Hildegard
Thursday 26th October 2023 7:10pm
Cornwall
140 posts
Quote: chipolata @ 14th September 2023, 6:10 PM
He's been cancelled but he's got a book coming out? That's some cancelling.
He's been cancelled as a comedy screenwriter, you're being disingenuous I'm so tired of this argument.
Quote: Lazzard @ 14th September 2023, 10:46 PM
I hope for his sake he doesn't call the book tour "Cancelled"
Could cause some confusion.
Not to mention the odd sigh of relief.
I like Linehan. Not only is he a genius comedy writer, he has the guts to stick his head above the parapet and speak out, at great personal cost. Not many people in the industry do that. They either fall into whichever line seems to the the populist one or they hide.
Quote: Definitely Tarby @ 25th August 2023, 10:16 PM
I'm not an expert on the whole Lineham debacle but it seems like he's trying to defend a group of people who don't want or need his defence and his opinions only make what is an already difficult life to live more difficult for the very people he argues he's trying to protect. I have sympathy for his marriage breaking down and wouldn't wish that on anyone but he's his own worst enemy.
He's standing up for women's rights in the face of the push for Self ID of sex. I for one am extremely grateful to him for it, as are thousands of other women.
Quote: Chris Hallam @ 28th August 2023, 12:51 PM
I think you may have got that wrong, yes. He's said some very fierce stuff, likening transgender people to Nazis etc far worse than anything Rowling has said.
It's a real shame. He was one of my favourite comedy writers before. He's totally destroyed his own reputation.
You're going to need to provide evidence for that I'm afraid, otherwise it's just defaming BS
It's heartening to see a lot of common sense on here and depressing to see the people who've just drunk the Kool Aid and believe stuff because someone else told them it happened. Look for the evidence, find out the facts, don't just believe any old bullshit. I was working with a young actress a couple of years ago and the subject of JK Rowing came up. This young actress was calling her all the names under the sun so I asked her what JK Rowling had done. She replied "I don't know, but I know it's bad". What's happened to us? We're incapable of critical thinking and it shows in what's being commissioned and the kind of stand up that's being done.
It's exactly like the situation going on in Gaza. If you're appalled by Palestinian civilians being blown up you're anti semitic. In this case, if you're pro women's rights, you're a transphobe. What are we? Three year olds? If anyone is screaming "No debate" about something you can bet your life it's because the subject will crumble under daylight.