Is Fun Home kid appropriate?

Good For Ages: 17 and up. I’ll use the MPAA’s (flawed, and somewhat bigoted, but appropriate here) rating age, because although there is no violence, there is definitely nudity and sexual acts present. This is an adult book, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.

How old is Alison in Fun Home?

around 8 years old
SMALL ALISON – Alison Bechdel as a child, around 8 years old when we meet her. Precocious and opinionated.

Is fun home a banned book?

2019. At a public meeting, two parents expressed their shock about sexually explicit illustrations in this coming-of-age graphic novel. They asked that the book be removed from the Watchung Hills (NJ) 12th-grade curriculum.

Where did Alison Bechdel go to high school?

She has two brothers, Bruce “Christian” Bechdel II and John Bechdel, a keyboard player who has worked with many bands including Fear Factory, Ministry, Prong and Killing Joke. Bechdel left high school a year early and earned her A.A. in 1979 from Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

Where did Alison Bechdel live as a child?

Photograph: Prudence Upton The scene is set in the family home in small-town Pennsylvania, where Alison spent her childhood but also where her parents ran the family business, the Bechdel Funeral Home.

What is the setting of the Bechdel Funeral Home?

The scene is set in the family home in small-town Pennsylvania, where Alison spent her childhood but also where her parents ran the family business, the Bechdel Funeral Home.

Who are the actors in Fun Home?

Maggie McKenna, Lucy Maunder and Marina Prior in Fun Home. Photograph: Prudence Upton The scene is set in the family home in small-town Pennsylvania, where Alison spent her childhood but also where her parents ran the family business, the Bechdel Funeral Home.

Who plays Alison’s closeted father in Fun Home?

Photograph: Prudence Upton Small Alison (Karelina Clarke) with her closeted and gay father Bruce (Adam Murphy) in the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Fun Home, which grapples with burning questions of identity and truth. Photograph: Prudence Upton