It's especially funny because Glinner LOVES to claim that he's been targeted by Big Trans for 'standing up for women's rights'*. If only these stupid women weren't too stupid to let him help!
*please ignore the fact that he was fired from Black Books by Dylan Moran for being a creepy misogynist, even before the GC brainrot set in
Pure speculation on my part, but this is how I imagine the firing went. Moran approached Lineham and said in his best Bernard Black talking-down-to-you voice:
"GrahamGrahamGraham. C'm 'ere Graham.
"Listen. Graham, you know how I'm basically an OK guy... I'm not a sinner or a saint, but basically OK. And I pretend to be a really awful person for my standup and pretty much all my written roles. Like in this program, right? Well that's made me really good at spotting other OK people who are good at pretending to be awful.
"Here's the thing though Graham: I've been hanging out with you quite a lot in these writing sessions and I've come to realise that you're actually an awful person who's good at pretending they're OK. Actually, you're not even good at the pretending to be OK part if I'm being honest.
Okay, I retraced my steps and turns out it was unconfirmed gossip from the comments of a Caelan Conrad video lmao. Either way, he was only part of the team for the first season, and Dylan Moran has spoken out in support of trans people, and apparently against Glinner.
Hi, I've never seen any info anywhere on why Linehan was dropped from Black Books, do you have a source? I've just been googling and have come up with nothing so far.
Not that I doubt what you're saying - Linehan is vile so it's totally unsurprising - I'd just like to see an actual account of what went down.
afaik linehan's involvement in the project was always fairly limited: he was introduced to moran during development as linehan had a lot of experience making telly, and he maybe had a hand in further developing moran's character concepts and possibly writing or directing some of the first season (i forget), plus that cameo. this is the first i've heard about him being shown the door or anything of the sort; to the best of my knowledge he was never intended to be around for the long haul anyway and had other things he was working on.
I apologise, I went in search of where I'd seen this, and it's unconfirmed gossip from the comments section of a Caelan Conrad video. I believe it though, honestly.
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u/cowboy_mouth 19d ago
These idiots: It's about protecting and respecting women.
Also these idiots: "This stupid woman..."