The gist of Martin McDonagh‘s recently-aired beef is that certain theatrical producers want words in his 2003 play The Pillowman, set for a revival presentation in London two months hence, so be diluted to as not to offend woke audience members.
McDonagh to BBC’s Today: “They wanted to make some words more palatable to them or what they think their audience is. It seems like governments are becoming increasingly more scared of dissenting voices,” which makes this “a very frightening time.”
McDonagh #2: Writers should “get off social media”, “stop checking the internet” and “go out and outrage.”
In other words theatrical producers are urging the same kind of sensitivity editing that has afflicted the publishing industry.