Review: In The New Canadian Curling Club, multiculturalism meets small-town racism with grace and some gags GlobeArts
is one of the greatest American sitcoms ever . The catch is that it premiered in 1972, and there are long stretches during the 70-minute opening act ofwhen it feels like Stu is stuck back then, moored in what you might call Red Neckism 101.
That’s where the crusty curling club guy who keeps the ice impeccable greets all the people of colour, like Jamaican expat Charmaine , Indo-Canadian Anoopjeet , Chinese medical student Mike , or Syrian Fatima with some snarky reference to their otherness.feel forced. It’s that his casual racism is so very CBS on Saturday night at 8 p.m., circa 1975.
It isn’t all Bunkerisms, however. There are some funny scenes here, particularly from Young’s Anoopjeet, who delivers a frequently hilarious monologue recounting his family’s escape from the trauma of living with in-laws in Edmonton.she accompanied a white guy named Don to Canada 27 years earlier, and never left, and its mismatched curlers.
The story is driven by medical student Mike, who is determined to find a way to connect with Stu, his girlfriend’s old bastard of a granddad, going so far as to concoct a sign language as a way of keeping Stu from stumbling into yet another verbal minefield every time he greets the crew. It’s all framed around the club’s Highlander Bonspiel, an event laden with meaning for Stu, who
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