Sounds so simple, but in fact would require a complete new production, and also a change in theme and plot, since the main indicator of the fallen CEOs' status in the world is their changing relationship with the Realtor.
(SPOILER:)
The word "Realtor" was chosen *specifically* because the CEO must be dealing with the most prominent, prestigious, and prosperous type of professional in the field of real-estate. The CEOs essentially go from condescending to and blaming that top professional at the beginning, to begging her for help, to defeat the ghosts in the end. To eliminate the primary indicator of status change would destroy the satirical point of the piece.
They should add the National Association of Realtors to that list. They may not have signed the letter in fact, but they apparently support censorship in principle and action.
The 800-lb legal gorilla of the NAR jumped on my own back, only yesterday. I set up a site for an audio drama I recently produced -- a fun little ghost-story for geeks, which happens to lampoon the Realtors and high-tech CEOs of Silicon Valley, whom we all love to hate. My URL corresponds to the Title of that fictional story, "The Realtor and the CEO" (http://www.realtorandceo.com). They decided that they did not like my using the word realtor as part of a literary title, and are now trying to coerce me into giving up the URL, the Title of the audio drama, and any reference to realtors in the story -- which happens to require eliminating or completely rewriting a main character.
Seems First Amendment rights mean nothing, if you do not have a $100,000 war chest.
"Get me a command line...[then]...Try: find / -name ghost.\* Then, hit return."
— CEO Bruce Whiting,
"The Latch-Key Solution"
(part of a Silicon Valley ghost story for geeks, heard at www.realtorandceo.com)
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So far, just nasty letters from their legal department. Trying to figure out how to respond.
ROTFL!!! Thank you, jollyreaper. You just made my week.
(SPOILER:)
The word "Realtor" was chosen *specifically* because the CEO must be dealing with the most prominent, prestigious, and prosperous type of professional in the field of real-estate. The CEOs essentially go from condescending to and blaming that top professional at the beginning, to begging her for help, to defeat the ghosts in the end. To eliminate the primary indicator of status change would destroy the satirical point of the piece.
They should add the National Association of Realtors to that list. They may not have signed the letter in fact, but they apparently support censorship in principle and action. The 800-lb legal gorilla of the NAR jumped on my own back, only yesterday. I set up a site for an audio drama I recently produced -- a fun little ghost-story for geeks, which happens to lampoon the Realtors and high-tech CEOs of Silicon Valley, whom we all love to hate. My URL corresponds to the Title of that fictional story, "The Realtor and the CEO" (http://www.realtorandceo.com). They decided that they did not like my using the word realtor as part of a literary title, and are now trying to coerce me into giving up the URL, the Title of the audio drama, and any reference to realtors in the story -- which happens to require eliminating or completely rewriting a main character. Seems First Amendment rights mean nothing, if you do not have a $100,000 war chest.
"Get me a command line...[then]...Try: find / -name ghost.\* Then, hit return." — CEO Bruce Whiting, "The Latch-Key Solution" (part of a Silicon Valley ghost story for geeks, heard at www.realtorandceo.com)