Ragged Little Pill
‘Jagged Little Pill’ Producers and Actor Address Controversy, Key Changes Around Gender Non-Conforming Character
“The issue around Jo’s gender and whether they identified broadly as non-binary, as another more specific gender identity or at all, was raised as the show made its way from a Boston to Broadway stage. The character was played by Lauren Patten, a cisgender woman, but Jagged Little Pill also directly referenced that Jo at the very least wasn’t a cisgender woman or man, with the character using they/them pronouns and having their identity invalidated by various people around them, among other narrative points. Many at the time labeled Jo as non-binary, though that identity label had never been explicitly attached to the character in the show."
Can someone explain this to me? Tell me what it means to the average human being. Explain this to me in real-world language, not the tongue only spoken in publications like Slate, The NY Times, The Guardian, and in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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Focus on the line that says the show is coming to Bway.