PERSPECTA

News from every angle

Results for "I Swear"

48 stories found

I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye
CultureThe Guardian1mo ago

I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye

By failing to remove John Davidson’s tic from the broadcast, editors let down both black and disabled people I attended the Bafta awards on Sunday. And I arrived early enough to hear the Tourette syndrome (TS) campaigner John Davidson, on whom the biographical film I Swear is based, be introduced. He stood up to wave and take in the applause, and we were told that due to his TS, we might expect to hear involuntary vocal outbursts, known as tics, and that we should understand that the Baftas a...

BAFTA Says It Takes “Full Responsibility” & Apologizes To Michael B Jordan And Delroy Lindo In Statement Following Slur Incident  
Culturetimes-ukvarietyhollywood-reporter+3deadlinetmznme1mo ago6 sources

BAFTA Says It Takes “Full Responsibility” & Apologizes To Michael B Jordan And Delroy Lindo In Statement Following Slur Incident  

BAFTA has released its first statement this afternoon addressing last night’s incident, where a racial slur was used when Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. Read the statement in full below. “We take full responsibility for putting our guests in a very difficult situation, and we apologise to all,” BAFTA said in a […]

Film 'I Swear' Explores Tourette's Syndrome and Humor in Cinemas
Culturehelsingin-sanomatnossvenska-dagbladet15d ago3 sources

Film 'I Swear' Explores Tourette's Syndrome and Humor in Cinemas

The film 'I Swear,' which tells the true story of John Davidson, a man with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, is now playing in Dutch cinemas. The movie explores the challenges and humor associated with Tourette's, raising questions about societal perceptions and laughter.

Breaking Baz: Furious Outcry Over Tourette’s N-Word Outburst At BAFTAs Could Be A Teachable Moment
CultureNPRAl Jazeeranos+6SCMPtelexpolitikendeadlineDaily Sabahnme1mo ago9 sources

Breaking Baz: Furious Outcry Over Tourette’s N-Word Outburst At BAFTAs Could Be A Teachable Moment

Can we please talk? There’s an ongoing outcry over John Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner portrayed with empathy by double BAFTA recipient Robert Aramayo in the movie I Swear, and his unfortunate, involuntary eruption of the most offensive racial slur when Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were performing presenting duties during Sunday’s ceremony in London. […]

Baylen Dupree Defends John Davidson After BAFTA Incident: “Can You Imagine How Heartbreaking It Is To Say Something That You Don’t Mean?
Culturevarietydeadline1mo ago2 sources

Baylen Dupree Defends John Davidson After BAFTA Incident: “Can You Imagine How Heartbreaking It Is To Say Something That You Don’t Mean?

Baylen Dupree, the eponymous star of TLC’s Baylen Out Loud, the biggest freshman cable hit last year, is a young woman who suffers from Tourette’s. Dupree knows a thing or two about how the disease is perceived and she has used her platform to defend John Davidson, the subject of the movie I Swear, after the […]

‘Sinners’ Production Designer Hannah Beachler Decries BAFTA’s “Throw-Away” On-Stage Apology After N-Word Outburst
Culturedeadline1mo ago

‘Sinners’ Production Designer Hannah Beachler Decries BAFTA’s “Throw-Away” On-Stage Apology After N-Word Outburst

Sinners production designer Hannah Beachler has criticized Alan Cumming’s on-stage apology after the N-word was shouted by a Tourette’s campaigner during the BAFTA Film Awards. Cumming briefly paused the ceremony twice to acknowledge the involuntary shouting from Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson, who is the subject of biopic I Swear. Davidson was sat in the audience […]

BAFTAs Host Alan Cumming Asks for ‘Understanding’ as Tourette Syndrome Campaigner John Davidson Shouts ‘Strong Language’ and Slurs at Winners and Presenters
Culturevariety1mo ago

BAFTAs Host Alan Cumming Asks for ‘Understanding’ as Tourette Syndrome Campaigner John Davidson Shouts ‘Strong Language’ and Slurs at Winners and Presenters

BAFTA Film Awards host Alan Cumming thanked the audience for their understanding on Sunday night after a number of outbursts from Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson during the show. Davidson, who is the inspiration for BAFTA-nominated movie “I Swear,” was diagnosed with the syndrome at the age of 25. His symptoms, which first began when he […]