Maureen Lipman: Cancel culture could wipe out comedy

[deptfordmarmoset]

To be fair, they tried to cast the Invisible Man with a real invisible one but nobody showed up at the audition.

 

[Fab Foodie]

To be fair, they tried to cast the Invisible Man with a real invisible one but nobody showed up at the audition.

You've excelled yourself!

 

[Mugshot]

Ms Lipman is now objecting to Helen Mirren playing Golda Meir in a biopic of the latter.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...-casting-of-helen-mirren-as-former-israeli-pm

Seems to suggest Gentiles cannot play Jews...

Is she trying to get her cancelled?

 

[matticus]

How dare John Hurt play the Elephant Man when he's not even an elephant?

OK, sherioushly now: I'm also totally against the "lived experience" thing, or that a Catholic can't play a Proddie character. etc.

But flippin' heck this thread is turning into self-parody now isn't it? Lipman is hardly the first to object to this sort of casting (see numerous examples in the Fab Guardian article); persons of acting talent and colour have been all over it for years, then there are the gay and disabled communities ....
So I guess Lipman's name is on the wall - the NACA un-cool wall. No doubt her PR guy has head-in-hands.

 

[Mugshot]

OK, sherioushly now: I'm also totally against the "lived experience" thing, or that a Catholic can't play a Proddie character. etc.

But flippin' heck this thread is turning into self-parody now isn't it? Lipman is hardly the first to object to this sort of casting (see numerous examples in the Fab Guardian article); persons of acting talent and colour have been all over it for years, then there are the gay and disabled communities ....
So I guess Lipman's name is on the wall - the NACA un-cool wall. No doubt her PR guy has head-in-hands.

Perhaps it's more the hypocrisy.

 

[Deleted member 28]

You'll be telling us next Dawn French isn't religious?

This forum really is dire!

Hilariously entertainment though.

 

[newfhouse]

To be fair, they tried to cast the Invisible Man with a real invisible one but nobody showed up at the audition.

I didn’t see that one coming.

 

[Mugshot]

You'll be telling us next Dawn French isn't religious?

This forum really is dire!

Hilariously entertainment though.

You do understand that people aren't supporting Lipman don't you?

 

[Deleted member 28]

You do understand that people aren't supporting Lipman don't you?

You for real, I'm attempting to take the piss!

 

[theclaud]

You'll be telling us next Dawn French isn't religious?

This forum really is dire!

Hilariously entertainment though.

 

[Mugshot]

You for real, I'm attempting to take the piss!
I can feel you humping again!

You on the sauce early? You appear to have no idea who you're replying to, again.

 

[Deleted member 28]

You do understand that people aren't supporting Lipman don't you?

How dare John Hurt play the Elephant Man when he's not even an elephant?

Did you ask this fella the same question?

 

[theclaud]

You for real, I'm attempting to take the piss!

Have you thought about getting better at it?

 

[Deleted member 28]

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Who's rattled your gherkin?

 

[newfhouse]

Where does this stop?

In a similar vein, can a one-legged man play Tarzan?

View: https://youtu.be/lbnkY1tBvMU