UNOFFICIAL KULTURE
SHANNON MATTHEWS: THE MUSICAL... THE MOVIE
RELEASE DATE: 15-11-24
Foul-mouthed mother-from-hell Karen Matthews is fed up being a nobody, until she hatches a cunning plan for a shot at the big time.
Hen-pecked common-law husband Craig Meehan has an unhealthy obsession with his laptop.
Simple-minded uncle Michael Donovan just wants to fill the void left by his two daughters getting taken into care.
Stereotypical Yorkshire copper D.I. Radgitt faces a race against time to unravel the web of lies and find the missing girl, little Shannon Matthews, aged 9.
This is Shannon Matthews: The Musical… The Movie, an irreverent, potty-mouthed, black comedy sing-along of one of the UK’s most bizarre true-crime cases. It's coming to Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play and Vudu on 15th November 2024.
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Shannon Matthews: The Musical... The Movie is a new, independent, true-crime, dark comedy musical film based on the events surrounding the disappearance of little Shannon Matthews, aged 9, in Dewsbury, Yorkshire in 2008.
Shannon Matthews: The Musical... The Movie showcases new alternative comedy at its anarchic best, casting Mother-from-hell Karen Matthews as a classic sitcom lead in the vein of Brent, Fawlty, Barley and Tyrell - eccentric, delusional and odious but utterly compelling. The language used is brutal and outrageous, while the dark humour of the plot, the staged kidnapping of Karen’s daughter in an attempt to cash in on the reward money and the subsequent police search, is even more ridiculous and unbelievable for being based on real events. The whole shebang is punctuated with indefensible, toe-tapping earworms like 'Shannon Ain't Dead (She's Under My Bed), 'Different Dads' and 'I've Got A Plan (Based On Maddie McCann)'. La La Land it most definitely is not.
Shannon Matthews: The Musical started life as an audio CD, written, recorded and released independently in 2010 by internet comedy songwriter and performer Kunt and the Gang. Off the back off an unexpected sell-out revival performance by the Tuppence Ha'penny Theatre Company at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022, the film was crowdfunded, with backers' pledges giving the production a budget of £26,000. Shannon Matthews: The Musical... The Movie was filmed predominantly on location in Yorkshire and produced by a cast and crew of independent, undiscovered talent, led by Yorkshire-based director/actor Samantha Hindman. It was co-produced by Kunt and the Gang, who after a 20-year underground career making comedy songs and internet videos, is now best known for his punk band The Kunts' recent unlikely chart hits Boris Johnson is a Fucking Cunt, Boris Johnson is STILL a Fucking Cunt and Prince Andrew is a Sweaty Nonce.
The media and public's continued obsession with the case, juxtaposed with the flippant jollity in which the film rattles through the often bleak, yet utterly ridiculous subject matter, suggests the potential to make Shannon Matthews: The Musical... The Movie one of the most talked about films of this, or indeed any year.
CAST
Karen Matthews - Samantha Hindman
DI Radgitt - Rob Kirtley
Craig Meehan - Joseph McCallum
Michael Donovan - Will Murray
P.C. World - Adam Fletcher
FOR FULL CAST AND CREDITS SEE:
IMDB
LIST OF SONGS:
1. Can't Work, Wont Work (Karen Matthews and Craig Meehan)
2. I've Got A Plan (Based On Maddie McCann) (Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan)
3. Shannon, Shannon (Where Can You Be?) (Karen Matthews and DI Radgitt)
4. You're Always On The Web (Karen Matthews and Craig Meehan)
5. Different Dads (Karen Matthews and Craig Meehan)
6. P.O.P.U.L.A.R. (Karen Matthews)
7. Shannon Ain't Dead (She's Under My Bed) (Michael Donovan, DI Radgitt and PC World)
8. You're A Paedophile (DI Radgitt, Craig Meehan and Karen Matthews)
9. Medley - It Were Nothing To Do With Me / Shannon Shannon (Living In My Flat) (Karen Matthews, Michael Donovan and The Cast)
10. Two Of A Kind (Karen Matthews and Craig Meehan)
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT SHANNON MATTHEWS: THE MUSICAL... THE MOVIE:
THE STAR - 'I saw Amazon's sick Shannon Matthews musical movie - these were most offensive bits
THE STAR - Warped Shannon Matthews musical branded 'sick and bang out of order'
THE DAILY MAIL - Shannon Matthews musical is blasted as 'sick' and 'out of order'
THE MIRROR - 'Sick' Shannon Matthews the Musical film slammed as 'cruel and sadistic' before release
METRO - Musical movie about fake kidnapping of Shannon Matthews branded ‘sick’
SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS - Shannon Matthews: The Musical hailed 'funniest film ever' as controversial Fringe show hits screens
YORKSHIRE LIVE - 'Sick' Shannon Matthews the Musical film slammed as 'cruel and sadistic'
THE STAR - Fella behind 'sick' Shannon Matthews musical slams 'Karens' and says stick to Ed Sheeran
THE STAR - 'Sick' Shannon Matthews musical boss names show's best song - and why it's not offensive
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Positive online reactions to Shannnon Matthews: The Musical... The Movie:
"If you get the chance to see this splendid movie do so. You will not regret it."
pledge7, IMDB User
"Surely the funniest film of the year!"
cliff-smogo, IMDB User
"A modern classic in the making. If you read the Daily Fail or other rightwing rag equivalent , you'll hate it."
teknobird, IMDB User
"Look over your shoulder Book of Mormon."
kickingpigeons-21855, IMDB User
"Enjoyable and hilarious... Will end up as a cult classic."
nick-leeds, IMDB User
"I can honestly say this was the funniest film I have ever seen."
zkkf-03685, IMDB User
"...Didn't stop laughing all the way through."
andrewrayner-38250, IMDB User
"If there was any justice in this world, this film should reach a Rocky Horror Picture Show status."
rileyelfuk, IMDB User
Negative online reactions to Shannnon Matthews: The Musical... The Movie:
"There is nothing funny about this at all."
Icancopealone Mumsnet User
"OMG this is so tasteless. They'll be doing Lucy Letby the musical next."
Gettingbysomehow Mumsnet User
"God, how tasteless and crass."
Lentilweaver, Mumsnet User
"I can't possibly fathom why anyone would find that remotely funny!"
Nursemumma92, Mumsnet User
"I’ve got a very dark sense of humour but this is a step to far."
TheDowagerCountessofPembroke, Mumsnet User
"What the creators of this lack the self-awareness to see, is that it's actually just another case of pretentious 'artsy' types sneering at the lowly working/benefits class."
Sethera, Mumsnet User
"Making entertainment and profiting from a young girls abuse is unfunny, crass and insensitive."
Fizzbossshoes, Mumsnet User
"Child abuse is never funny."
Newterm, Mumsnet User
"Is this real???
Who are the utter scumbags who think child abuse is entertaining?
And more importantly, what's wrong with these people?"
Threewheeler1, Mumsnet User
"That poor girl must have permanent trauma, a fear of confined spaces and huge trust issues.
If the sick 'composers' do make any money they should give every penny to Shannon Matthews."
Boobygravy, Mumsnet User
"I've a fairly thick skin, and not easily offended, but making a mockery of a child being abused and held hostage is just abhorrent."
BodyKeepingScore, Mumsnet User
"Funny how they don’t make a musical about the posh kids who’ve gone missing."
PersephonePotts, Mumsnet User
"How anyone could consider this funny is beyond me."
TopG77, Mumsnet User
"Think we need to have a long hard look about true crime as entertainment and where this has taken us."
PattiLupone12, Mumsnet User