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My Question to English Canadians - those living here at least half the year on a yoy basis is - does this seemingly lack of English Canadian pan national culture bother you??
Oooh yeah, Im totally cheesed off about it
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If so what can be done about it to develop something more cohesive that expresses something unique and interesting about our nation.
I am currently working on launching a City-Data.CA
I think this is what gets a certain poster in here living in Dixie really excited is to point out clueless Canadians and Ontarians and their hypocrisy - gets her all excited to point it out
She should do a Mercer thing up in Canada about Americans...
Excited? Nah. I was just taking a quick break from work when I wrote that. I was a little bored at the time, actually.
But there is a certain poster here living in Toronto who gets really excited to point out another poster who points out clueless Canadians and their hypocrisy - gets him all excited to point her out.
Ya know, I've grown to be quite fond of you, fusion. No lie. But you should know by now when I'm getting excited.
There were a lot of copycat videos made, even by some Americans basically making fun of ignorant people, including a governor.
It's cheap to make and can be quite funny. New Zealand did the same.
There are stupid people everywhere, but I think these videos being made are a way to try and take a shot at a super power.
However, it does make me remember an acquaintance of mine, who grew up in Spokane, Washington. He wasn't a dumb person, but admitted his schooling was quite different than mine.
They learned NOTHING about Canada, and not much outside of the US, unless it related to the US in some way.
That said, I've met Australians who asked when Vancouver's harbour freezes over. I've met many Europeans who are totally clueless about Canada as well.
I've also met Canadians who can be pretty clueless.
The Quebec version of these features a Quebec reporter asking questions to Quebecers and getting dumb answers.
While I also agree with the fact that Canadian talent be it acting, musical, theatrical etc is largely engulfed by the American cultural black hole, don't you think it is disingenuous to sort of dismiss the fact that there are many Canadians who do contribute to this culture.. It may not be in the name of a pan national Canadian display - but you can't just dismiss the fact that many grew up here and developed into who they are as a result of what happened to them right here!! I don't see it completely black or white and I do see the shades of grey.
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Oh I don't dispute that there aren't many talented Anglo-Canadians. I'd never say that there aren't. And it is normal for them to seek fame and fortune in the biggest showbiz market there is. It's just too bad that unlike most other nationalities, they almost never come back home to work on domestic projects. Whereas people like Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Javier Bardem, etc. all seem to retain a portion of their careers back home.
@Zoisite: What would Americans think about this proposal? It would be interesting to speculate, but I imagine most would agree that it's not a great idea. Certainly, it would be fun to frighten the Tea Partiers and other right-wingers with the prospect!!
Giving a viewpoint from south of the border….
The most compelling reason for the status quo is the status of Quebec. Why should the USA take on that headache?
Oh I don't dispute that there aren't many talented Anglo-Canadians. I'd never say that there aren't. And it is normal for them to seek fame and fortune in the biggest showbiz market there is. It's just too bad that unlike most other nationalities, they almost never come back home to work on domestic projects. Whereas people like Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Javier Bardem, etc. all seem to retain a portion of their careers back home.
Christopher Plummer has worked EVERWHERE including Stratford.
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