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Canada

von Mike Myers

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Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic characters of our time. But as he says: "no description of me is truly complete without saying I'm a Canadian." He has often winked and nodded to Canada in his outrageously accomplished body of work, but now he turns the spotlight full-beam on his homeland. His hilarious and heartfelt new book is part memoir, part history and pure entertainment. It is Mike Myers' funny and thoughtful analysis of what makes Canada Canada, Canadians Canadians and what being Canadian has always meant to him. His relationship with his home and native land continues to deepen and grow, he says. In fact, American friends have actually accused him of enjoying being Canadian-and he's happy to plead guilty as charged. A true patriot who happens to be an expatriate, Myers is in a unique position to explore Canada from within and without. With this, his first book, Mike brings his love for Canada to the fore at a time when the country is once again looking ahead with hope and national pride. Canada is a wholly subjective account of Mike's Canadian experience. Mike writes, "Some might say, 'Why didn't you include this or that?' I say there are 35 million stories waiting to be told in this country, and my book is only one of them."

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Half a memoir, half a love letter to his beloved country. Mike Myers is funny and witty, as expected, but also deeply touching when talking about his late father.

There is more direction and purpose to the book than I expected.

I didn’t realize Canadians were morbid. The book is filled with quirky and delightful observations of the kind, supported by hilarious anecdotes. ( )
  Bloum | Feb 23, 2024 |
A love letter to Canada. ( )
  fuzzipueo | Apr 24, 2022 |
Myers and I are both ex-pat Canucks, from Ontario, who grew up around the same time (he's a few years older). A lot of the book covers "Hey, remember this brand/slogan/package/product/TV show?" stuff which honestly, I find super appealing. He occasionally explains a particular cultural aspect (e.g, our fascination with Buffalo news reporter Irv Weinstein and the nightly reports of arson in the Buffalo suburbs) and I even learned a few things.

The book also provides a chronology of Myers' early career, much of which I didn't know (he did a lot of commercials and TV before creating the Wayne Campbell character; he lived in London and was quite successful there for a number of years).

And finally, the book offers Myers' analysis and critique of the Canadian identify as it evolved before and through Trudeau, and then how the promise dissipated through Mulroney and Harper. It ends with a massive amount of hope for Justin Trudeau, which can't help but date the book as obviously things with Justin got more complex as the first term wore on.

Whatever- he's passionate and insightful and occasionally dry, and I enjoyed the journey through time and place of his memories and mine. ( )
  steveportigal | Dec 31, 2020 |
Mike Myers' unabashed love for Canada is endearing, perhaps a little over-the-top, but real. It was entertaining to learn stories of his life, while taking historical jaunts through Canada, with Myers' enthusiastic guide. ( )
  Pepperwings | Jan 2, 2019 |
I loved Myers' take on Canada. Although he has been living in the USA for over thirty years he still has a strong opinion on Canada and it's identity within itself and to the world. Some of the Canadianisms that he mentions are still used (eh!, two-four for 24 beer) but some are a touch out of date (I've never heard a variety store called a "smoke and gift", never heard a two-four shortened to Twef)

I especially loved his opinions on our current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his father Pierre Trudeau, our 15th Prime Minister.
He used this quote by Pierre Trudeau which I find quite relevant today.

"The Just Society will be one in which the rights of minorities will be safe from the whims of intolerant majorities. The Just Society will be one in which those regions and groups which have not fully shared in the country's affluence will be given a better opportunity. The Just Society will be one where such urban problems as housing and pollution will be attacked through the application of new knowledge and new techniques. The Just Society will be one in which our Indian and Inuit populations will be encouraged to assume the full rights of citizenship through policies which will give them both greater responsibility for their own future and more meaningful equality of opportunity. The Just Society will be a united Canada, united because all of its citizens will be actively involved in the development of a country where equality of opportunity is ensured and individuals are permitted to fulfill themselves in the fashion they judge best"
  ChelleBearss | Mar 10, 2018 |
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Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic characters of our time. But as he says: "no description of me is truly complete without saying I'm a Canadian." He has often winked and nodded to Canada in his outrageously accomplished body of work, but now he turns the spotlight full-beam on his homeland. His hilarious and heartfelt new book is part memoir, part history and pure entertainment. It is Mike Myers' funny and thoughtful analysis of what makes Canada Canada, Canadians Canadians and what being Canadian has always meant to him. His relationship with his home and native land continues to deepen and grow, he says. In fact, American friends have actually accused him of enjoying being Canadian-and he's happy to plead guilty as charged. A true patriot who happens to be an expatriate, Myers is in a unique position to explore Canada from within and without. With this, his first book, Mike brings his love for Canada to the fore at a time when the country is once again looking ahead with hope and national pride. Canada is a wholly subjective account of Mike's Canadian experience. Mike writes, "Some might say, 'Why didn't you include this or that?' I say there are 35 million stories waiting to be told in this country, and my book is only one of them."

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