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Son of a Terminator, Big Brother is driving you and Just another self-hating Canadian

This week’s Newsmakers

Mel Gibson’s hand puppet, Dave Carroll’s broken guitar, and “Shannon Tweed Day” in Oshawa

Newsmakers of the week

My Favourite Drabinsky-Related Quote

With Garth Drabinsky in the news lately, I’m reminded of my favourite online quote about the man who is frequently called “Garth Vader” but rarely “Wanin’ Garth.” It was in a rec.arts.theatre.musicals post back in 2001 by a songwriter who had written a score for one of Drabinsky’s musicals. Responding to my post about whether there were more composer-lyricists (that is, people who do both jobs) than there used to be, he wrote: