The use of the audience as a backdrop is really neat too.
I knew Donald Sutherland was Canadian because I knew Keifer was Canadian, but only because of Sassy Magazine when they had a tidbit about Keifer had his really long name Kiefer William Fredrick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland .
The greatest Canadian of all time!
Truly! And he was a Socialist!
Dear America. We are sorry for Bryan Adams, Nelly Furtado and their ilk. (We're looking at you Celine.)
They're more than canceled out by Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, the McGarrigles, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Ian and Sylvia, Fred Eaglesmith, et al.
What's with the lights on the rollerbladers?
I think it's something to do with the lights on the ground so they are like -- cars maybe I don't know it looks cool at a distance.
OK, I was ready for my eyes to roll out of my head when they said "slam poetry," but I'm feeling this guy.
He's kind of riffing off a beer commercial:
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Bryan Adams does do awesome photography. Which I think makes up for, you know, him being Bryan Adams. I dunno, he's like Canada's Bon Jovi to me. And, wow. I don't really know if I could unpack that beyond musician I am fond of despite a general dislike for his music.
Our Governor General is as cute as a button.