Happy Canada Day to all my fellow hosers out there.
Each year (even when growing up), the media in Canada always tries to define what it really means to be *Canadian*. The Star takes a stab at it with a list of cultural (music, art, film, architecture etc....) things deemed to be uniquely Canadian.
Personally, I find the lists a bit tame and predictable. Where is Godspeed You Black Emperor! , Broken Social Scene, Kardinal Offishall or K-OS on the music list? Each has made significantly Canadian music.
Also, how Robert LePage was left off the movie list is a crime. And what about The Newsroom. Shame.
2 comments:
Hey Ian...first off, congrats on getting this blog started and finally having a website for your pics and film stuff.
notice how none of the architects listed in the TO Star is Cdn? so when are you going to get on the Star's list?
i thought you would like this - it appeared in the Globe and Mail's social studies section. "The recently issued New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English defines Canadian as: 1)a Jewish person (U.S.); 2)a multiple bet (Britain), citing a source that says this bet is also known as a Super Yankee.
Myha
Hey Myha...
Thanks for the good comments. That Star article is completely bogus, I swear those 'experts' are experts at nothing.
I prefer my own definition of Canadian as: Caker.
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