" in order to not cause a panic that might injure or kill even more people. Why is that a bad thing? How is this a controversy? Are you offended that the code word was "smurf"?
Nyazilla
Guess this means a Fortnite/Smurfs crossover will never happen.
Molemanninethousand
Phhase
dude wat
why
0000000000000x0as2
Because if a bunch of people in a crowd start hearing event staff saying "there's a dead body in the crowd" their first reaction is going to be to GTFO, likely resulting in a crush, and thus more dead bodies.
Brandon
This, unironically, is the reasoning that people use when saying that Travis Scott not trying to stop the concert and freaking people out was the correct call, as him making a huge deal out of everything could have doubled the death toll
0000000000000x0as2
Yeah, I'm kind of ambivalent as to how much responsibility should be placed on his shoulders, TBH.
The venue, event, and touring staff on the other hand? Yeah, pretty inexcusable, almost half a century after The Who in 1979.
I mean, if he had someone shouting in his ear telling him to stop the show and he ignored it, then yeah, he's culpable too. But until some evidence surfaces that that's the case, the buck stops at the person(s) who should have been doing that shouting.
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