Typically Tuesdays playlist for 10/18/2021

Artist Title Album Label Link
Kennen In Transit SINGLE
Darryl Kissick Just a Dream My Sunshine
Nightshifts Kicks SINGLE
Kios Call Me Soon SINGLE
Bernice & Yves Jarvis Empty Cup (Yves Jarvis Remix) SINGLE
Furrows Grey Cities SINGLE
Program Audio: 

Kim's Controversy

Jade and Leslie discuss and critique the award-winning CBC hit sitcom, Kim's Convenience and the allegations made against the production's gatekeeping and exclusion of its Asian stars from the writer's room and direction. The duo also discuss mainstream Canadian television, and how it serves to protect the nation's myth of diversity, multiculturalism, and post-racism.

Playlist: New music for rainy October days!

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References

Pimentel, 2020: 'I feel like such a dupe': Author Eden Robinson reacts to Latimer's Indigeneity issue.

Rao, 2021: 'Kim's Convenience' earned praise for on-screen representation. Actors say it was a different story behind the scenes. 

Wang, 2021: Jean Yoon of 'Kim's Convenience' on behind-the-scenes struggles with racism, representation.

Weaver, 2021: Trickster's 2nd season cancelled by CBC.

  • Posted on: 20 October 2021
  • By: lw