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Re: the female leads

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Nov 17, 2024
  • 1 min read

Stop asking me to portray them. If you think I should play Penelope, that's because you're sexualising me. If you think I should play Jo, you're just saying you don't like the lyrics and that you're too chicken to sing them. I write women well, but I'm not an actor. That was a way in which I was attempting to differentiate Tina from myself.

 
 
 

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