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Shannon Matthews musical. Sorry but I’m laughing

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MaryBerrysEyelashes · 25/10/2024 07:33

At the song titles 😂😂

Shannon Matthews musical. Sorry but I’m laughing

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WeAreOnTheRoadToNowhere · 25/10/2024 08:16

The same people who would find this funny would need years of therapy after being misgendered

FriendlyFriend · 25/10/2024 08:15

Wow 😮 This is really poor taste. How is this allowed? Poor Shannon for seeing this where people are ridiculing her childhood trauma.

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 25/10/2024 08:13

holju · 25/10/2024 08:03

I was at Edinburgh this year. Some festival goers would watch a labrador taking a crap if someone told them it was edgy.

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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You are so spot on!!

Fifiesta · 25/10/2024 08:13

Some people lose their moral compass, some never had one.
Happy to be called a Karen, if it’s by someone with zero judgement.

redtrain123 · 25/10/2024 08:12

holju · 25/10/2024 08:03

I was at Edinburgh this year. Some festival goers would watch a labrador taking a crap if someone told them it was edgy.

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Looks down at Labrador thinking he could become an internet sensation… . Maybe not.

Restaurantcritic · 25/10/2024 08:12

Christ. Can the absolute bellends who thought this up put themselves in the shoes of Shannon for one bloody second. What a horrible idea.

KnottedTwine · 25/10/2024 08:12

Nursemumma92 · 25/10/2024 08:00

Disgusting, the poor girl is trying to live her life and there is a musical about her story of abuse as a child?! I can't possibly fathom why anyone would find that remotely funny!

Yes that's the difference between this story and things like Sweeney Todd and Springtime for Hitler.

Sweeeney Todd was a Victorian fictional character who never existed in the first place. Hitler is dead. Shannon Matthews is a real person who is now in her 20s, she has siblings and friends and relatives who are all still alive.

It's in shockingly poor taste the use of "mumsnet Karens" is all you need to know about the mentality of the producer. The Edinburgh Fringe - not the Festival - has got so big over the last decade that people putting on shows need a new angle to get the press coverage and have any hope of sellling tickets. This guy is obviously going for the shock/poor taste angle.

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 25/10/2024 08:12

MaryBerrysEyelashes · 25/10/2024 07:52

Well, don’t be too snobby about it because it’s sold out at four week run at the Edinburgh festival

Well, that says more about those who bought the tickets, doesn't it.
Again, just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Some things are just too reprehensible, as are those who agree with them

WhatDaHell · 25/10/2024 08:09

holju · 25/10/2024 08:03

I was at Edinburgh this year. Some festival goers would watch a labrador taking a crap if someone told them it was edgy.

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🤣🤣

That is so true, sadly I know people like this

ClytemnestraWasMisunderstood · 25/10/2024 08:09

MaryBerrysEyelashes · 25/10/2024 07:38

There have been musicals about worse
French Revolution, er.. sweeny Todd

and ofc the movie of Cats 😩😩

Oh please, you cannot compare the French Revolution or an invented person to a musical about a child abused (for monetary gain) by her family. What in your world makes you think that this is either comparable or acceptable?

saltandvinegarchipsticks · 25/10/2024 08:08

holju · 25/10/2024 08:03

I was at Edinburgh this year. Some festival goers would watch a labrador taking a crap if someone told them it was edgy.

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This is also my experience of the festival. Some absolute diamonds, some stinking turds. Obvious which this is.

Sethera · 25/10/2024 08:07

Great idea, it could spawn a whole run of musicals based on distressing true crime - perhaps 'The Moors Murderers - the Musical' or 'Fred and Rose in Song and Dance' or 'Shipman's Story'. 🙄

TheDowagerCountessofPembroke · 25/10/2024 08:07

As soon as you use the term ‘Karen’ you show your true colours and opinion of women. I’ve got a very dark sense of humour but this is a step to far.

PucaBandearg · 25/10/2024 08:07

There's so much wrong here, and it's not just the despicable musical.

ByMerryKoala · 25/10/2024 08:05

It's so incredibly tasteless. I expect the shock tactics operated as a substitute for talent. Like that shitty Myra Hindley painting done with the cast of children's hands. Exploitative lazy cunts.

FanofLeaves · 25/10/2024 08:04

holju · 25/10/2024 08:03

I was at Edinburgh this year. Some festival goers would watch a labrador taking a crap if someone told them it was edgy.

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This is so true 🤣🤣

Desw · 25/10/2024 08:03

so scumbags making money off a woman’s childhood trauma, hilarious

spookyscaryseagulls · 25/10/2024 08:03

MaryBerrysEyelashes · 25/10/2024 07:52

Well, don’t be too snobby about it because it’s sold out at four week run at the Edinburgh festival

There is nothing on this earth snobby about not thinking it funny that an abused and exploited child is yet being used and exploited for shit and giggles (and cash).;

I'm common as fuck with a dark sense of humour but there is a young girl at the heart of this trying to live as normal a life as possible after being severely let down by the one person whose meant to protect you no matter what. Fucking hilarious taking the piss out of an abused young woman.

holju · 25/10/2024 08:03

MaryBerrysEyelashes · 25/10/2024 07:52

Well, don’t be too snobby about it because it’s sold out at four week run at the Edinburgh festival

I was at Edinburgh this year. Some festival goers would watch a labrador taking a crap if someone told them it was edgy.

Nursemumma92 · 25/10/2024 08:00

Disgusting, the poor girl is trying to live her life and there is a musical about her story of abuse as a child?! I can't possibly fathom why anyone would find that remotely funny!

ItsTheGAGGGGGGGGG · 25/10/2024 08:00

What a strange post

Scammersarescum · 25/10/2024 07:59

So they have poor judgement and they use misogynistic slurs.

Hilarious

FanofLeaves · 25/10/2024 07:57

MaryBerrysEyelashes · 25/10/2024 07:52

Well, don’t be too snobby about it because it’s sold out at four week run at the Edinburgh festival

Two years ago. I presume it’s not gained too much traction since then, thankfully. Lots of venues banned it.

Brokeneggsagain · 25/10/2024 07:57

Mumsnet Karen’s? Women on Mumsnet who have faked their child’s kidnapping?

holju · 25/10/2024 07:56

It's distasteful, but I suppose that's the point. Sounds like something a bored teenage boy would come up with.

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