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It's something I started noticing recently in some standup and improv shows in Toronto, not sure if it's a new trend, or it just more noticeable now. Here are some examples I remember:

  • Jokingly asking audience for their social security number. This happened in two different shows
  • "I've been on dating apps for a presidential term"
  • I heard zip code being mentioned in one act
  • A performer shouting "fuck ICE". This was not even part of any joke, just a political statement. While I sympathize, of all the scourges of the US this one is really domestic in nature and I don't get the point bringing it up in front of a Canadian audience (unless it's part of your set)
  • And not to mention using their units of measurement, which is unfortunately commonplace (thanks a lot Brian Mulroney)

Other than the "fuck ICE" performer who said about themselves that they are Turkish (which I took to mean Turkish-Canadian, but maybe I'm wrong), the others were Canadian-born. In all cases these were young people who I don't believe do comedy professionally.

I have nothing against American comedy, but this low key pretense that Canada is part of the US irks me.

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[-] dom@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 hours ago

And it affects Canadians who travel to the US

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