Comfort Me, Canadian TV

As the world gets grim, CanCon sees me through.

A recent article made the argument that CBC television should return to the weirdness of its roots. It’s a fair claim, to which one might answer, have you watched Saint-Pierre?

The fictional cop drama set on the island of Saint-Pierre is a banana-pants experience. I understand that it’s supposed to be gritty and dark, but there is something terribly and unintentionally hilarious about the show.

I think it’s the unintentional part that I find most endearing. It harkens back to CBC productions of old that tried to ape bigger, more generously resourced American shows, but just couldn’t seem to get things right.

A particular flavour of Canadian-ness always leaked through.