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Literally putting words in JKR's mouth.

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Pudmyboy · 21/10/2023 19:34

https://unherd.com/?post_type=thepost&p=488325
Article in Unheard, JKR being 'interviewed' on her views on her views an Australian trans artist taking the part of JKR with 'cis' person taking the part of the 'trans' interviewer.......I cannot believe this is not slanderous! Or libelous if it's written for all to see......can this really go unchallenged by any legal or ethical avenue?

New play features 'interview' with JK Rowling over her trans views

This week, Melbourne Fringe will host An Evening with JK. For just $28 a head, theatregoers will finally be able to hear how “one of the world’s most celebrated authors become one of the most hated,” as JK Rowling sits down for an “exclusive, hard-hitt...

https://unherd.com/?p=488325&post_type=thepost

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fedupandstuck · 21/10/2023 20:10

Does this kind of show have to have a disclaimer that the comments ascribed to JKR are totally fictional and don't represent her point of view at all? Because otherwise isn't it potentially libellous/defamation if not?

RealityFan · 21/10/2023 20:07

Gotta be the biggest example ever of cultural appropriation. Hang on, I thought that was out?

AutumnCrow · 21/10/2023 20:05

I am AnnaPiperScottacus!

ApocalipstickNow · 21/10/2023 20:02

Can we all play?

I’ll be Anna Piper Scott.

A Play What I Wrote

APS (me): I love JK Rowling. She’s the bestest! Buy more of her books and donate to her charity!

                The End 

(accepts Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony awards. Graciously.)

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 21/10/2023 19:58

I do want to understand how they’ve gotten where they’ve gotten, because a lot of these people they were originally proper feminists arguing for women’s rights, fighting really important battles around abortion and everything like that. And then suddenly, their entire lives become consumed by this one issue.”"

Yes, well done. You've slightly misunderstood though, that this one issue is STILL women's rights and it's STILL really important, and it's STILL being fought for.

ChishiyaBat · 21/10/2023 19:56

$28 no thanks😂

JayAlfredPrufrock · 21/10/2023 19:54

I haven’t ‘gotten’ anywhere. Ever.

Staying Spartacus.

DarkDayforMN · 21/10/2023 19:54

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RealityFan · 21/10/2023 19:52

I get it now.
After years of No Debate, now it's...Debate.
Great, but, um, the debate is between two parties, oh not really, "both" of them the same trans person.
So it's still...No Debate.

Can I have my fucking ticket refund please!

RealityFan · 21/10/2023 19:50

Pudmyboy · 21/10/2023 19:43

*"This will not be an evening with the actual flesh-and-blood JK Rowling, but rather an evening with Anna Piper Scott, a transgender playwright who has taken on the burden of both scripting and reading Rowling’s lines.

In an interview with The Age, Scott said: “If we all stay quiet until it’s safe to talk about it, it’s going to just become more and more unsafe to talk about. I have to say something now — I think everyone has to say something now”. The playwright went on to describe the play as an act of “empathy”:

“It’s definitely not a show that’s going to redeem TERFs [trans-exclusionary radical feminists] or anything like that, but I do want to understand how they’ve gotten where they’ve gotten, because a lot of these people they were originally proper feminists arguing for women’s rights, fighting really important battles around abortion and everything like that. And then suddenly, their entire lives become consumed by this one issue.”"*

Understand....by making up your own answers?🤔

"...burden" lol X 100
Honey, the burden is all on us.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 21/10/2023 19:46

In an interview with The Age, Scott said: “If we all stay quiet until it’s safe to talk about it, it’s going to just become more and more unsafe to talk about. I have to say something now — I think everyone has to say something now”

Say something about it? they never bloody shut up!

Pudmyboy · 21/10/2023 19:43

*"This will not be an evening with the actual flesh-and-blood JK Rowling, but rather an evening with Anna Piper Scott, a transgender playwright who has taken on the burden of both scripting and reading Rowling’s lines.

In an interview with The Age, Scott said: “If we all stay quiet until it’s safe to talk about it, it’s going to just become more and more unsafe to talk about. I have to say something now — I think everyone has to say something now”. The playwright went on to describe the play as an act of “empathy”:

“It’s definitely not a show that’s going to redeem TERFs [trans-exclusionary radical feminists] or anything like that, but I do want to understand how they’ve gotten where they’ve gotten, because a lot of these people they were originally proper feminists arguing for women’s rights, fighting really important battles around abortion and everything like that. And then suddenly, their entire lives become consumed by this one issue.”"*

Understand....by making up your own answers?🤔

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RealityFan · 21/10/2023 19:42

Only in a world where this poison is so implicit could something unacceptable like this be done so brazenly.

She needs to sue them so their sorry arses never re-enter Earth's orbit again.

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