July 3rd, 2007, 7 Comments »
As per this discussion earlier in the week, I thought I’d run a quick poll to see, empirically (because web polls are irrefutable, don’t you know), which bit of television history is the most Canadian:
Those of you visiting via the RSS feed will probably have to actually visit my site to vote.
I liked Filmgoerjuan’s suggestion, so I also included the seminal Paddle to the Sea. And Fraggle Rock, in case none of the other options appealed.
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July 2nd, 2007, 22 Comments »
In wishing Boing Boing readers a Happy Canada Day, Cory Doctorow committed a sin that shames his Great Northern heritage:
There is no more potent symbol of Canadianness than the National Film Board of Canada’s musical short, The Log Driver’s Waltz: more than Leonard Cohen’s groans, more than Dan Ackroyd’s rampant toryism, more than “timbit” jokes about Tim Horton’s tragic car accident, The Log Driver’s Waltz defines Canada for its expatriate thirtysomethings. Just singing a few bars of this in a crowded space is enough to flush the crypto-Canadians out (Canadians are like axe-murderers, we look just like regular people) in throaty voice.
I’m a little late in reading that post, but I immediately wrote to argue for another Canadian institution: Roch Carrier’s “The Hockey Sweater”, in particular the wonderful animated short film version.
What’s more Canadian than a Quebecois reading a tale of his snowy youth in English, concerning the rivalry between the Habs and the Leaves (unofficial, pejorative spelling)? There’s even a reference to Timothy Eaton.
Who’s right, me or that log-dancing Easterner Doctorow?
UPDATE: Okay, let’s get semi-official with this. Go vote in the poll.
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