Sex-crazed little people

12 July 2006

"This is just another example of the media ridiculing the lives of people of restricted growth, who are already disadvantaged."

Sex-crazed little people
12 July 2006

"This is just another example of the media ridiculing the lives of people of restricted growth, who are already disadvantaged."

Irvine Welsh is in trouble again.

Irvine Welsh is celebrating a noisy addition to the list of interest groups offended by his literary oeuvre. A month shy of its European premier, disabled rights groups have launched an unlikely campaign against the Scottish author's play Babylon Heights.

The show, which opens in Dublin, portrays the backstage "debauchery" of four of the "dwarfs" who played Munchkins in the film The Wizard of Oz. It has caused offence on two fronts. Disability groups reckon the script is disrespectful, citing PR bumf that describes: "wild Munchkin sex orgies, drunken behaviour and general dwarf debauchery".

They are also upset by the decision not to cast disabled actors in title roles. Instead, the set will feature over-sized furniture.

Supporters of the Restricted Growth Association, Britain's biggest such group, plan to picket theatres in protest at the play.

[via Bookslut]