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In the news: ZOS’s blend of comedy/tragedy

From Brian Gorman of the Brantford Expositor

  • Life and death in the space between the hate
    “Bosnia is one of those places that naturally lends itself to black humor and surrealism. Set in the former Yugoslav republic, “ZOS: Zone of Separation” is both. The eight-part series debuts Monday, Jan. 19, on Movie Central in Western Canada and The Movie Network in the East. And it blends high drama, black comedy and a surrealistic tragedy so dark that it occasionally wanders over the line into comedy.” Read more.

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Podcast – ZOS: Zone of Separation

From Judith Klassen at Movie Entertainment:

  • ZOS Judecast
    “In this podcast you get to listen to Jude chat with ZOS writer/showrunner/exec producer, Malcolm MacRury about his Monty Python esthetic, the first time he felt Canadian TV pride (SCTV), working on Deadwood with the Milch Man, and why the Canuck caster TMN is our best shot at creating killer television.” Listen now.

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TV, eh? interview – ZOS: Zone of Separation

My interview with executive producer/writer Malcolm MacRury and actors Enrico Colantoni and Rick Roberts:

  • In ZOS: Zone of Separation, Even Peace Is Hell
    “This is a story that could take place in Toronto, it could take place in New Orleans. All you have to do is shut the water off for a month and see what happens. This is in the heart of Europe. It’s supposed to be civilization. And it broke down into tribal religious violence, same way Belfast did. That’s why it’s important to tell the story now. We simplified it, too: it’s Christians and Muslims. Well, open the newspapers. That’s the debate all around the world right now.” Read more.

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In the news: Natalie Brown of Sophie on fashion, humanitarian work

From Ben Kaplan of the National Post:

  • sophie 08 2If you wear orange shoes in a forest, will anybody see?
    “Brown is becoming fashion flexible for a good reason. On Feb. 8, she’ll travel with Médecins du Monde and a group of engineers, GPs and nurses to the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Her job there is to help set up and promote self-sustaining AIDS-prevention centres for people living and working without health care.” Read more.
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