Frankie Boyle’s New Show Will Not Have A Disablist Title
I am as happy to read this as the people from Respond were. Thanks to them for sharing the info on Facebook.
Apparently Frankie Boyle’s new one-man show for Channel 4 was originally going to be titled Deal With This, Retards, but this title was later changed to the much less offensive Tramadol Nights. Ironically, it’s named after a painkiller!
I am not even going to start on the pain that is caused to me every time I think about disablist people like Frankie Boyle being allowed anywhere near an audience. For more information, just ask the wonderful Sharon Smith. The only way to kill that pain would be to take Frankie Boyle and all others like him out of the spotlight forever.
Frankie Boyle claims that the title was changed because Channel 4 felt that advertisers might be put off by the original one.
Advertisers, and disabled viewers, Mr Boyle. But hang on- you lost all those already when you upset Sharon Smith!
Channel 4 must also have realised that running a show with such a disablist title while promoting Paralympic sport really wouldn’t have been the best of ideas.
Anyway, I see this as a small victory for all those of us who fight against disablism. It should be celebrated!
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Put off the advertisers? Whatever next?!
The fact is, disappointing or offending thousands of viewers should be good enough, but I guess that just not ‘sexy’ is it? Let’s spice things up and pretend it’s all about money? Oh, it is all about money…?
Taxi!!
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Erm… You forgot to mention that Tramadol is used to treat disabilities like RSL, and Fibromyalgia which I would class as disabilities, so the title, while not offensive, is still disablist.
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Thank you for your comments Benjamin. I didn’t know that Tramadol is used to treat those disabilities.
Thank you for pointing this out.
Lets say then that the new title is not as obviously disablist as the original one would have been.
Best wishes
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leave frankie alone.
by the way tramadol isn’t just used to treat disabilities its also used recreationally by people like me to get wrecked and hide from my life (occasionally) 🙂 lol hahahhaahha
GO OOOOooon frankie!
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