“There is a national identity that Canada has a kind of weakened mentality. If not much these days, because we are angry.”
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It seems not known to Tom Green’s fans that he is a Canadian. Comedy, known as the early MTV phenomenon Tom Green Show And his classic movie 2001 Freddy got the fingers of the accusationHe never maintained his identity, but he belongs to a long group of Canadian comedy that, by virtue of work in the first place and finding success in the United States, is supposed to be American by default. But he recently sought to change this. In 2021, after living and working in Los Angeles for 21 years, he bought a farm near his hometown in Pimberruck, Ontario, and returned to operate it. This step inspired the presentation of reality in Amazon Prime 2025, Tom Green Countryand And parts of his own position 2025, I got a mule!
In January, amid an escalation of diplomatic tensions between Canada and the United States, Green released a song titled “I am Canadian” Which was placed on the bed, any mysterious ambiguity about his identity. He spent the subsequent months on a tour of the United States, giving him a unique view of how people feel on both sides of the border. Anti -President Trump tariff policies and Country 51 Al -Khattab. (The President is a former colleague of Green’s, where Green was a contestant in the second season Celebrity trainees.During two conversations in March and April, Green shared his ideas on these policies and how they disrupt the Canada coalition and the United States, which was traditionally proud of his support.
I am on a tour of the United States now – a tour planned a year ago, a long time before the definitions were implemented. I will face people who were my lover for years, and they do not realize that I am a Canadian, because the Americans do not really pay attention to these things. The first thing that people tell me when they discover that I am a Canadian is, “We are sorry for what is happening now. This is not our choice.”
I do not do a lot of political comedy, but I have a joke I say because of the situation we are now: “I live in Canada, and the 51st country – the only country in the union where no one in that wants to be an American … except for Jordan Peterson, Wayne Gretzki, and this man from shark.“I will laugh at confused. Half of the audience actually understands the complete depth of the joke, and the other half realizes for the first time that not everyone from every other country in the world dreams of being in America. After I told you about the greatest country in the world, well, it is a completely terrible statement.
I haven’t told that joke in Canada yet, but I can guarantee you, when I tell it, people will laugh for a different reason. Canadians have always been a little less. American comedy is more aggressive and on the nose. But our comedy has a naturally absurd woven, because there is somewhat insecurity there – a masked humility in the absurdity. We have never said, “We are the greatest country in the world!” We do not scream from the rafters, because it is not polite. We assume that if you are from Sweden, you think Sweden is the greatest country in the world, and if you are from Great Britain, you think Great Britain is the greatest country in the world.
Now, some of these people who come to the offers implicitly heard of the definitions. But I do not think they realize that this existential threat that Canadians face now. Americans believe, We will restore more manufacturing to the United States and thus improve our economy. But they do not think about how Canada is the largest consumer of American goods outside America; We buy more American products than any other country in the world, followed by China and Mexico. Although our borders are very huge, our population lives near the United States, and our friendly relationship – so far – people in Canada always want to buy American products. The Americans do not realize that their government is actually punishing America’s actions.
The thing that is lost here is that the Canadians were traditionally proud to be allies in America. I am from a Canadian military family. My father served in Vietnam and Cyprus with the Canadian Armed Forces. Daniel Green, Daniel Green, owns a tank named in Saskatchewan. The fighting was killed in World War II, along with the American forces as part of the legendary of the Satan Brigade, a joint workplace from the Canadian Special Forces and the United States that ended and fought the Nazis in World War II. So, when it is suddenly placed, it is framed by podcast or 24 -hour news course that Canada has no army, or “America protects Canada”, it is very offensive. The truth is that we went and supported the United States in Afghanistan. Canadians are not annoying, because it is something “for us for.” It seems more like if your brother turns you: We were there in the battle together. Before there is anger, you are sad about it. Did you forget what we did to support you?
Most Americans do not understand Canada after an other plot of land linked to the United States. But we have a lot of things that make us Canadian. I grew up in hockey playing abroad, walking to school through snow, eating Canadian food, and celebrating Canadian holidays and thanks. We did not have MTV where I grew up; I grew up watching a lot of music. Watch Canadian TV, you realize, We are not Americans. There is a national identity that Canada has a kind of weakened mentality. And if it is not much these days, because we are angry.
I haven’t seen any other adult Canadian comedians recognized this publicly in the United States – unlike Canadian comedians in CanadaWhere this is all we are talking about. The only person I saw publicly recognizes in the United States, unlike myself, is Mike Maires when he put it “Attachments” on Saturday night Live. But this is something now, not only with Canadians but also with the Americans: they are afraid to express their opinion. I was on Celebrity trainee With Donald Trump, so I know the President of the United States. I have a substance on Trump. But others do not want to talk about politics because of the way the Internet is now working. Nobody wants to be dragged into that possible volatile space. Once you get angry at the comedy, they don’t want to laugh. You see this a lot when the comedians become a political commentator. You should always be careful as a comedy for not pulling it into emotion so that you do not end until it is funny.
But when you do not grow up, you are repeatedly and repeatedly that you are one of the greatest country in the world, it is easier to be a self -swamp. Canadians have always been good at it. We look at the United States through an external lens, we notice a little tampering with American life that people will not notice in America because it is very natural for them. Since we can get to know it, we can make fun of it, ridicule it or send it.
There are a lot of ways that this can be revealed as a whole, so it is better for people to educate themselves about what is going on and they really understand that Canada is a friend of the United States, because I am really trying to raise a point in my comedy at the present time – without encouraging everything – to encourage people to obtain their social media and say they are not dragging. We hope everyone will discover it. But I lived and worked in the United States for 20 years of my life, and four years ago, I returned to Canada. I am happy because I did.
