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January 06, 2006

Falcon Beach

Anyone wondering what a Canadian knock-off of The OC might look like need wonder no more. Falcon Beach has all the sex appeal and glamour that comes from the sunny coast of Manitoba.

Producer John Murray says he and his partners came up with the idea back in 2001, long before The O.C. debuted on U.S. television, although he concedes they were thinking of a home-grown equivalent of Dawson's Creek or Beverly Hills 90210.

"The idea of a beach town, I thought there was a certain romance to that," says Murray. "It never really occurred to me 'Oh, this is second-best to a California show.' California never really entered my mind."

Of course it didn't. Because Lake Winnipeg, thirteenth largest lake in the world and home of exciting ecosystem, algal flora and climate change research, is no second best to the California Pacific coast or anywhere else. Excepting those other twelve lakes, I suppose. Algal blooms aside, I should not be overly harsh with the project. Any Canadian television that strays from zero-budget Air Farce vaudeville comedy, turgid and derivative court-room drama or ersatz blue-collar regional colour is to be encouraged. The show would even look good if only they could avoid that weird washed out effect common to all Canadian television production meant for domestic consumption. But we should not set our hopes too high.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 6, 2006 11:07 AM

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