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If that's indeed what upset her, then she was also being unreasonable. Consider:
If so, then his reaction is information that the acting is bad. Being angry at the messenger who is conveying this information to you is unreasonable.
If so, then what his girlfriend has just found out is that their tastes don't entirely align in this arena. Being angry at Chris for this revelation is, also, unreasonable.
So, in either case, being angry at your boyfriend for not being impressed with your friends' acting is unreasonable.
Unless, of course, you take the view (as did another poster elsewhere in the comments) that one may, and should, alter one's opinions on the basis of what one thinks will please one's close ones. I strongly reject such views.
It could be that she thought the most likely explanation for him not liking their acting was because he had unrealistic expectations or didn't watch the show with an open mind.
Both of those suggestions confuse me.
"Their acting sucked. I expected it to be good!" "Well, that was unreasonable of you! Clearly, you should have expected it to suck!" "Oh, well, in that case... yep, it sucked."
???
What on earth does that mean...?
More like:
"That show was not in the top 30% of all entertainment I have ever consumed."
"...How was it as amateur theater goes?"
"Oh, easily top fifteen percent there."
The open-mindedness criterion is a little harder to explain.