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Originally Posted by GGG
Sorry, my apologies I was under the impression that you were an imigrant to Canada. Aside from that I think my point still stands.
I feel that you are trying to tick off boxes of what is culture. Local Art = Culture, Crappy underfunded local Movies = Culture.
It seems that you don't accept the mainstream Booze Culture and individualism as a form of Culture that has evolved due to the Geography both politcal and physical that the City has evolved in.
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I get what you're saying. Maybe I'm simply using the wrong terminology.
There's nothing wrong with getting drunk with your buddies, just to get drunk with your buddies. It's just not for me. There are plenty of other Canadians who feel the same way, and we try to create an urban culture, in the sense I was trying to convey, but are met with a lack of engagement because so much of the country is engaged in a different culture. I guess I was just using the wrong terminology. And for the record, it's not like this culture I refer to is not impacted by the different culture you speak of. Canadian landscape art tends to be spectacular, and contemporary artists seem to be particularly engaged in it. The Canadian outdoors are part of the life of most Canadians, I would think.
For the record, I happen to think Canadian film is awesome. If no other director, at least Guy Maddin is surely almost indisputably awesome.