Edinburgh Arts Group to launch play about JKR called TERF C**T – where Daniel, Rupert and Emma stage an 'intervention'

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The play, which will be performed on stage in New York next month and is being touted for the Fringe this summer, sees the author's 'surrogate children – Daniel, Rupert and Emma' stage an 'intervention'

Civil Disobedience, which has its roots in the Edinburgh Fringe and was launched by Barry and Josef Church-Woods in May 2016, described it as a "vital think-piece on Joanne, exploring just what could motivate a person with such privilege to take such a divisive stance on issues that affect her fans".

It has been written by Joshua Kaplan, a "queer screenwriter and playwright", and will be performed at The Actors Studio in New York City on Thursday, February 8.

A press release advertising the show claims: "Please note: TERF C**T is not a kill piece. It provides space for reflection and ultimately offers the audience time to explore some of the more contentious aspects of JK's life."

The synopsis for the show continues: "Joanne led a blessed life – for a woman. Billionaire. Literary phenomenon. Natural ginger. And most importantly, beloved. Completely beloved. Until she blew it all to hell.

"From book deals to divorces, family dysfunction to broken friendships, TERF C**T goes beyond the headlines to explore the woman that captivated a world with her books only to unravel a legacy with her tweets."

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/celebrity-news/jk-rowling-attacked-standing-up-31948409

To be fair, tutting and genocide can be interchangeable depending on how hurt your feelings are.

<wry smile> Yes. That's absolutely what we'd be told.

Sadly there are many countries and groups of people who would dearly have preferred to face tutting sorts of genocide over the kind that they experienced.

Update to the story.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/jk-rowling-inspired-play-critical-trans-views-move-venues

I don't suppose anyone here is able to attend?
In my wildest dreams I'd love to see JKR herself attend :)

So those three fools really thought this was a good career move for them? 🙄

I don't suppose anyone here is able to attend?
I could ask dd if she would like to go but I think she is still regretting the money she spent on "Tony Blair, The Musical" last year at the fringe.

They managed to get a last minute slot at a big four venue at the biggest arts festival in the world? Aye, right. Summhing’s aff.

Assembly venues are expensive so I usually only go there for shows I'm pretty sure about and while I might have tried it at St Stepehens I'm not sure enough to cough up for the Assembly. Maybe if they do a half-price preview.

I don’t understand the GB News story - what backlash? Criticism and some mocking is hardly a threat against the venue owner’s life, is it? Were the directors expecting adulation and negative press (also not really a “backlash”) has hurt their feelings?

There seems to be a lot of “putting two and two together to make nine” by the directors, when the venue seem to have made clear it’s the legal aspect they’re most concerned about.

I’m not going to protest their play and I doubt many others would bother either. Operation Let Them Speak does our job for us.

If it's a legal issue, I imagine it's defamation of some description. Someone has mentioned to them that a play called Terf Cunt about a billionaire with a team of lawyers on speed dial might not be the most watertight thing legally.

i'm mean, it's not as though she isn't motivated!

From the venue's point of view yes. But she wouldn't, would she? Operation Let Them Speak, and all that.

Have they actually cast JKR now?

Apparently so.

My money’s on Windy. He seems short of things to do these days other than kvetch on Xitter.

If they want to cast a bloke, I wondered about Lawrence Fox?

Yep, a London based Texan of 'a certain age' who has struggled to find find roles.

Yeah, she certainly picks and chooses when to act.

Can't help thinking JKR just turning up and sitting in the front row smiling would be the funniest response.

She might get arrested for eye rolling with intent.

MISS! MISS! SHE DID A MICROAGRESSION WITH HER EYELID

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/its-great-to-play-a-character-with-edge-the-texan-wholl-portray-jk-rowling-on-stage-0p2lrz6rl (archive)

https://archive.ph/tkXhB

article above.

I hope it gets made into a film and they get Faye Dunaway in the lead. Camp classic ahoy!

Lol wicked & bez😂

I think mediocre trans comedian Jen Ives did claim that GC women booked out the front row of Jen's show to intimidate and fail to laugh.

www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-fringe-hate-crime-row-27824825.amp

Ah yes, that will have been the issue

<nods wisely >

What better way to get publicity for your tawdry production then say you feel threatened? I do hope JK will go but I doubt it, she has better things to do with her time