Men With Brooms, and the irony of a hot Winnipeg summer
Men With Brooms, and the irony of a hot Winnipeg summer
Patrick White, Globe and Mail, Oct 1, 2010
Traffic slows. Locals walking their dogs stop to look twice. Every parking spot in the neighbourhood is full.
The spectacle is uniquely Canadian. In the middle of sweaty summer day on the Prairies, when every rink town is normally closed for the season, Fort Rouge Curling Club is a hive of activity. Passersby in this curling-crazy city linger for a moment and seem to consider rushing home to grab their brooms and sliders before they notice what’s up.
The sign outside has been changed to Long Bay Curling Club, the make-believe setting for the new CBC Television series Men with Brooms that’s been likened to Cheers on ice.
And if the neighbourly excitement is any harbinger of ratings, the corporation should start negotiating a second season - regardless of whether the quirky setting will resonate.
“Cheers was set in a bar, but it wasn’t about drinking,” said executive producer Paul Mather, overlooking the set from a perch in the rink’s bar. “This is set in a curling rink, but it’s about much more than curling.”
(Full Article)
Patrick White, Globe and Mail, Oct 1, 2010
Traffic slows. Locals walking their dogs stop to look twice. Every parking spot in the neighbourhood is full.
The spectacle is uniquely Canadian. In the middle of sweaty summer day on the Prairies, when every rink town is normally closed for the season, Fort Rouge Curling Club is a hive of activity. Passersby in this curling-crazy city linger for a moment and seem to consider rushing home to grab their brooms and sliders before they notice what’s up.
The sign outside has been changed to Long Bay Curling Club, the make-believe setting for the new CBC Television series Men with Brooms that’s been likened to Cheers on ice.
And if the neighbourly excitement is any harbinger of ratings, the corporation should start negotiating a second season - regardless of whether the quirky setting will resonate.
“Cheers was set in a bar, but it wasn’t about drinking,” said executive producer Paul Mather, overlooking the set from a perch in the rink’s bar. “This is set in a curling rink, but it’s about much more than curling.”
(Full Article)