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‘Ticked-Off ->-bleeped-<-s’ Actor Responds to Controversy

Started by Shana A, March 27, 2010, 08:43:48 AM

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March 27, 2010, 08:43:48 AM
'Ticked-Off ->-bleeped-<-s' Actor Responds to Controversy
By DAVE ITZKOFF

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/ticked-off-->-bleeped-<-s-actor-responds-to-controversy/

Earlier, ArtsBeat reported on a dispute over the film "Ticked-Off ->-bleeped-<-s With Knives," which the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and others have demanded be removed from the lineup of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Krystal Summers, one of the stars of the comedy, has now weighed in on the debate. In a statement, the actor writes:

    I am a transgender woman and one of the lead actors in "Ticked-Off ->-bleeped-<-s With Knives." Our film does not promote hate or violence against transgender women. It is not a documentary, but a work of fiction and a revenge fantasy. I would never partake in a project that made light of the appalling acts of hate that we, as transgender women, encounter nearly every day.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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