Comments on: Recommended Reading: C.T.F. Finally Develops Dissociative Identity Disorder http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/06/06/recommended-reading-ctf-finally-develops-dissociative-identity-disorder/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:13:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: melon http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/06/06/recommended-reading-ctf-finally-develops-dissociative-identity-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-93 melon Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=79#comment-93 It's a good idea. Now there will be shows that appeal to Canadians under 60 again. It’s a good idea. Now there will be shows that appeal to Canadians under 60 again.

]]> By: Dave http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/06/06/recommended-reading-ctf-finally-develops-dissociative-identity-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Dave Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:45:45 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=79#comment-91 One of the shows that, to me, best represents the right balance of promoting our heritage <em>and</em> being commercially viable is Degrassi, both the old and the new. Shows of the Degrassi franchise have never attempted to hide the fact that they're Canadian (they could, after all, have called it "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124260/" rel="nofollow">Thomas A. Edision High School</a>"). But they have never gone out of their way to be especially Canadian -- no school trips to the maple syrup farm or dogsled finals. They did, on the other hand, portray Canadian values, like multi-ethnicity and inclusiveness. Degrassi focussed <em>organically</em> on the type of Canadians who themselves make up a pretty big chunk of the Canadian viewing audience. It was simultaneously populist and identifiably ours, and it's no wonder it has been so successful at home and abroad. One of the shows that, to me, best represents the right balance of promoting our heritage and being commercially viable is Degrassi, both the old and the new.

Shows of the Degrassi franchise have never attempted to hide the fact that they’re Canadian (they could, after all, have called it “Thomas A. Edision High School“). But they have never gone out of their way to be especially Canadian — no school trips to the maple syrup farm or dogsled finals. They did, on the other hand, portray Canadian values, like multi-ethnicity and inclusiveness.

Degrassi focussed organically on the type of Canadians who themselves make up a pretty big chunk of the Canadian viewing audience. It was simultaneously populist and identifiably ours, and it’s no wonder it has been so successful at home and abroad.

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