I believe this to be a very thought provoking article, being from Canada and all. Some good points made, but what do you think? Please comment.
Some thoughts on Canadian superheroes:
- Canadians, by and large, aren’t as theatrically patriotic as
Americans are. We believe in our country and we’re passionate about it
to a degree, but we don’t tend to put on the kind of bold outward
display of patriotism that Americans do. When Stacy and I visited
Maryland for a friend’s wedding late last year we saw small town America
in full form and were stunned by the number of American flags out in front of houses. I haven’t seen that many Canadian flags anywhere
this side of the parliament buildings in Ottawa. We as Canadians tend
to be laid back and more understated as a whole and the kind of
“Rah-Rah, our country needs a hero!” thing doesn’t seem to jive well
with our national identity.
