Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
| Author | Graham Linehan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Eye Books |
Publication date | 2023 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 1785633066 |
Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy is a book by the Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist Graham Linehan.[1][2]
Linehan gives an account of his career as the co-creator or creator of the sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books, and The IT Crowd. He also describes the backlash he received when he began publicly criticising what he calls "gender ideology", which he says led to the breakdown of his marriage and lost him work in the television industry.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Carrell, Severin (15 August 2023). "Edinburgh arts venue axes Graham Linehan event after complaints". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
An arts venue in Edinburgh has cancelled an event featuring the gender-critical scriptwriter Graham Linehan after complaints from customers.
- ^ Sources covering Linehan's anti-transgender views:
- "NSW Liberal candidate likens anti-trans activism to opposing the Holocaust". The Guardian. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- Andrews, Penny (20 November 2020). Choose your fighter: Loyalty and fandom in the free speech culture wars. Manchester University Press. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-5261-5255-8. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022 – via www.manchesterhive.com.
...inviting anti-trans voices such as Graham Linehan or Kathleen Stock on to programmes or to write articles...
- "Harassers Use Substack Sign-Ups to Spam Trans People and Allies". The New York Observer. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- Burns, Katelyn (19 December 2019). "J. K. Rowling's transphobia is a product of British culture". Vox. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- Wakefield, Lily (1 December 2020). "Graham Linehan, booted from Twitter for hateful conduct, returns with fake 'trans guy' account". PinkNews. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- Horbury, Ezra; Yao, Christine (1 August 2020). "Empire and Eugenics: Trans Studies in the UK" (PDF). Transgender Studies Quarterly. 3 (7): 445–454. doi:10.1215/23289252-8553104. S2CID 229070549. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
This online transphobia has been spearheaded by former comedy writer Graham Lineham [sic]...
- Dalwood, Charlotte (6 January 2022). "The alt-internet of anti-trans activists". Rabble.ca. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- "The GOP 'grooming' smear is sparking a new wave of anti-LGBT+ violence". The Independent. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ "Graham Linehan: how my transgender views cost me my marriage". Irish Independent. 14 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
Rejection of his recent projects created financial uncertainty. This put an unbearable strain on his 16-year marriage to Helen Serafinowicz.
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