Big Data
Attwell offers an entertaining, truly unique take on familiar messages about the nature of power and prevalence of injustice, racism and sexism in the world.
San Francisco Examiner
Why see Big Data?
Modern technology isn't a problem... Until it is.
Love, anxiety, technology. All of these elements rear their heads in playwright Kate Attwell's new work, Big Data, which will have its world premiere at San Francisco's Toni Rembe Theater this spring. Working with Tony Award-winning director, Pam Mackinnon, the two have reunited to create a work filled with the perils of the perpetual lives that we live online, and the footprint that remains. How well does the algorithm know you, will AI control your future? There's only one way to find out...
What's it about?
Modern technology is often a boon for us all, but that boon swiftly turns bane when Lucy and Sam's parents make a world-changing announcement. An announcement that they all could have seen coming if they hadn't been so wrapped up in their online lives. How well will they cope with real life when their alternatives are so tantalizing?
Key Information
Audience
Adult themes
Run Time
2 hours with intermission
Dates
Finished Mar 10
Reviews
Customer reviews
1 reviews, average rating: (4.0 Stars)
Jeremy
Thought provoking
Playful, serious, silly, and sometimes deep... a great entry into the American canon that addresses some real world problems that we humans are only beginning to recognize and address. This play should make you think again about your relationship to technology in the information age (and it's relationship with you!). ... Read more
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