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The new “Rogers v. Rogers” play is f—ing bull—t. Apologies for the bad language, but that’s the high-end literary lingo that usually dominates plays that hit the local stages of Toronto’s woke theatre scene. As the major themes often revolve around DEI, gender and other trendy causes, F-words often abound.

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As they do in a new play, Rogers v. Rogers, which opened last week at Crow’s Theatre, one of a number of theatre organizations in the city that specialize in unravelling the great social and political issues facing our world. Rogers v. Rogers is slightly different. Its main targets are capitalism, corporations, and the self-serving manipulative control freaks who run the economic system.

The play is described by Crow’s executive team as a “satirical work of fiction” based on the real-life story behind one of Canada’s more sensational corporate sagas, the two-year-long $26-billion battle by Toronto-based telecom giant Rogers Communications to take over Calgary-based Shaw Communications.

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Crow’s executive team says the story is “based on real events” documented by Globe and Mail journalist Alexandra Posadzki in her best-selling book of........

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