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Fringe ArtsMontreal Improv Explore Spontaneity for a Clock’s Full Rotation
If anything was missing from director/writer Paul Haggis’ inspirational 2004 film Crash, which features an ensemble cast of characters exploring race relations in America, it was improvisation. At least according to Montreal acting coach Kirsten Rasmussen.
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Fringe ArtsA Very Fringey Holiday
Hopefully we have reached a time in human consciousness where we understand that Christmas, as it exists in most households, is a big, corporate scam.
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Fringe ArtsLayered Take
Death is inescapable and inexplicable. At any given point death may brusquely interrupt our lives, and this is exactly what author Josip Novakovich contemplates in his new book Three Deaths.
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Fringe ArtsSentimentalists Fools
Much like winning a shootout against the fastest gun in the Old West, winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize is a bit of a risky move. It can put a bit of a target on your back; all of a sudden, every hack out there who fancies himself a big shot is gunning for you.
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Fringe ArtsMontreal, Stuff’d + Mounted
Everything is alive in The Obituary, moving and shuffling and existing in the space Gail Scott creates. The novel, however, is not for everyone.
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Fringe ArtsThe Mid-Life Crisis of Duddy Kravitz?
In 2001, while giving a talk on the art of film, Spike Lee described a very curious phenomenon of American cinema—the Magical Negro. This character is a black man who comes out of nowhere to help the white protagonist recognize and overcome his flaws/weaknesses/obstacles, and is usually implied to have magical powers. He also has the power to appear only in movies that are craptacular (Cough, The Legend of Bagger Vance, cough, cough).
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Fringe ArtsFreedom Fighters
In an age of ridiculous commodities like bottled water, free merchandise appear to be a thing of the past.
However, the growing presence of online sharing has proved that a free market can still be a powerful force.
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Fringe ArtsMove Over November
The teen ‘stache, the gringo ‘stache, the Hitler ‘stache, the ironic hipster ‘stache—all are welcome in Movember.
Yes, Movember which has adequately taken over the month of November to help raise awareness and funding for prostate cancer research. -
Fringe ArtsMidnight Marauders
There was a time, not too long ago, when Montreal was the new Seattle. No, not just because of an overabundance of precipitation, but because of an overabundance of starving musicians flocking here to capitalize on our burgeoning indie scene.
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Fringe ArtsThe Ghosts of Griffintown
Tucked away in the heart of Griffintown is the ghost of Friendship Cove.
Although Friendship Cove, renamed The Cove, has been laid to rest as a public space, the energy of the space lives on through two mediums: Campaign for Infinity and No Vacation Records.
