Twitterstorms
Just a quick note picking up on some of my thoughts today. Late last night on Twitter, one of the lovely young men from Heartstopper felt obliged to out himself following some appalling bullying around his authenticity for the role he had played. Made me very sad that something so joyful has led to such personal traumas for these talented young people. Of course, the nastiness of human nature has always been there ( See The Crucible! ) , but the scale and immediacy of the social media age makes it all so much sharper. While many many people have leapt to his defence, the damage has been done, not to his reputation which I am sure will be unaffected, but for his wellbeing and for future actors thinking about taking on groundbreaking roles. There is so much still to do if a teenager feels pressurised to reveal stuff that is no-one's business but his own. Then today, one of his co-stars was revealed to have got a starring role in a new Marve...