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Link: Mary Kills People lets us consider our own deaths

From Judith Timson of the Toronto Star:

Link: Mary Kills People lets us consider our own deaths
It says a lot about the political dark times we are living through that one of the distractions I’ve glommed on to for relief is the taut new Canadian drama Mary Kills People.

Midway through a six-episode series on Global, and also airing on the Lifetime channel, Mary Kills People, starring Caroline Dhavernas as Dr. Mary Harris, tackles the difficult issue of doctor-assisted death in the most un-Canadian way possible: full on melodrama with black humour; an unflinching flawed heroine who is also an overworked single mother; troublesome teenage girls; handsome risky men; drugs, sex and danger at every turn. Continue reading.

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Link: Jon Dore got his comedy chops by conquering “Everest”

From Bill Brioux of Brioux.tv:

Link: Jon Dore got his comedy chops by conquering “Everest”
“Bill,” said Jon Dore — right into the mic on my digital recorder so I would hear it many months later– “when you are listening to this back, put ‘The Story of Everest’ into  YouTube. It changes everything.”

Dore, who is back Friday nights on HBO Canada with new episodes of Funny as Hell, was talking about the moment he realized there weren’t just three rules to comedy, or a golden pyramid of funny, or whatever else might have been taught at comedy school. Continue reading. 

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Link: Women Behind Canadian TV: Stephane Ouaknine

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Women Behind Canadian TV: Stephane Ouaknine
“Producers are continually faced with an avalanche of compromises, and my job is to work through these and decide which compromises are acceptable for the show and which ones aren’t. Then of course, there’s all the outreach, distribution, and release strategy we work on with the amazing team at Shaftesbury/Smokebomb. When we’re not in heavy pre–production, I’m working on developing new projects.” Continue reading.

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Link: Sinking Ship and Corus developing comedy series

From Sara Alessi of WorldScreen:

Link: Sinking Ship and Corus developing comedy series
Sinking Ship Entertainment and Corus Entertainment have entered into a development deal for the comedy series 4Player.

Created by Vivieno Caldinelli and Mark De Angelis, 4Player is a single-camera sitcom for kids ages 8 to 12. It follows a rag-tag group of teenage gamers who are great at video games but are “all thumbs” when it comes to everything else in life. Continue reading.

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Link: Mary Kills People Postmortem: Episode 3 with Greg Bryk

From Melissa Girimonte of The Televixen:

Link: Mary Kills People Postmortem: Episode 3 with Greg Bryk
“It really was a joy to create this character with them. I’ve known all of [the creative team] off and on in different capacities over the years. I’m proud to be part of it to be perfectly honest. As a husband and father of two sons and a young girl, to see this collection of women create such a dynamic and strong story, and to have the opportunity to tell that story, it was great to do my little part.” Continue reading.

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