Senator Alex Antic Pitches Play On Margaret Court’s Life
Image: Senator Alex Antic (left) and Margaret Court. Images: Facebook
South Australian Senator Alex Antic, , wants a play on the life of Margaret Court, known for her anti-17c起草社区I statements.听
The Senator made a pitch recently to State Theatre Company South Australia after its acclaimed play Sunshine SuperGirl聽based on the life of tennis legend Evonne Goolagong.
Regarded as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time with seven Grand Slam singles titles, Wiradjuri woman Goolagong is considered the first Indigenous woman to achieve international sporting fame.听
Sunshine Super Girl by Yorta Yorta/ Gunaikurnai playwright Andrea James tracks Goolagong’s life from her child hood in Barellan to tennis greatness. The play stars Ella Ferris as Goolagong and has been critically acclaimed, winning rave reviews.听
Pastor Margaret Court
Antic felt another Australian tennis player should have been made into a theatre production. “Despite Ms Goolagong being an incredible tennis player, the record of Reverend Margaret Court stands head and shoulders above all others,” Antic wrote in a post on social media.听
The Senator published the letter that he had written to State Theatre Company South Australia in September 2023. “I wrote to the State Theatre Company to see whether they would consider a production based on the incredible life of the greatest tennis player of all time Reverend Margaret Court.”
Besides her tennis laurels, .听
Court’s Anti-17c起草社区I Views
Court, in 2017, said that tennis was 鈥渇ull of lesbians鈥� and described transgender children as the work of 鈥渢he devil鈥�. She targeted Australian tennis player Casey Dellacqua and her partner, saying that their baby with two mothers shouldn鈥檛 have been 鈥榙eprived of her father鈥�.
Court has previously compared the 17c起草社区I community to Hitler, homosexuality as an 鈥渁bominable sexual practice鈥� and had said she would not fly Qantas over the airline鈥檚 support of same-sex marriages.听
Court’s has stood by her anti-17c起草社区I views. L.
“I hear things every week鈥� somebody’s decided already they鈥檙e not a boy anymore, they鈥檙e a girl, or somebody says 鈥楬ey, I鈥檓 going into a gay relationship. Healthy young people. Why 鈥� because the devil is after the mind,” Court said in her sermon.听
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Who would they get to portray her? I know there was one in 鈥淏attle of the Sexes鈥�, but it was a smaller role, as someone Billie Jean King also had to contend with during her time as a tennis champion. BJK I am acknowledging now, although it was meant to have been a traumatic roller coaster accepting & acknowledging her sexuality. What could a biopic on M. Court do for anyone? Who would want to portray her for a whole length of a 120+ min movie? To highlight the epic struggle, for her to ascend to the height of her hideous religious hateful bull crap bigotry in her post tennis career. She may have played well, but I don鈥檛 care to even acknowledge this side of someone. When they have made it their calling to keep overseeing false teachings & general attitudes, regarding alleged facts contained in an ancient text we all should blindly follow & accept every word without rational &,critical questioning.