When writers of televisions shows and movies want to reference an obscure, out-of-the-way location that viewers may have heard of, they use Winnipeg.
Why? I don’t know.
Perhaps the average viewer of widely viewed entertainment (read: American) doesn’t know anything about Winnipeg. They know it’s in Canada. But what about it? That’s just it — the rest is left up to their imagination. Winnipeg is a city of mystery, full of the unknown.
My point can be illustrated (and was, in fact, inspired by) the following video:
T. Keith Edmunds
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I’ve always wondered if The Simpsons was guilty of this or simply satirizing it. Probably the latter, considering one (or more) of the writers are from Canada.
Ha ha ha ha.
Funny that you linked this today. I guess you followed the same links I did in Another Unrelated Story?
Actually, I saw it on a friend’s Facebook page and I thought “Why should I share this video with my ‘friends’ when I can share it with strangers?”