Good Morning America stresses stereotypes in Canadian visit FINAL Edition

VANCOUVER -- Americans may not know the name of the Canadian prime minister, may think there are seven provinces -- or ``providences'' -- and don't know one of their favorite TV shows, The X-Files, is filmed entirely in Vancouver. Hosts Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden, along with weath...

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Published inThe Ottawa citizen (1986)
Main Author Haysom, Ian
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 14.05.1996
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VANCOUVER
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Summary:VANCOUVER -- Americans may not know the name of the Canadian prime minister, may think there are seven provinces -- or ``providences'' -- and don't know one of their favorite TV shows, The X-Files, is filmed entirely in Vancouver. Hosts Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden, along with weatherman Spencer Christian and a slew of reporters, told us that Alanis Morissette, Neil Young, k.d. lang and Keanu Reeves hail from Canada, as do supermodels Linda Evangelista and Yasmin Ghauri. Reporter Amy Atkins said, ``Canada's cool side is coming out from the cold'' and noted that Toronto and Vancouver were on the leading edge of fashion and music. The broadcast was mostly love-in, with tea at Victoria's famous Empress Hotel, a quick history lesson along with Pierre Berton on the importance of the Canadian railroad, shots of flowers at the Victoria's Butchart Gardens, of ferries plying Georgia Strait, and plenty of bagpipe-playing interludes from the Canadian Scottish regiment. Graydon Carter, the Canadian-born editor of Vanity Fair, explained that Canadians didn't sound like Americans because we say ``eh.''
ISSN:0839-3222