http:\/\/communities.canada.com\/reginaleaderpost\/blogs\/rezxtra\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\nRabbit Falls is a new TV show created by Jennifer Podemski, who also produced the drama show Moccasin Flats. This article is a review of the show from the online magazine ResXtra. The review, although found in a CanWest newspaper offers some interesting insight about some of the issues with producing television shows that involve First Nations legends.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen critics first came out against Moccasin Flats, saying the show didn\u2019t properly portray Regina\u2019s inner city and perpetuated the stereotype that it was, \u201cCanada\u2019s worst neighborhood\u201d \u2013 the same could be said for Rabbit Fall.\u00a0\u00a0 Visit any First Nation community in Saskatchewan and you\u2019re highly unlikely to find a community like Rabbit Fall.\u00a0\u00a0 Furthermore, in First Nation culture, the telling of First Nation oral stories are supposed to be kept sacred or else used only for education and not meant to be told through the mainstream.\u00a0 So with that said, is Rabbit Fall stepping over the line?\u201d<\/p>\n
I found this critique to be interesting because of its criticism of the show using \u00a0First Nations stories in a commercial way. The writer even goes as far as to compare it to a science fiction show and then retorts with \u00a0\u201cBut on APTN, where it\u2019s about \u201csharing our stories\u201d, does Rabbit Fall really share our stories?\u201d The article questions whether or not this show is culturally sensitive and pays respect to First Nations culture, or if it is simply entertainment, and should be taken as such.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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