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A Plea From a Member of the ‘51st State’
Americans don’t understand the threat Canadians face right now. Comedian Tom Green would like to explain.
The comedian, best known for the early-aughts MTV phenomenon The Tom Green Show and his cult-classic 2001 film Freddie Got Fingered, has never kept his identity a secret, but he belongs to a long line of Canadian comics who, by virtue of primarily working and finding success in the United States, are assumed to be American by default. In January, amid the escalation of diplomatic tensions between Canada and the U.S., Green released a song titled “I’m a Canadian” that put to bed any remaining ambiguity about his identity. He has spent the subsequent months on a U.S. stand-up tour, giving him a unique vantage point on how people on both sides of the border feel about President Trump’s hostile tariff policies and “51st state” rhetoric.
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