Prejudice
When I was incredibly young and innocent, I went to a folk festival with my family. I went into one of the venues to see an act that I had seen before. However, the MC announced that the person I wanted to see would be on a bit later than scheduled, as the act before her had arrived late.

Cue a "comedy" act consisting of a woman in a wheelchair moaning about how horrible and inconsiderate able bodied people were.

Bearing in mind that this was a family event, and she came on shouting about festival condoms, about a quarter of the audience left within the first few minutes, including me.

I later heard from the doorman that the comedian - I forget her name, but she called herself the "wild woman on wheels" - did not get heckled at all. Instead, the whole audience gradually walked out, leaving her on stage without a clue that there was nobody there, carrying on with her act. I heard the next year that she refused to return, telling the organisers that they were prejudiced against disabled people. She honestly didn't realise how shit she really was.

pop
(Pretty strangers and promises, Thu 6 Apr 2006, 19:35, Reply)