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In the news: On the set of Wild Roses

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

  • Oil riches, greed and lust
    “Bless the CBC, but never mind Shakespeare – I’ve seen the highlight reel for Wild Roses and what it promises, more succinctly, is a passel of strong female characters, including one skinny, blond vixen, and a whole lot of drinkin’, fightin’ and canoodlin’, Western-style. The best line in the highlight reel comes from a female character summing up ‘the new West’ as ‘the pollution, the greed, the sports-car-driving oil assholes.'” Read more.

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In the news: Gemini host Jason Priestley on Canadian TV

From Sheri Levine of Canwest News Service:

  • Priestley true to Canada
    “Jason Priestley is a fan of Canadian television, so it makes perfect sense for him to host this year’s Gemini Awards. The Geminis honour the best in Canadian television; at one time, putting the words best and Canadian television together would have garnered several jokes at the expense of Canada’s TV industry. Today, it’s a different story. The Canadian television landscape has changed dramatically since The Beachcombers and The Littlest Hobo.” Read more.
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In the news: TV Dance not like the real thing

From Susan Walker of the Toronto Star:

  • Great TV but it’s not all dance
    “By any measure applied to TV programs, So You Think You Can Dance Canada has to be rated one of the most successful shows ever produced in this country. Six weeks into the series, launched on Sept. 11, the show came in as No. 1 of all the new fall programs. The three performance episodes were averaging 1.36 million viewers and SYTYCDC was rated the top show for women, younger viewers and urban markets.” Read more.
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