Canadaland

Canadians have greeted the death of Elizabeth II with a mix of sadness and ambivalence, hostility and indifference. Film writer Will Sloan joins Jonathan Goldsbie to look at how media has grappled with evolving attitudes toward the monarchy, and how it’s covered the rare sort of development that’s both wholly inevitable and the biggest breaking news in the world.They also go deep on a cartoon elf.Links:CBC interview with author Lawrence HillToronto Sun piece re: Woke hatersCourrier Laval piece re: PQ candidate and porn videoThe Soulmates in the Gift of the Light (1991) videoWill Sloan's viral tweetSponsors: Douglas, Squarespace, oxio, HelloFresh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.