Brad Fraser (born June 28, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian playwright, screenwriter and cultural commentator. He is one of the most widely produced Canadian playwrights both in Canada and internationally. Fraser's plays typically feature a harsh yet comical view of contemporary life in Canada, including frank depictions of sexuality, drug use and violence. His work consistently inspires controversy, and his outspoken opinions have made him a media personality, especially for his criticism of the gay press and of theater critics.
If you talk to some people, they will tell you that I'm practically the father of the in-yer-face movement. I don't believe that. I didn't invent nudity, I didn't invent violence and I didn't invent theatrical imagery that disturbs as much as it pleases.
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What I've dealt with throughout my career is not a reluctance from the audience to embrace the work, but a reluctance from artistic directors who are speaking on behalf of their audiences. Quite often what's happening is that they are projecting their own discomfort into the audience.
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My whole career has been about standing up to people who want to censor me, and that started really early. If I didn't have the childhood and youth that I had, which was fairly combative, I don't think I would have been prepared to go in and fight those battles in the way I did.
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He was awarded the 1993 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for Unidentified Human Remains.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Retail
2009
TV Movie 2007 / teleplay
Queer as Folk
TV Series story - 8 episodes, 2003 - 2005 teleplay - 8 episodes, 2003 - 2005
Leaving Metropolis
2002
play "Poor Super Man"
Symposium: Ladder of Love
1996
Documentary
Love & Human Remains
1993
play "Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love" / screenplay
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Queer as Folk
TV Series co-producer - 12 episodes, 2004 supervising producer - 2 episodes, 2005
$700,000
