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| In '']'', ] wrote: "Jackie possesses a lovely singing voice and the honed acting skills of a veteran performer, plus the tragic story of her Jewish civil rights campaigner father and her black Jamaican mother, who was wrongly confined to a mental institution in the US, is worth a show in itself. Jackie is also very funny and frank about her own bolshy nature."<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news |last=Sayle|first=Alexei|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/nov/19/alexei-sayle-cultural-highlights|title=On my radar: Alexei Sayle’s cultural highlights|work= |location= |publisher='']''|date=19 November 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> Linguist and philosopher ] said: "I wholeheartedly support the right of anyone to criticise Israel without being branded antisemitic. That goes in particular for Jackie Walker".<ref name="thejc1">{{cite news |last=Sugarman|first=Daniel|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jackie-walker-compares-her-labour-suspension-for-alleged-antisemitism-to-a-lynching-1.439987|title=Jackie Walker compares her Labour suspension for alleged antisemitism to a 'lynching'|work= |location= |publisher='']''|date=14 June 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> | In '']'', ] wrote: "Jackie possesses a lovely singing voice and the honed acting skills of a veteran performer, plus the tragic story of her Jewish civil rights campaigner father and her black Jamaican mother, who was wrongly confined to a mental institution in the US, is worth a show in itself. Jackie is also very funny and frank about her own bolshy nature."<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news |last=Sayle|first=Alexei|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/nov/19/alexei-sayle-cultural-highlights|title=On my radar: Alexei Sayle’s cultural highlights|work= |location= |publisher='']''|date=19 November 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> Linguist and philosopher ] said: "I wholeheartedly support the right of anyone to criticise Israel without being branded antisemitic. That goes in particular for Jackie Walker".<ref name="thejc1">{{cite news |last=Sugarman|first=Daniel|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jackie-walker-compares-her-labour-suspension-for-alleged-antisemitism-to-a-lynching-1.439987|title=Jackie Walker compares her Labour suspension for alleged antisemitism to a 'lynching'|work= |location= |publisher='']''|date=14 June 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> | ||
| According to Lee Levitt of '']'' the show is an attempt "justify the views that have made her a controversial figure". Levitt wrote that the opening of her Edinburgh Fringe Show, was greeted witg applause by the audience.<ref name="thejc3">{{cite news |last=Levitt|first=Lee|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jackie-walker-in-edinburgh-1.442461|title=Jackie Walker in Edinburgh: cheers and a standing ovation|work= |location= |publisher='']''|date=6 August 2017|accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> In the '']'' Bernadette Hyland described it as "a story which Walker brings to life using song and readings" and "a shocking and sorrowful narrative as we follow her mother and siblings from the US to Jamaica and finally to Britain".<ref name="morningstaronline"/> | |||
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For the article about a premeditated extrajudicial killing by a group, see Lynching.| The Lynching: What They Wouldn't Let Jackie Walker Tell You | |
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| Written by | Jackie Walker |
| Date premiered | 4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) |
| Original language | English |
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The Lynching: What They Wouldn't Let Jackie Walker Tell You is a 2017 one-person play by British activist Jackie Walker.
Reception
In The Guardian, Alexei Sayle wrote: "Jackie possesses a lovely singing voice and the honed acting skills of a veteran performer, plus the tragic story of her Jewish civil rights campaigner father and her black Jamaican mother, who was wrongly confined to a mental institution in the US, is worth a show in itself. Jackie is also very funny and frank about her own bolshy nature." Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky said: "I wholeheartedly support the right of anyone to criticise Israel without being branded antisemitic. That goes in particular for Jackie Walker".
According to Lee Levitt of The Jewish Chronicle the show is an attempt "justify the views that have made her a controversial figure". Levitt wrote that the opening of her Edinburgh Fringe Show, was greeted witg applause by the audience. In the Morning Star Bernadette Hyland described it as "a story which Walker brings to life using song and readings" and "a shocking and sorrowful narrative as we follow her mother and siblings from the US to Jamaica and finally to Britain".
See also
References
- ^ Hyland, Bernadette (25 January 2017). "Theatre Review Pointed polemic from suspended Labour activist". Morning Star. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Sayle, Alexei (19 November 2017). "On my radar: Alexei Sayle's cultural highlights". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Sugarman, Daniel (14 June 2017). "Jackie Walker compares her Labour suspension for alleged antisemitism to a 'lynching'". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Levitt, Lee (6 August 2017). "Jackie Walker in Edinburgh: cheers and a standing ovation". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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