Went with friends to see an excellent new play by a local Edmonton playwright about the top Allied sniper in World War I, a First Nations man from Ontario named Francis Pegahmagabow. He came home after the war to fight another ongoing battle for indigenous rights in Canada. In those days, native people were confined to reservations, were not legally citizens, could not vote, had their lives controlled by paternalistic white bureaucrats, and their children forcibly removed to residential schools.
As a good Canadian, I watched the Grey Cup championship CFL game on TV. Alas, the heavily favoured Winnipeg Blue Bombers got their asses handed to them on a plate 41-24 by the underdog Toronto Argonauts.
Been enjoying Dwight Yoakam's new album of original songs, full of twang, drawl, heartache and sass. He may have scraggly grey hair now but his voice, sound and style are as accomplished as ever, if you like classic rockabilly country, which I do.
And at long last, Deadpool & Wolverine is streaming on Disney+ and I can report that it is THE. BEST. DEADPOOL. MOVIE. EVER! My favourite bit is the after-credits scene, a virtuoso rendition of non-stop foul language and vulgarity (*chef's kiss*). I won't ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet by revealing who gives that Oscar-worthy performance, lol, but there seriously needs to be a statuette in his future. He was apparently very enthusiastic about committing the monologue to memory rather than just relying on cue cards as suggested.
P.S. I've just discovered that, OH, OF COURSE, that scene is posted on YouTube anyway, so if you really do want to watch it, simply click here.
9 comments:
Hilarious. Thanks for sharing!
...Dwight Yoakam is the quintessential honky tonk man!
I am so many movies behind.
I was expecting it to be Ryan Reynolds, and then thought, maybe Jackman. Took me by surprise.
Loved it!
The way we, both Canada and the US, treated indigenous peoples disgusts me.
Of course I clicked. I love a good stream of profanity. That play sounds great.
Love,
Janie
I can't wait to watch it. It is shameful how indigenous people were/are treated. We broke families apart and are shocked at the generational trauma. WTF!
I'm disgusted by the amount of awful "history" that we were never taught about when I was in school. So many hidden atrocities that weren't ever mentioned in our old history books. It's terrible what was done.
🤬 It seems like every country settled by British/European whites was vying for the title of "Most Cruel to the Humans We Found In OUR Country (How Dare They Exist)!!" 20 years ago, I was completely traumatized by the movie "Rabbit-proof Fence," about the Australian government's "protective" behavior toward Aboriginal children! Just thinking about it today makes me shaky and tearful. It is amazing that the world's most "civilized" nations are also capable of being the most savage and merciless!! 🤬
I didn't know about Francis Pegahmagabow but the same sort of thing happened south of your border. Navajo Code Talkers spring to mind. Immigrants and settlers have a huge karmic debt. I'm glad more of the atrocities are coming to light and being acknowledged.
Sorry about the Prairie team losing to the city boys...
I can't think of Dwight Yoakum without hearing that Mary Chapin Carpenter song in my head... 'I feel lucky'. Lol
Maybe I need to catch up on this Wolverine and Deadpool thing... they seem amusing!
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