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An abuser hiding in plain sight - theatre director turned out to be a paedophile

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UtopiaPlanitia · 13/12/2024 17:00

Excellent article by Jonny Best describing how a feted theatre director made use of Queer Theory to subvert safeguarding and to promote paedophilia in his work.

And because this man was viewed as positively subversive and anti-capitalist his work was acclaimed rather than condemned for crossing boundaries.

https://thecritic.co.uk/an-abuser-hiding-in-plain-sight/

An abuser hiding in plain sight | Jonny Best | The Critic Magazine

There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?

https://thecritic.co.uk/an-abuser-hiding-in-plain-sight

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lcakethereforeIam · 13/12/2024 17:48

I'm reminded of the wee inquest ScotGov had with Creative Scotland about the porno they financed. The man from CS stood up and as good as said the queer Community has no boundaries.

The woman Costa mentioned in the article who worked closely with and was a fan of Chris Goode. Who, when he was exposed, refuses to see where the problem lies. I think it's called the 'no true Scotsman' fallacy.

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UtopiaPlanitia · 13/12/2024 17:38

AstonUniversityPotholeDepartment · 13/12/2024 17:26

That was a fascinating read.

I will take this opportunity to note that I am somewhat bemused by the number of profit-making enterprises that are dubbed 'anti-capitalist'. Usually by the exact founders who turn a profit from said enterprises. (It seems to be a successor to the 'greenwashing' technique, except you don't even have to revamp any packaging to feature a single shade of green.)

Did no-one ask how his dance troupe was anti-capitalist?

I’m glad you found it interesting.

My mind boggles at how bloody upfront he was in starting a dance troupe with naked boys and because he labelled it with the ‘Current Good Things’ labels it was viewed, by the ‘right thinking’ crowd, as a positive endeavour and not seen as highly inappropriate and very suspect.

And I completely agree that the amount of ‘anti-capitalist’ profit making is bemusing to say the least.

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AstonUniversityPotholeDepartment · 13/12/2024 17:26

That was a fascinating read.

I will take this opportunity to note that I am somewhat bemused by the number of profit-making enterprises that are dubbed 'anti-capitalist'. Usually by the exact founders who turn a profit from said enterprises. (It seems to be a successor to the 'greenwashing' technique, except you don't even have to revamp any packaging to feature a single shade of green.)

Did no-one ask how his dance troupe was anti-capitalist?