Happy as a Mountie in a Shack

[nos4a2no9]

Okay, I realize I've been away from the due South fandom for a while, but what the hell is going on? We got wankified? Yeesh.

I don't know staranise, and judging from her LJ post, I wouldn't want to know her. But her take on cesperanza's Canadian Shack 10th Anniversary Challenge is pretty damn off-base, and it's gotten me all angered up.

Comments

[mergatrude]

Wow! If I pitched a fit every time I saw a North American representation of Australia or Australians...well! Let's say I would have lost the use of both my voice and my fingers.

One of the reasons I love due South so much is you get a sense of how much the show's creators loved the things they mocked, and that's a very Australian thing to do - mock the stereotypes and love the country and people who create them.

Hi, Nos! *hugs*

[brigantine]

I think all countries get stereotyped by other countries. I mean, most of the representations I've seen of the US seem to be that we're all rich, all either cowboys or bankers, and all from either Texas or New York. *giggles*

Me, I get the feeling that Australians and folks from the US are a lot alike. I could be wrong, but the sense of humor seems to be pretty similar. ;D

[mergatrude]

I'm standing around waiting for you to go "yee-haw!" Everything I learned about the US I learned from your own TV shows, so you've only yourselves to blame if I expect you all to behave exactly as they do on F-Troop! *g*

And while any genuine Aussie would hotly dispute your contention, the fact is that we're mostly all from the same diaspora and share the same values and sensibilities.

[brigantine]

Egad! How did you know I often behave like Corporal Agarn??? *Looks around with wild suspicion*

(Oh man, now I want an F-Troop icon!)

[nos4a2no9]

Hi hi! How are you, sweets?

Heh, you mean Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Crocodile Dundee lied to me? Oz isn't really filled with colorful characters who hang out in the Outback all the time? Bwah?

Yeah, I don't think this person understood the point of celebrating and mocking stereotypes at the same time. Yeesh.