Chris Selley: The Onion takes root in Canada
The front page of the satirical newspaper The Onion from September 2001.
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The Onion launched its first Canadian edition this week — which might sound odd to its legions of Canadian fans, for whom the satirical news outlet has always been an online experience. The inaugural Toronto edition is the first paper version I’ve seen in ages. (Cover story: “Congress takes group of schoolchildren hostage,” holds out for $12-trillion in ransom. “We’re going to shoot one kid an hour, starting with little Dillon here,” Speaker John Boehner warns. “Tick tock.”) The only local content consists of the same sort of entertainment reviews, listings and interviews you’ll find in any alt-weekly. The most obvious difference from the now-paywalled online version, ironically enough, is that it’s free.
The prospect of more Canadian-themed satirical content hasn’t gotten much play. But that’s coming soon, Onion features editor Joe Garden told me in an interview on Wednesday at Toronto’s hipster-appropriate Drake Hotel. In a country where satire often comes labelled as such, that boasts of its ability to laugh at itself far more often than it laughs at itself, this is a delicious — and delicate — proposition. Read More »
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