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InSecurity uncertainly satirizes TV

From Jaime Weinman of Maclean’s:

  • TV Satirizing TV
    It’s hard to know, as yet, what to make of the show: what I’ve seen of it feels too uncertain in tone to be really funny — like a lot of shows, it doesn’t quite know if it wants to go for a big broad cartoonish style a la 30 Rock (the lead character seems, and is intended to be, a bit like Liz Lemon) or something more deadpan. Read more.
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TV, eh? podcast episode 24: Painting with a Schadenfreude Brush

Episode 23: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

We’re back from the holidays with an interview with Allan Hawco, creator and star of Republic of Doyle. (An odd audio glitch on my end means Anthony creatively edited to cut my part out – yay Anthony!)

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18 to Life faces conflicting pressures

From Matthew Hays of the Globe and Mail:

  • Family values, Canadian-style
    “When you see people that young falling in love, and then committing to each other, it creates a strange emotional combination of horror and being moved,” says Schreyer. “We weren’t trying to make a statement on marriage, but our feeling was that these two characters were far too young to be tying the knot.” Read more.

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InSecurity’s cast beats the writing

From Raju Mudhar of the Toronto Star:

  • CBC’s new spy comedy has likeable cast, weak script
    The show starts off by doing something quite improbable — making Ottawa look cosmopolitan with gorgeous aerial shots of the downtown core (although, in a good bit of spy fakery, the series was mostly shot in Regina). Unfortunately things do not proceed as auspiciously from there, but there are some fun elements that can be built upon. Read more.
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