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Highlights from Fringe 2023
The power of theatre on full display With the school year beginning anew, another year of the Victoria Fringe Festival comes to a close. This year’s festival was a huge success, and if you’re around for the last two weeks of August next year, the Fringe is a spectacle...
The death toll of complacency
Have we learned our lesson yet? Every shipwreck is a morality tale. An engineering flaw. An overconfident captain, owner, or company. A bottomline valued over the safety of passengers and crew alike. Dismissal of the destructive power of nature. Hubris. Pride....
“The Little Mermaid”: A film with good ideas and weighty flaws
Characters and performances succeed, yet some songs and plot points miss the mark The Little Mermaid (2023) is the latest in Disney’s line-up of CGI-drenched live-action remakes. These films have always seemed like a transparent business decision. They’re over-reliant...
It’s not just a game: The insidious monetization of “Fortnite”
Rather than blame the parents, it’s time to hold gaming companies accountable On March 17, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, by a Vancouver parent identified only as A.B. Their reasoning behind the lawsuit was that their son,...Our Digital Print Issue
