Frames landlord advocacy as resorting to deception and unethical tactics to oppose rent regulation
The article emphasizes the deceptive nature of the casting call, the actors’ discomfort, and the misrepresentation of the event as a 'mock demonstration.' The use of emotionally charged language ('duped,' 'deceived,' 'uncomfortable') and the focus on moral conflict among participants cast the landlord side as manipulative and ethically compromised.
“Several murmured that they felt they had been duped to show up on the “wrong side.””
