Clowns Vs. Firefighters, Toronto Edition
December 13, 2015 11:15 AM   Subscribe

If one year during the Toronto International Film Festival you’re engaging a Hollywood producer in conversation and have only a few seconds to pitch your action script before the bouncers drag you out from under the door of her bathroom stall, just fire off a three-word description of the two unlikely antagonists. Hollywood loves oddball enemies even more than unlikely buddy cops: cowboys versus aliens, mercenaries versus dinosaurs, Predators versus future governors of American states. Yet, inexplicably, no movie has been made of Toronto’s contribution to the genre: clowns versus firefighters.
posted by jason's_planet (8 comments total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
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posted by jason's_planet at 11:23 AM on December 13, 2015


I hope that in a couple decades people can look back and marvel that the Toronto Police Services Board was once such a powerful presence in city politics.

I'll also say (as somebody who's half Belfast Scots Irish myself) that the Scots-Irish predilection for both pugnacity and nepotism sure has fuelled a lot of strife over the years, especially around the "plantation" settlements in Northern Ireland and the American South.
posted by bonobothegreat at 11:49 AM on December 13, 2015 [1 favorite]


Cops v Clowns? [YouTube]
posted by 0rison at 11:56 AM on December 13, 2015


This reminds me of really great paintings I saw in Seattle--Clown Riot by Edward Matlock. Looks like you can still see them (and get me one for Xmas!)
posted by armacy at 11:56 AM on December 13, 2015 [1 favorite]


One of the great riots in Toronto history. Right up there with the Christie Pit Riots.. Interesting how both riots include descriptions of the police knowing there was going to be trouble and doing nothing to stop the Fire Fighters/Nazis from starting something with the Clowns/Jews. Always good to know which side the Toronto Police are on.
posted by thecjm at 12:10 PM on December 13, 2015 [1 favorite]


which is extra galling because everyone knows that clowns and firefighters are natural enemies
posted by indubitable at 12:47 PM on December 13, 2015 [4 favorites]


Yet, inexplicably, no movie has been made of Toronto’s contribution to the genre: clowns versus firefighters

Movie? That story deserves a full on grand opera treatment.
posted by sammyo at 12:50 PM on December 13, 2015 [5 favorites]


weird fucking shit happens at TIFF
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 11:17 PM on December 13, 2015


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