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From: taras@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (T. Pryjma)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: 'Free' Trade?
Message-ID: <1987Feb17.140718.25868@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 14:07:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 17 14:07:18 1987
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In article <827@ubc-cs.UUCP> andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) writes:
>     America has vastly superior media resources, and can roll
>over Canadian culture like a steamroller over a cream puff.  I
>will believe the American media can use its resources in a manner
>not detrimental to Canada when the American TV networks start
>situating 10% of (say) their sit-coms in Canada, to reflect the
>Canadian 10% of their potential market.  However, that'll be
>the day, as Buddy Holly said, when I die.

	I tend to disagree with you Jamie, American do not have vastly
superior media resources than us.  Our technicians, actors and
writers and directors can do just as well as their American
counterparts.  Television and film facilities, in this city atleast,
are second to none.  The problem being, is that Canadian
bussinessmen in the media do not have the guts to put thier money in
Canadian culture.  Besides what is Canadian culture anyways, and how
much does it differ from American culture or British from that
matter.

In any sitcom, strong characterization is very important if the
series is going to go the long haul.  It is highly imatterial
where the series is set, the question is can the series hold the
viewer with the character and story presented.  One of these days I
will attempt to sell a sitcom to an American network or pay service,
and I expect to be successfull.

BTW, did you know that Toronto is HBO's largest production centre,
or where does American Media turn to when their Radio Stations are
in trouble?  Or that on average we about 6 films in production in
the city at any one time, not to mention Amerika was shot here as
well.  I rather doubt that the Americans have vastly superior media
resources.
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			 	Taras Pryjma 
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Ok then, It's settled.  I will have my computer call your computer and work
it all out.  .......   But wait ...... it won't do any good, never mind.