St. John’s Collective Concern
As I write these words it seems that the oil refinery at Come-by-Chance, that greatest of white elephants, is going to start up again. To mainlanders, the Come-by-Chance fiasco must seem somehow appropriate: not just because it seems like the worst of Newfie jokes, but because it represents the fail...
| Published in: | Canadian Theatre Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
1987
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.50.015 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.50.015 |
| Summary: | As I write these words it seems that the oil refinery at Come-by-Chance, that greatest of white elephants, is going to start up again. To mainlanders, the Come-by-Chance fiasco must seem somehow appropriate: not just because it seems like the worst of Newfie jokes, but because it represents the failure of an attempt by Newfoundlanders to do something based on modern technology. Everyone knows that Newfoundland is folklore, a place of toothless skippers who play the accordion, sort of a living museum. |
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