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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 15, 2019 18:51:27 GMT
Yeah I've just read the comment from FabiDabi Dolls and if it's true, I am done with her. "...her past views and support of her father who fiercely supports gay conversion therapy..." Do we know this for sure though? At the moment that is someone just saying that, we've not seen any evidence. So we need to be careful with that one. Actually her dad seems to have just got an MBE?!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 18:54:19 GMT
Yeah I've just read the comment from FabiDabi Dolls and if it's true, I am done with her. "...her past views and support of her father who fiercely supports gay conversion therapy..." Do we know this for sure though? At the moment that is someone just saying that, we've not seen any evidence. Actually her dad seems to have just got an MBE?! I don't know if it's true or not, that's why I made a point of saying "if it's true". But we have evidence of her being homophobic so anything is possible and I'm not here for it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:10:53 GMT
Celie will need to be recast, no doubt about it. Someone let Sierra Boggess know.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Mar 15, 2019 19:21:42 GMT
Has anyone tagged Cynthia in that post yet?! Well done danieljohnson14 for tagging her! 😂
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:27:20 GMT
Recast. Recast NOW.
I will not have LGBT roles filled by homophobes.
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 19:28:05 GMT
Wow this is really bad. Granted it is a while ago but it will have to be addressed
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 15, 2019 19:37:06 GMT
Shenton got hold of it. Curve have responded saying a statement is being issued shortly
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 19:37:24 GMT
Curve have just tweeted
The views expressed in the historic social media post by a member of Curve and @brumhippodrome’s The Color Purple cast in no way reflect those held by either of our theatres. We will be looking into the matter and will issue a full response in due course.
Sorry I couldn't work out how to post a screenshot
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:38:00 GMT
Curve have just tweeted The views expressed in the historic social media post by a member of Curve and @brumhippodrome’s The Color Purple cast in no way reflect those held by either of our theatres. We will be looking into the matter and will issue a full response in due course. Sorry I couldn't work out how to post a screenshot Fire her sorry ass I say.
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 19:39:46 GMT
The last tweet from the Hippodrome (pre this issue being raised) just happened to be:
"We love having a show like @kinkybootsuk in our theatre that spreads the importance of love and acceptance."
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 15, 2019 19:41:15 GMT
Shenton will secretly love this because he for some reason hates Curve and uses any excuse to criticise it. He's already in those tweets put blame on them for casting her, when i don't see how they would have even known about it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:44:15 GMT
Shenton will secretly love this because he for some reason hates Curve and uses any excuse to criticise it. He's already in those tweets put blame on them for casting her, when i don't see how they would have even known about it. I'm actually glad he tweeted for once. It should get attention, this kind of casting shouldn't happen and she should be called out for it.
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 19:44:34 GMT
Do we know this for sure though? At the moment that is someone just saying that, we've not seen any evidence. Actually her dad seems to have just got an MBE?! I don't know if it's true or not, that's why I made a point of saying "if it's true". But we have evidence of her being homophobic so anything is possible and I'm not here for it. I agree. The website of the organisation he co founded is an interesting read "The family is the most foundational building block for society. The loving union of one man and one woman is the normal God-given context for children to be born and raised. This pattern for married life has been under attack for all of human history. Divorce, homosexuality and transsexualism are three of the most significant challenges to God’s pattern for family in today’s society." www.christianconcern.com/our-issues/church-and-state/modest-but-excellent-christian-concern-co-founder-ade-omooba-awarded-mbe
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:46:20 GMT
See. f***ed up. Get her out, if they go any other way, it's just wrong and this production shouldn't be supported.
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 19:47:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:49:42 GMT
Yeah I've just read the comment from FabiDabi Dolls and if it's true, I am done with her. "...her past views and support of her father who fiercely supports gay conversion therapy..." Do we know this for sure though? At the moment that is someone just saying that, we've not seen any evidence. So we need to be careful with that one. Actually her dad seems to have just got an MBE?! No evidence to prove the 'gay conversion' theory. He is, however, co-founder of a Christian Concern (amongst other organisations) which is actively against LGBT rights and has faught against the governments legislation for same sex marriage etc. www.christianconcern.com/our-issues/family-and-sexual-ethics
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:51:09 GMT
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 19:51:41 GMT
Do we know this for sure though? At the moment that is someone just saying that, we've not seen any evidence. So we need to be careful with that one. Actually her dad seems to have just got an MBE?! No evidence to prove the 'gay conversion' theory. He is, however, co-founder of a Christian Concern (amongst other organisations) which is actively against LGBT rights and has faught against the governments legislation for same sex marriage etc. www.christianconcern.com/our-issues/family-and-sexual-ethicsThere's quite a few articles on their site that qre obviously controversial but still got an MBE....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 19:52:37 GMT
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 19:54:24 GMT
Sorry my internet is slow think we keep overlapping posts!
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Post by Seriously on Mar 15, 2019 20:01:43 GMT
It's a bit like casting an anti-Semite in the roll of Tevye.
Why would she want to play the part? Or do religious beliefs go straight out of the window when money is mentioned?
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Post by sam22 on Mar 15, 2019 20:03:48 GMT
Aaron Lee Lambert liked my tweet, that means he's giving me a backstage tour of Hamilton right
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Post by anthem on Mar 15, 2019 20:07:53 GMT
At least one of her co-stars is openly gay. Surely she’ll have to apologize (quite profusely) or else she should be removed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 20:09:13 GMT
At least one of her co-stars is openly gay. Surely she’ll have to apologize (quite profusely) or else she should be removed. they have to get rid of her, I don't know how they can get around it any other way.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 20:10:33 GMT
At least one of her co-stars is openly gay. Surely she’ll have to apologize (quite profusely) or else she should be removed. First read through would be quite awkward I'd imagine.
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Post by TheatreTwittic on Mar 15, 2019 20:42:56 GMT
I think she should do the right thing and stand down from the role, before being forced out by producers.
It did make me contemplate a wider issue though. Only a week or two ago, people who heavily critical about auditionees having to provide their social channels. Something like that would surely have prevented a situation like this...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 21:07:24 GMT
I bet she's gutted these came to light too, because no one will want to work with her after this unless she justifies her actions or apologises in some way. You can't have this kind of behaviour in the industry, especially one that is made up of so many gay people!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 15, 2019 21:08:52 GMT
I am no lawyer, but could they actually fire her for this without risking to be sued?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 21:13:37 GMT
I am no lawyer, but could they actually fire her for this without risking to be sued? well if she or anyone connected to her ever threatened to sue, it would generate more backlash on her. Because this is all her fault, and no one else's. And what she has done is hate speech, and the Curve will get backlash if she is still in the production. I don't imagine she would want to sue because her career is already tarnished, why would she make it worse? Although at the same time, she may have nothing to lose, so why not.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 21:22:44 GMT
I am no lawyer, but could they actually fire her for this without risking to be sued? Was it not proposed that Sierra Boggess be 'fired' for her ethnicity in the West Side Story saga.
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