A Dolly Parton musical has sparked homophobic abuse from some members of the audience who were apparently surprised to discover that the show included a gay character.Pink NewsBy Chantelle BillsonFebruary 10, 2025Here You Come Again, a musical about Parton, featuring her hits such as “I Will Always Love You” and “Jolene”, was staged at the Opera House Manchester for five nights, ending on Saturday (8 February).Taking to TikTok, Steven Webb, who stars as comedian and Parton fan Kevin, opposite Tricia Paoluccio as the the singer, wrote: “The amount of audience members we have had to eject due to homophobia is insane.”During the final performance, one person was removed from the auditorium for “shouting out slurs”. The show had been stopped on Wednesday “because a woman was so disgusted that there was a gay character on stage”.[...]London was the worst’“This is a Dolly Parton musical, first of all. It’s just me and Dolly Parton on stage, my character and Dolly Parton. London was the worst, which is crazy to me.“I remember one guy who was shouting the F slur, he was like: ‘I’m not here to watch some f***ing f****t talk about his boyfriend, I just want to see Dolly Parton’. And it’s like, ‘It’s a Dolly Parton musical, mate. It’s going to be a little bit gay, obviously’.“It has really opened my eyes because we are in such a bubble in this industry. But travelling the country and seeing how many people cannot bear to see a gay person depicted on stage, it’s wild.”
It is more than wild... it is disgusting that there are people who are willing to stop a play because they are so homophobic. They were always there but sociality suppressed them but now they have been given green lights by Trump, Putin, Orbán, Duda, and other fascist world leaders.
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