top of page

No means no, or: Tina is dead, long live Amanda

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • May 4, 2023
  • 2 min read

No, no greatest hits series. I refuse. I'm not doing it. -


NEVER. Stop fucking with me about this: I've said no, and that's what I've said.


I'm not the one trying to get paid for your benefit. No, I'm trying to do the projects I actually care about.


The acting isn't healthy for me. I'm not doing it. Nothing can persuade me, and I think anyone who thinks they're likely to 'fix' me is actually just exploiting an insane person.


That's the truth. -


I'm not doing it. Stop asking.


Seriously, that clause = no series. I refuse to use my original songs on the Tina show, therefore there is no show.


That's how serious I am. That's me the businesswoman telling you the pros to fuck off or fund Shipwrecked.


That is the only option I'm offering. 🐸 - Snark: I don't care how butthurt my critics are, the series doesn't exist to satisfy their selfish desires to promote their brands and businesses. That's why I've refused. 👍 It's not my fault that Covid decimated the tertiary and hospitality/tourism sectors -- maybe they should have been nicer when they were rich and I was poor, rather than trying to butter me up now that I'm still poor, but I've written something that might allow them to maintain their outrageous wealth. They can buy that script when I've published my book, use their own initiative and their own songs, and then make a series that satisfies them (while paying me a small royalty). - No live act. No tours. No gigs. I'm not interested. Start hanging out with me or leave me alone.


That's my threat. If you're my friend, then be my friend. If you want to jam with me, hit me up, but I warn you that I'm not keen to gig. I much prefer using my brain to make money than my music.

 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
To Andrew Little

Briefly: I know what you did, and you might be liable. Admit that you and Chippy overreacted in '22 and '23. Covered your arse, but forgot that the police are separate. - As the minister for the NZ

 
 
 
Why won't I sign an NDA?

They exist to protect businesses from risk, not employees. The Beatles project is out in the open, and it's an IP that everyone has an opinion on. It seems like Sony were using their PR machine to ba

 
 
 
Quips

People keep focussing on the theatre part of musicals; let's focus on the music. - Scores that are as good as the old warhorses. An expectation that actors and singers should know a thing or two abo

 
 
 

1 Comment


Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
May 04, 2023

Yes, I have some savings, but so did Carmen and Georgina. Trans lady with a trust fund is a trope in NZ politics. Which is probably a sign of how downtrodden the average trans person without such privilege truly is. It takes having 'fuck you' money to say fuck you to the vox pop. 🐸

Like
bottom of page