Author Archives: Administrator

The Secret World of…Canadianisms

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Administrator

I’ll sometimes start drafting blog posts…that then start me down a different path…which then open up a new idea. So this post kind of arose out of a couple of pieces I’m working on, but I decided to post this … Continue reading →

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Bad Reviews – get over it

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Administrator

I was originally going to begin this post (about the way artists — and their fans — react sometimes vituperatively to negative reviews) by saying it was apropos of nothing much. Just a subject that had been bubbling in my … Continue reading →

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When Good Shows Go Bad (Sort of) — King and musings on the pitfalls of writing episodic TV

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Administrator

Because I can be a slow writer — often drafting a post, then sitting on it for a bit so I can go over it again — that gap between when I set out to write something and the time … Continue reading →

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Ten Golden Rules for Making Better Canadian Movies

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Administrator

In the American film All That Jazz, Roy Scheider plays a dance choreographer who, at one point, has promoted his dancer girl friend beyond her skill/talent level. As a result, he impatiently berates and humiliates her every time she stumbles. … Continue reading →

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Films or Filmmakers — where does the problem lie?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Administrator

　 Why do Canadian movies have so much trouble finding success? Particularly at the box office, but even critically? Canada, after all, is a G7 nation — one of the richest in the world. So although the budgets for Canadian … Continue reading →

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Yeah, But… (The Rozema Manifesto)

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Administrator

I was doing a bit of Googling to check a couple of facts and ideas for my next post and I came upon this recent Globe and Mail piece by filmmaker Patricia Rozema that was billed as a “manifesto” for … Continue reading →

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The “Do What I Say, Not What I Do” School of Commentary

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Administrator

AMUSING POST-SCRIPT DEPARTMENT (a follow-up to my previous post): Yoni Goldstein’s piece about how terrible ALL Canadian TV is did receive a few comments on the Huffington Post – Canada site — strongly disagreeing with him. This then led to … Continue reading →

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Hating Canadian TV — it’s fun, easy, and requires no rational thought

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Administrator

So I was idly perusing a few editorials at the conservative website, Huffington Post – Canada, when… Sorry…what’s that you say? Isn’t Huffington Post considered a liberal website? you ask. No, no, you’re thinking of the American Huffington Post. Some … Continue reading →

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Cutting the CBC…

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Administrator

　 In the recent government budget that was announced, the budget for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been cut by a few million over the next few years (10 percent over three years…whatever that means). I wasn’t necessarily going to … Continue reading →

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Yeah, I’m Writing About “King”…Again.

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Administrator

I’ve written a time or two before about the Canadian TV series King — here, and a bit here, and here — so I wasn’t sure if there was any point in revisiting the topic. But, y’know, there are always those … Continue reading →

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