Canadians are the nicest people in the world...but the writers of Canadian films have to state the obvious to get any funding when they start out:
  War is bad
  Racism is bad
  America is big...you know...the usual. But look at comedy and music and Canadians are writing history.
  We rock...we roll...we'll blow up the Hollywood bowl.
   
  Your resident Canarican,
   
  bob

   
   
  
floatingunder <underthefloat@msn.com> wrote:
  --- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Stewart Mason" > Two 
words: Paul Haggis. When he was a TV writer, he was fine (he 
> created and produced a really charming Canadian series called DUE 
> SOUTH, about a Mountie working in Chicago, that I quite liked), but 
> his movies are the epitome of middlebrow self-importance. CRASH has 
> to be one of the most overhyped films of recent years. Its supposedly 
> deep, profound message is, fundamentally, "uh...racism is bad, 'n 
> stuff." Well, I knew that. Can I have my six bucks back?
> 
> S


Yeah, he's very hyped at the moment. My wife and I discussed what was 
wrong with the film and we ultimately thought the biggest issue came 
down to flaws in the writing. Well, she never bought Charlise T. for 
one moment in her role, way to refined despite the look. Again, IMO, 
it's not a bad film primarily because Jones give a nice subdued 
performance. But the tone changes from quiet and serious to a moments 
of seeming like the ABC TV Movie of the Week. 

Steve (sucker for film talk) D.