By Justin Enns
All reputable video stores have a foreign film section. And because I’m sick of blockbuster Hollywood movies, I find myself going towards that section more and more. What do I find? Well, I find movies from Italy, France, Canada, China, and so on. Wait, did I say Canada? Yes, I did. Films from Quebec are… Continue reading Unexplored keys to culture
By Justin Enns
In 1967, 10 Natives from Manitoba carried a torch from St. Paul, Minnesota to Winnipeg for the Pan Am Games. Over 500 miles they ran, only to be turned away at the gate, not allowed access into the stadium. Instead, they handed the torch to a white runner and watched the ceremony on TV in… Continue reading Frontrunners tramples racism
By Justin Enns
Red hair is associated with many things: Scots, sex drive and foxes (both the animal and the women). Often it has negative connotations too: devil-worship, for example. Bearing in mind the latter, redheads do deserve sympathy. Unfortunately for Titus Firefox, the main character in the University of Calgary Drama department’s up-coming production of Johann Nestroy’s… Continue reading U of C play wigs out