CBCs upcoming scripted lineup showcases diversity and familiar faces, with Indigenous hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids, writer-actor Allan Hawco and comedy collaborators Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill debuting new series.It tells the “not even true, real life story” of the Haisla Nation artists’ rise to fame with show creators Quinton Nyce and Darren Metz putting their story on TV after earning accolades in the music scene.
The comedy series, which features Jennifer Podemski as showrunner and executive producer, highlights the many roadblocks and failures the duo faced on the path to success.“This was a great opportunity for me to flex that muscle. And I just saw a lot of relatable content . It really is the artist’s journey; all of the comedic misfortunes that happen to all of us as we pursue this dream.”.
“Whether you love it, hate it, complain about it, whatever. I think it’s super important in terms of exploring what our identity is.”Whalen said the idea for the series came about while she was experiencing menopause during the pandemic. When she began to research what was happening to her body, everything she learned about the topic “was so relentlessly negative and depressing.”
“The fact that the subject matter can still make people feel uncomfortable yet half of the population of the whole world goes through it, or that we’re not seeing a million shows on it, even though half the population is going through it it’s an under-represented topic.”, a documentary series on her family’s eight-decade long search for their matriarch, which she herself began to dive into while writing a book on Canada’s residential school system.