Casting a puppet as an autistic child is a grotesque step backwards | Frances Ryan

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A new play about autism has sparked a row by using an inanimate figure pulled by strings in the central role, while the other characters are played by humans

 

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Agree that puppet offensive (to some, not me) but how can it be ‘a punch in the stomach to watch’ when the play hasn’t yet opened and you haven’t watched it? If it turns out to be offensive, then condemn it. Watch it first.

I won't even listen to the justifications. I take it they also cast puppets for, say, aliens, superheroes? JustAThought

Might it be wise to actually watch the play before publishing damning op-eds on ?

i dunno, conceptually it seems to make sense?

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