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Gross, point-blank

GAYLE MACDONALD

From Friday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 10:13 PM EDT 30/03/08

The Canadian actor/writer has something to say about U.S. politics, the war in Iraq and his CBC miniseries ...Read the full article

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  1. Gordie Lachance from Canada writes: Paul Gross, you make me chuckle.
  2. E Maclachlan from Canada writes: You mean we're not part of the USA?

    I'm confused. Didn't we already vote on that?
  3. Bob Fugger from Victoria, BC, Canada writes: I wonder if Paul based the movie on an obscure SNL kit where Canada takes over the US and they are forced to adapt to watching hockey on Saturday nights and putting maple syrup on everything. I look for it periodically on the internet, but alas, nothing yet...
  4. Gillian Moody from Toronto, Canada writes: .
    Um, so much of us is American-owned.
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    Hopefully, NAFTA will be reopened so that we can get back some of the oil and gas we've agreed to give away.
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    Still, take your pick...... Even little things like less and less people use 'u' when spelling certain words..... Some of us (not me) now say "college" instead of university.....
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    Ça continue, oui?
  5. Gillian Moody from Toronto, Canada writes: .
    And, oh yes, there's the 'Amero', the North American currency that Canada, America and Mexico are rumoured to have already signed onto.
  6. robert quinn from Japan writes: Stop the presses. Canadian actor/writer/soi-disant "ardent nationalist" is quoted opposing the war in Iraq, Republicans, Conservatives, etc. etc. Exceptionnel? Mais, non, baby. Pace the reporter's breathless recounting of Gross's "analysis," the man's opinions are indistinguishable from every other member of Canada's "creative" herd quoted for publication that I've come across. (It often strikes me that North Koreans could learn something about lockstep political thought from our cultural nomenklatura.) Want something newsworthy? Find the transgressive artist who doesn't subscribe to the same tiresome received wisdom. (Never mind. We'd never hear from you again. And that would be...bad.)
  7. robert quinn from Japan writes: Of course, if the "workaholic" Gross also moonlights as an assassin--in keeping with the Cusak movie pun headline--that would be of interest.
  8. Jon W from Canada writes: Interestingly enough there's a Canadian organization that wants to do just what Gross is proposing in this movie. You can find them at: www.UnitedNorthAmerica.org.
  9. John Deriso from Edmonton, Canada writes: I saw a commercial for this movie. I thought it looked like the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but after reading this interview, I think it's supposed to be a bit silly. I might have to watch it now.

    ....and damn it, I still don't understand how the US and Canada could ever come together. Sure, there are a lot of similarities, but the little differences between the attitudes of the average man on the street (or "voter") are so huge that you might as well be talking about trying to create a European union of some sort! ......Hey, wait a minute.....

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