Letterkenny’s Andrew Herr
One of the comic foil’s on the v amusing smalltown Canadian comedy Letterkenny is the “Jonesy” the hockey player, played by Andrew Herr.
On the show Jonesy is a frequently posturing, not entirely successful tough guy.
It turns out one of Herr’s first fights — an incident involving pinched nipple, crying in front of his classmates and shame — wasn’t particularly successful either.
Sarah wrote about it in a My First Fight piece for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
The Wooden Sky
Over the holiday season the entirely quality indie folk band The Wooden Sky played multiple charity shows to help fund some refugee residences around Ontario.
I interviewed band lead singer Gavin Gardiner to find out why they were doing this.
To read the full interview head over to Samaritan Mag by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Danny McBride
Here’s a batch of video playlists I curated for Ditch TV where I got to collect a bit of pratfall and weirdness to go along with the music:
20 Great Postmodern Jukebox Covers
Danny McBride is a Lovable Jerk
19 Best AV Club Undercover Songs
People Falling Off Bikes, Collected
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
The Accountant
Now that Hollywood film writers have developed a basic grasp of (some of) the traits that a person with autism may exhibit, they’ve started to use this as part of their character development toolbox.
The thing is, when you’re a Hollywood writer making a Hollywood film and you decide to make one of your characters autistic you need to do so with the same thoughtfulness you’d tread a First Nations character or a black character or physically disabled character.
If you’re Ben Affleck and you’re playing an autistic killer in the film The Accountant, well, “thoughtfulness” appears to be too high a benchmark.
Sarah wrote about this phenomenon for The Establishment.
To read the story click here.
Filed under Culture, Films, Shameless Promotion
Donnie Yen
One of the actors getting next-leveled thanks to being in Star Wars: Rogue One is the martial arts movie star Donnie Yen.
Yen will be familiar to any avid follower of combat films like Ip Man and Shanghai Knights. But his storm trooper takedowns in the Rogue One should introduce him to a whole new audience.
Sarah wrote about Yen for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read the story click here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 