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“I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.”

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Joseph Boyden is a Canadian novelist known for his profound insights and critical perspective on Indigenous culture. His works often focus on the history, identity, and conflicts of Indigenous peoples in Canada. more

“There's a few scholars that object to how the italicized sections suggest that Native people are to take some part in the blame for how colonization occurred. But I say, "Yes they are." Not nearly as much blame as the colonizers, of course. But we are not just victims. I hate this idea that we are all just victimized and oppressed and etcetera etcetera. It's dehumanizing in its own way.”

People Way Ideas Hate Courses Objects I Hate Victim Blame Native Scholar Oppressed Sections Colonization Etcetera

Author:Joseph Boyden

“Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the world.”

World Different America Language Views Share Canada Customs Different Views

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“America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence separates our two countries.”

Two Country Seems America Past Existence Accepting Violence Violent Celebrate Canada Willingness Two Countries

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“During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and doing what we have to in order to survive. But no one wants to acknowledge that fact.”

World Want Has Beens War Facts Order Cases Historical Killing Acknowledge War Of The Worlds Shock World War I Troops

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“People will say that Canada, unlike America, was not birthed from violence. But I want to say, "What are you talking about?" It's just not true.”

People Want America Talking Violence Canada

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“Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.”

Rooms Conflict Approach Gentle Apologetic

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“'Sightseers' started off as a character comedy double act.”

Character Comedy

Author:Alice Lowe

“We developed 'Sightseers' as a TV idea but didn't get anywhere with it because all the channels said it was too dark originally as an idea for television.”

Said Ideas Dark Television Tvs

Author:Alice Lowe

“We actually did go on a camping trip together as part of the research, in a caravan, for a week. I guess we picked who annoyed us most from genuine experience. We did a lot of research on camping and what annoys people. It's quite often children playing ball games. It's a huge debate in the caravan world whether children should be allowed to play ball games or not.”

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Author:Alice Lowe

“I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that.”

Thinking Comedy Decided London

Author:Alice Lowe

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