Winnipeg, Hollywood’s go-to reference

 Posted by on 4 February 2010  Everything Else
Feb 042010
 

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

  • Trent

    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.

  • Juel

    Ha ha ha ha.

  • Reader

    Funny that you linked this today. I guess you followed the same links I did in Another Unrelated Story?

  • http://www.pennywise-books.com/ T. Keith Edmunds

    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?”