The casting of Pearls before the Swinish.

(No not nearly all..) just the grandfathered-in overpaid who 'Direct': oft they know not What, but fake-it.)
Similarly? the guy throwing a body-block, tripping some nuns in a cross-walk--he thought the guy pointing a walking-stick at them and jabbering ... was holding a narsty projectile-equipped thing. HIs action, explained ..brought some appreciation but ..all those sore-knees, etc.
(I cannot vouch absolutely for this tale; it was pre-Snopes)