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Toronto the Good
by Andrew Moodie
After a young white cop charges
a black man with illegal firearm possession, accusations of racial profiling
are levelled against the Toronto officer. When top Crown attorney Thomas
Mathews, a victim of racial profiling himself, is assigned to prosecute
the accused against a Left-leaning white attorney, tensions mount and
personal politics bubble to the surface. Cutting deep into the lawyers’
private lives, their families and foibles are richly portrayed as an
integral part of Toronto’s shifting mosaic. From an ostensibly routine
traffic stop, each character must come to terms with the city’s racial
politics and how they have shaped their own beliefs and prejudices.
Written in response to the
rise of gun crime in the streets of Canada’s largest city, Toronto
the Good probes the problems that perpetuate the changing metropolis
and explores how they have been allowed to flourish.
“One of the most relevant
works to hit a Toronto stage in years.”
—EYE Weekly
“A provocative new play about
race relations…”
—CBC News
“Moodie provides no concrete
answers, but he’s given Toronto audiences something to mull over,
providing an opening for discussion, learning—and perhaps most importantly—growth.”
—New Theatre Review
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