Put it this way: A song that says something bad (and self-admittedly untrue) about a country no more promotes racism and discrimination (and incidentally, when did "Canadian" become a racial distinction?) than a picture of the national trapshooting convention promotes homicidal violence.
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As a Canadian(well, almost anyway), I fell that I should say something, it is true that we can't really defend ourself against our neighbour at the south, but that doesn't justify your actions.
Worst come to worst, if the American DO try to take over Canada, I guess I'll just have to grab my Taiwan passport, get on the next plane, and enjoy the "fire works" from TV
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Now who said America would invade Canada? If we did that, Americans would have to run the Molsen and Moosehead breweries, a situation that makes my head spin just to contemplate.
"Blame Canada" is a joke song from a joke movie. Not all humor is meant to cause controversy, but almost anything remotely humorous will eventually offend someone's sensibilities.
Keep in mind that the Academy Awards is not morally equivalent to the Nobel or Pulitzer prizes. The Academy Awards is the movie industry's way of patting itself on the back while, hopefully, seeming to recieve accolades they deserve. Sometimes they pick movies and categories that justly deserve praise, but if they don't, who's to be offended? They (collectively) chose who, from among themselves, for most categories, will recieve an award. They have a vested interest in the outcome. If "Blame Canada" wins, it will be of no significance, except that enough people in the Motion Picture Academy liked it that they voted for it.
Big deal.
--Baloo
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Just out of curiosity First, did you find the movie funny? I thought it was the best film of last year, as I keep saying. And all the songs were brilliant. They made me realise how stale Disney's music has got. The fact that it was written by two people, one of whom also did the music, is even more incredible.
I really like "It's easy m'kay". But I can't pick an out and out favourite.
And "Blame Canada" DOES deserve to win. It's a great song with great lyrics, from a great film. Natch.
Oh, and anyone who say the film: Did they think that anything went to far? I heard that IN US screenings people often walked out. I went to packed screenings twice and no-one left. And I didn't think anything went beyond "funny" into simply "offensive".
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I thought that showing Kenny was suppossed to be a treat for long-time fans, and a way to seperate the movie from just being another TV show.
I think the thing that was most shocking was the "ping-pong ball trick". Which wasn't even true. Tsk.
And did you hear any Brits complain when Cartmen yelled out "Dude, that British kid is fucked up"? No.
Probably cause he wasn't actually British. I wonder if that was just an incredibley subtle dig at TNG fans. Thatnks to Patrick SStewart, all Americans now think that the French sound like they've just finished an advert for the Royal Shakespear company, so no doubt Brits sound like they sit around all day chomping on onions and drinking coffee.
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Ya know, I'm currently producing a version of the US anthem that's (hopefully)going to be broadcast on the radio. It's basically bagging the living hell out of them. But I didn't do it with malice, only to make people look up and maybe have a laugh.
When people start analysing everything to ensure that its politically correct, they're losing sight of the fact that they are attempting to inhibit freedom of speech. Now, I personally found the song hilarious, but then I also thought that the Bruces sketch from python was hilarious. Come on, seriously, if you give shit (and we all dish it out on a regular basis) you have to be prepared to take shit. Get a thicker skin, or conversely realise that things aren't generally created with the intention of starting racial bigotry.
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