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A young employee, Eli (Oliver Tapp), is sacked from his sales job for his intimidatory social media posts outside work to ex-girlfriend Carina. She subsequently reported him to his employer. He is angry and aggrieved and seeks her out for an explanation, but she keeps blocking him. Short of rent...

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A young employee, Eli (Oliver Tapp), is sacked from his sales job for his intimidatory social media posts outside work to ex-girlfriend Carina. She subsequently reported him to his employer. He is angry and aggrieved and seeks her out for an explanation, but she keeps blocking him. Short of rent money and in a dark place, he finds an extremist, Naz (Bailey Griffiths, who wears a black wolf’s mask and has his voice distorted), online.

The extremist pushes Eli to get his own back – to going down the path of retribution. In fact, Naz, a virgin with a low opinion of himself, has mass destruction in his sights in pushing for male domination. At the same time, Eli is back onto dating app Hinge, although that is not working for him either. He is constantly getting knocked back because potential matches see him as not tall enough. He is 5 foot 10 and the question that is constantly fired at him is whether he is 6 feet.

This is an interrogation of female-hating subcultures, with a specific focus on the incel.

The predatory online tactics used to recruit boys in the 12- to 16-year-old age bracket is something the playwright has sat on for some time. The incel community gets to the young and the susceptible. It pushes radicalism. When asked who he would like to see Blackbill., Hansen is unequivocal. “Young boys, disaffected boys, disillusioned boys, frustrated boys with no-one to reason that frustration with except other frustrated boys,” Hansen says.

Hansen goes on to say that “the show is a call to action – a reminder that we accept the standard we walk past”. “If we don’t loudly and openly advocate for positive masculinity, there are other voices out there that can draw in impressionable minds.”

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An interview with Chris Patrick Hansen, the director of the recent incel-themed play "Blackpill"

https://www.theatreworks.org.au/post/in-conversation-with-chris-patrick-hansen-blackpill Q. What should audiences expect when they come to see BLACKPILL.? A. BLACKPILL. is an interrogation of online female-hating subcultures, with a specific focus on the incel (involuntary celibate - or...

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[theanty]

what the hell is this

 

[theanty]

ex-girlfriend Carina

and this is supposed to be some kind of incel drama?

 

[Emba]

and this is supposed to be some kind of incel drama?

Are you impressed?

 

[Antorian]

Why do they always put NORMIE SEXHAVERS as incels in their goyslop?

 

[Mr.Breb]

Why do they always put NORMIE SEXHAVERS as incels in their goyslop?

I remember an interview with an "ex-incel" and the interviewed said he had been in a relationship

 

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Why do they always put NORMIE SEXHAVERS as incels in their goyslop?

"The Last Incel review – the hate, horror and comedy that lurk online" / Soy play meant to raise awareness on "incel ideology"

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/may/18/the-last-incel-review-pleasance-theatre Pleasance theatre, London Jamie Sykes’ queasily entertaining play dramatizes the contemptible views found in ‘incel’ forums – but also elicits sympathy for its characters, whose loathing is directed inwards as...

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They did the same thing in another play. Makes their concerns completely illegitimate when they can't even cast the roles correctly.