a canadian conspiracy
March 25th, 2008 • theatre
As Dan says, I’m in Chicago, facing the slightly weird experience of having seen two shows in a row with non-US accents: Dolly West’s Kitchen and Top Girls by Timeline and 20% respectively.
That’s not to say that the accents were poor; far from it - in contrast, a late night watching old episodes of X-Files (yes, we are not proud) rapidly turned into a very easy game of spot-the-Canadian. I haven’t seen enough to be sure, but it’s possible that the infiltration of the FBI by Canadians is bonus, Easter-egg conspiracy for long-term fans of the series.
It’s just mildly odd to travel several thousand miles to watch stagings of plays that were written in voices that call - metaphorically speaking - from across the street. Not a problem, just a cunning form of cultural jetlag.
