The joke's on us (CBC's 'Little Mosque on the Prairie')

National Post - Canada ^ | Thursday, January 11, 2007 | Barbara Kay

[GMMAC]

As the author's e-address was included with the post of the article, perhaps you'd like to do her the favor of letting her know she's not Jewish ... at least in your opinion?

[Swannie]

Sadly yes. We are so embarrassed. But you must remember that while we have a new Conservative Government its a minority government-which means that the engine rooms of the bureaucracy are still filled with Liberals. On top of that Canada is very much under the control of the militant feminist (Stalinist) enemy and the mainstream population is effectively therefore'under occupation' So these CBC people kind of do what they like..its like a theatre for the special interest groups.

Swannie

[Swannie]

<> Oh for heaven's sake you completely missed her satirical humour in writing that... That was the whole point of that part.. Clearly you didn't see it for what it was. As for me I spent the morning laughing my head off. Barbara is a brilliant writer.

[beachn4fun]

So I was spared my fantasized plot thread of a young Muslim boy and a young Jewish boy -- the son of the local rabbi, of course -- who find some quarrel in a straw, but then, through the wisdom of their sage and tolerant fathers, become best friends, while their families go into business together in a joint kosher/halal butcher shop, where the Jewish boy's older brother, home from med school for the summer and helping out in the shop, falls madly in love with the Muslim boy's doe-eyed, hijab'd sister, as a result of which her father's wish for an arranged marriage with a friend's son from Pakistan wavers, he sees the multicultural way of the future, and his opposition to the match with the Jewish boy melts away. Fade to a wedding feast on a groaning table laden with chopped liver, hummus, brisket, couscous, with happy Muslims and Jews, arms linked, awhirl in a dizzying hora, segueing into a joyous, high stepping round of YMCA ?

[Squawk 8888]

Red Green was excellent when it first started. It was created by an independent producer on a shoestring budget and aired on a local station in Hamilton. After it became a cult hit, Global TV picked it up for a couple of years. After it got stale the CBC took over and now it's nothing but a rehash of what they did in the early years.

[fanfan]

Good morning, Beachn!

:-)

[Squawk 8888]

Luckily if I watch hockey, it's on the US stations.

Take heart, it looks like the CBC will lose hockey when the current deal expires; CTV/TSN is putting together a huge bid.

[Squawk 8888]

Actually, it will because all of the Canadian characters are portrayed as jackasses.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, fanfan

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

"...Hey at least they don't blur out the naked bits on the other channels up there...

Hey, naked bits? I'm so there.

[GMMAC]

Confirming feedback from today's National Post:

Letter to the Editor:
Published Friday, January 12, 2007

As a Christian born and raised in the Middle East, I was painfully embarrassed by the first episode of Little Mosque on the Prairie. The characters in the show -- Muslim and non-Muslim alike -- were such cardboard cut-outs. The Muslims in the show were certainly not like the Muslims I grew up with. The ones I knew were not exactly renowned for their sense of humour. Yet in the CBC fantasy world, all Muslims are easy-going and fun-loving, and wouldn't hurt a fly while the Christian residents of the town of Mercy came across as a horde of knuckle-dragging, uptight Islamophobes.

Robert A. Jason, Fonthill, Ont.

Source

[Irish_Thatcherite]

How did they manage to fit an entire novel into one paragragh?

[fanfan]

Funny, eh?

:-D

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Yes! :)

[fishtank]

Cavuto has the director of this yawner on right now.

Neil told him to his face that it wasn't funny.

[GMMAC]

Perfect! ... and thanks for sharing.

Although, doubtless, Neil will now be critiqued for stating the blatantly obvious.