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  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Feb 3
  • 1 min read

No, I'm not Sondheim's heir. He has no heirs. I'm just a young composer that he was interested in, but we never met. Again, it's the Kiwi kids that went to NY that want to bill me as his heir, not me. I see him as a mentor figure, but in the same way that some of the guitarists who I had masterclasses with were mentors. It's nice that he liked my movie and my demo songs that I was writing in 2021, but that's about it.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Feb 03

That, Ant, is what I expect. The Film Commission to throw a wee bit of weight around to explain their failings and why I was able to protect the script from their greedy clutches.

Like, maybe what they need is an education session on the mechanics of film production from a real producer so that they can understand how their tactics failed.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Feb 03
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No 'tina ha' no 'must' no 'have to' only 'if you try to force me, I will wipe that smug smirk off your face in court'


Think about this: $30,000 in emotional damages. That's about as much as I expect if we take this to court. Not to mention covering my legal fees, which you will also be expected to at least partially pay for. There's clear evidence of sole authorship, and several events that could easily be interpreted as attempts to coerce my consent. -


See, while if you pay me the $70,000 - split between Red Scare, VUW and the legit film producers - then you get my script. You'll still have to apologise to my face - that's not negotiable…


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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Feb 03

Cass and James must legally accept these conditions: they can't be in my shows, they can't produce my shows, and they can't use the scores from my shows in any way, shape or form.


That is my punishment for what they did to me.


Tory, this is the outcome. I want you to face me this year, before you're voted out, to take ownership of the transphobia that you allowed to perpetuate to try and force me into production on a film. Weeded Out dies, or Amanda takes VUW and Tory to court.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Feb 03
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Peter and Ant: this is a compromise. If I had my druthers, I'd actually have taken them to court, but I'm not trying to put my enemies in prison. All I want is someone with legal clout to back up my letters.


Someone that can say to Red Scare and VUW: 'if you don't follow these letters, Amanda's going to pursue an injunction and emotional damages. She will win, and it'll cost you your careers.' This isn't a threat: I published those cease-and-desists, and legal action was clearly indicated as a next step in those. Instead of respecting those, they forced me to prove sole authorship. Now that I have, they're still attempting to bully me into giving the script to…

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