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[A theatrical play adapting a non-fiction book about a failed project of Toronto's urban planning Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy. The actors portray real-life people in a bureaucratic muddle of competing forces. Staged at Toronto's Crow's Theatre Sept/Oct 2023.]
— Jan 20, 2024 08:38AM
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Jan 20, 2024 11:20AM
I've read an article about that failed attempt. If anybody's going to try something like Sidewalk Labs wanted to, it's about 30 years too soon. But I'd imagine using the real people involved as characters in a play would be a legal nightmare. Looking forward to your review on this one!
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Berengaria wrote: "I've read an article about that failed attempt. If anybody's going to try something like Sidewalk Labs wanted to, it's about 30 years too soon. But I'd imagine using the real people involved as cha..."I have to assume that much of the text in the play (some of which are from public speeches) had already received legal vetting when used earlier in the non-fiction book. I never heard about any attempts to shut down the play. They can't say it is defamation when someone's own quotes on the public record are being used.
