tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post115805950036866491..comments2023-05-14T21:11:23.699-04:00Comments on CHEESEBURGER BROWN: Story Wallah: Night Flight Mike, Part SixteenCheeseburger Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01384136287767500794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1158125231716464052006-09-13T01:27:00.000-04:002006-09-13T01:27:00.000-04:00Ha!Itsurewas!Thank you: ) Am I going to fail my ex...Ha!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Itsurewas!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thank you: ) Am I going to fail my exam thanks to your deconstruction of a cheeseburger? Oh I just might.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825985552078342578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1158111570772070722006-09-12T21:39:00.000-04:002006-09-12T21:39:00.000-04:00Good observation, Simon. Bianca, the "problem chil...Good observation, Simon. Bianca, the "problem child" is in the hotel asleep. The parents and Mike are out going crazy. I'm not sure how India fits into this observation, so far she's pretty much what you'd expect. But there are still four more chapters for Cheeseburger to throw in some, India goes wild twist.Moksha Grenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585999080521869550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1158084647045280592006-09-12T14:10:00.000-04:002006-09-12T14:10:00.000-04:00Dear Mark,To be frank, I'm from Toronto (statistic...Dear Mark,<BR/><BR/>To be frank, I'm from Toronto (statistically the most multicultural city in the world) so I don't think of the accents as foreign. Just colourful.<BR/><BR/>Several years ago I was developing an animated television show for PBS and the CBC (don't bother looking for it, it never went to air), and during the part where committees of fat people tore through my scripts I was asked a very peculiar (to my mind) question by one of the American network representatives.<BR/><BR/>He said, "Why is such-and-such character East Indian?"<BR/><BR/>I blinked. "I'm not sure I'm understanding your question, because the only answer I can think of is that his parents were East Indian."<BR/><BR/>Netrep: "No no no, what I mean is why a visible minority? What are you trying to say with the character?"<BR/><BR/>"I'm trying to say he's from India."<BR/><BR/>"Why India?"<BR/><BR/>"Because I grew up in this city, and lots of people I know are East Indian. I like East Indians. Good food, neat music, quirky humour."<BR/><BR/>"Yes, but what is the political relevance?"<BR/><BR/>"Let me ask you this: why is nobody asking these questions about the white characters? If we need to justify ethnicity, why not theirs?"<BR/><BR/>"So he's East Indian as a kind of anti-racist statement?"<BR/><BR/>"No."<BR/><BR/>We never did reach an understanding. What the poor fellow just couldn't seem to glean was that, from my point of view, featuring a character with Indian origins made no inherent statements about India, Canada, racism, or immigration. Dude just happened to be brown.<BR/><BR/>So too here: there are a lot of characters of varied ethnicity because when I go down to hang in the core that's one of the most interesting parts -- everybody's from everywhere.<BR/><BR/>There is no agenda. I'm just reflecting my experiences growing up in Canada.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Cheeseburger BrownCheeseburger Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384136287767500794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16435271.post-1158080150651752312006-09-12T12:55:00.000-04:002006-09-12T12:55:00.000-04:00That's one hot momma.I like Simon's comment, and f...That's one hot momma.<BR/><BR/>I like Simon's comment, and find it interesting that those with foreign accents have been so instrumental in pushing the characters out of their respective comfort zones.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722639974320971726noreply@blogger.com