Canada’s Star System, Big Brother...

Canada’s Star System, Big Brother Secrets & The Nicest Celebrities

Entertainment Is Broken by Brittlestar

Episode notes

This week on Entertainment Is Broken, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon open the mailbag and get into the big questions... and, because this is us, also several deeply specific side quests.

Is Canada finally building a real star system? Sarah makes the case that something is shifting, with shows like North of North, Heated Rivalry, and a new wave of Canadian storytelling helping audiences get over the old “good... for a Canadian thing” problem.

Richard talks about Canadian film, Last Night, Don McKellar, celebrity interviews, and why the biggest stars are often the ones who arrive with the smallest entourage.

And Sarah answers the question everyone secretly wants answered: what was the weirdest thing about Big Brother Canada that didn’t make it to air? The answer involves microp ... 

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