TV / en U of T grad draws on real-life experience to play patient on ‘The Good Doctor’: CTV /news/u-t-grad-draws-real-life-experience-play-patient-good-doctor-ctv <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">U of T grad draws on real-life experience to play patient on ‘The Good Doctor’: CTV </span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/UofT84386_0P8A0191-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=IDylPlJE 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/UofT84386_0P8A0191-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=fd92bWwb 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/UofT84386_0P8A0191-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=eDgblEMe 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/UofT84386_0P8A0191-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=IDylPlJE" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>bresgead</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-02-24T12:12:00-05:00" title="Friday, February 24, 2023 - 12:12" class="datetime">Fri, 02/24/2023 - 12:12</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">With her mother at her side, Elspeth Arbow poses for a convocation photo in 2019 – about a about a year after receiving her second double-lung transplant (photo by Lisa Lightbourn)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/innis-college" hreflang="en">Innis College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/tv" hreflang="en">TV</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="margin-bottom:11px"><b>Elspeth Arbow</b> brought authenticity to her acting debut on <i>The Good Doctor</i> as a cystic fibrosis patient in need of a lung transplant – a procedure she’s undergone twice in real life.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">Arbow <a href="/news/too-stubborn-stop-u-t-s-elspeth-arbow-graduates-after-overcoming-second-double-lung-transplant">graduated from Ƶ</a> with a bachelor’s degree in cinema studies in 2019, about a year after receiving her <a href="/news/willpower-nutshell-against-odds-elspeth-arbow-working-towards-u-t-degree-despite-cystic">second double-lung transplant</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">Originally from Saint John, N.B., Arbow told&nbsp;<a href="https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-actor-relives-experience-with-cystic-fibrosis-in-acting-debut-on-the-good-doctor-1.6276419"><i>CTV News Atlantic</i></a><i>&nbsp;</i>that<i>&nbsp;</i>she initially had reservations about playing a character whose health struggles so closely mirrored her own&nbsp;– but has never been one to back down from a challenge. “I realized the thing I would be reliving is the same thing that made me the type of person that would want to do this,” she told the broadcaster.</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">Arbow, who was a member of Innis College, says she had some emotional moments while shooting the TV medical drama, but ultimately, she enjoyed her experience on set – from the catering to&nbsp;meeting Freddie Highmore, the show’s star.</p> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 11px;"><a href="http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-actor-relives-experience-with-cystic-fibrosis-in-acting-debut-on-the-good-doctor-1.6276419">Read more at CTV News Atlantic</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh2QIRDHh8s&amp;t=13s">Watch a video of Elspeth Arbow’s U of T convocation</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:12:00 +0000 bresgead 180260 at U of T prof to teach course about Netflix’s dystopian Squid Game drama: blogTO /news/u-t-prof-teach-course-about-netflix-s-dystopian-squid-game-drama-blogto <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">U of T prof to teach course about Netflix’s dystopian Squid Game drama: blogTO</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/SquidGame_Unit_103_1015.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=zn6I5BtB 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/SquidGame_Unit_103_1015.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=b4lLPCZs 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/SquidGame_Unit_103_1015.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=zj3xdOM3 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/SquidGame_Unit_103_1015.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=zn6I5BtB" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-06-20T12:12:20-04:00" title="Monday, June 20, 2022 - 12:12" class="datetime">Mon, 06/20/2022 - 12:12</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">(Photo by Noh Juhan/Netflix)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/academics" hreflang="en">Academics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/st-michael-s-college" hreflang="en">St. Michael's College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/tv" hreflang="en">TV</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Ƶ students will soon be able to take a course about&nbsp;the South Korean dystopian drama&nbsp;<em>Squid Game</em>,&nbsp;which is&nbsp;Netflix’s most popular TV series ever.</p> <p><b>Paulo Granata</b>, an associate professor in book and media studies at St. Michael’s College, announced the course, titled “Squid Game and the Media,” on Twitter following news that the show is being renewed for a second season,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.blogto.com/film/2022/06/u-of-t-squid-game-course/"><em>blogTO</em><i> </i>reports</a>.&nbsp;The first season of “Squid Game” was viewed for over 1.65 billion hours in the first 28 days after the show’s release, <a href="https://top10.netflix.com/tv-non-english">according to Netflix’s Top 10 website</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height width> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">With the announcement of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SquidGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SquidGame</a> Season 2 by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Netflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Netflix</a>, it’s a green light for my BMS411 advanced course on 'Squid Game and the Media' I'll be teaching this Winter at the <a href="https://twitter.com/UofTArtSci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UofTArtSci</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/uStMikes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uStMikes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UofT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UofT</a> BMS program.<br> <br> Any ideas, proposals, thoughts, experts?<br> Please step in! <a href="https://t.co/EsMwOQqG8y">pic.twitter.com/EsMwOQqG8y</a></p> — Paolo Granata (@paologranata) <a href="https://twitter.com/paologranata/status/1536416744130084866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async charset="utf-8" height src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width></script></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>“Squid Game” is about a large group of cash-strapped contestants who compete in deadly and violent versions of children’s games for financial reward. Granata’s course will explore various themes related to the show, including political and ethical implications; philosophical and psychological concerns; and linguistic and cinematic aspects, according to <em>blogTO</em>.</p> <p>Granata told <em>blogTO</em><i> </i>that he was “inspired, almost obsessed and excited” at the prospect of delving into the show’s popularity and impact. “I believe the answers lie in the nine episodes of this survival drama, and I will mentor my students to discover them, aiming at using ‘Squid Game’ as a lens to understand contemporary society,” Granata said, adding that he would look to incorporate games into the course.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.blogto.com/film/2022/06/u-of-t-squid-game-course/">Read the story on <em>blogTO</em></a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:12:20 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 175312 at Why you should check out Cardinal, the new TV series based on thrillers by Giles Blunt /news/why-you-should-check-out-cardinal-new-tv-series-based-thrillers-giles-blunt <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Why you should check out Cardinal, the new TV series based on thrillers by Giles Blunt</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-01-24-Giles-Blunt_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=WaJBFhmR 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2017-01-24-Giles-Blunt_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=ve1y3ZhY 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2017-01-24-Giles-Blunt_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=R1XlHNSq 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-01-24-Giles-Blunt_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=WaJBFhmR" alt="photo of Giles Blunt"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-01-24T10:39:07-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 10:39" class="datetime">Tue, 01/24/2017 - 10:39</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">(photo of Giles Blunt by Meridian Artists)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/utm" hreflang="en">UTM</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/tv" hreflang="en">TV</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/books" hreflang="en">Books</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">U of T Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>When <em>Cardinal</em>, the mini-series based on one of alumnus <strong>Giles Blunt</strong>’s acclaimed crime novels premieres January 25 on CTV, he’ll be seeing it for the first time along with everybody else.&nbsp;</p> <p>“I plan to watch it with my wife and a bowl of popcorn,” says Blunt of the&nbsp;widely publicized six-part drama. The producers offered to let him view the series in advance, but he declined, just as he politely refused their invitation to be on location for filming last winter.</p> <p>“That part of the process isn’t all that interesting to me,” says Blunt, who graduated from the Ƶ Mississauga&nbsp;with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975.</p> <p>“Also, it was in North Bay in the winter.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The setting for his six John Cardinal crime novels is modelled on North Bay, where he grew up. <em>Cardinal</em> is based on the first book, <em>Forty Words for Sorrow</em>, published in 2000, where readers meet Detective John Cardinal and his partner Lisa Delorme as they search for the killer of a 13-year-old girl. Cardinal believes they’re hunting for a serial killer and time is running out for the next victim, while Delorme is secretly investigating Cardinal’s dark past.</p> <p>It’s been more than&nbsp;six years since CTV first approached Blunt about buying the rights to his books. The network has options on all six Cardinal novels, with plans to produce a mini-series for each one if the first is successful. &nbsp;</p> <h3><strong><em>Orphan Black</em> screenwriter wrote the scripts</strong></h3> <p>While he provided feedback on the first draft of every script, written by award-winning screenwriter Aubrey Nealon of <em>Orphan Black</em> fame, Blunt had no say on any of the final creative decisions.</p> <p>“It’s nerve-wracking, because the books tell the stories as I think they should be told,” he says. “But television is a different medium, and sometimes things need to be de-emphasized or occur in a different order for reasons that are extraneous to pure storytelling.”</p> <p>While he has some pre-show nerves about how the story might have changed in its translation to the screen, Blunt is unreserved in his approval of the cast. American actor Billy Campbell, best known for his role on <em>The Killing</em>, plays Cardinal, while Canadian actor Karine Vanasse of <em>Revenge</em> and <em>Pan Am</em> plays Delorme.</p> <p>“Karine was actually my first choice for Delorme,” he says, “and the moment I saw Billy I thought, ‘Yeah, of course.’”</p> <p><em>Forty Words for Sorrow</em> launched Blunt’s career as a novelist, with <em>The Walrus</em> calling it “the best Canadian crime thriller ever written” and the British Crime Writers’ Association giving it their prestigious Silver Dagger award. Blunt hopes the TV series will introduce a whole new audience to his books.</p> <p>“I know there’ll be developments in the storyline that I wouldn’t have made, but I just can’t get crazy about that at this point,” he says. “They’ve done them for whatever reasons the TV world has demanded, and let’s just hope they work out for the best.”</p> <p><em>Cardinal</em> premieres on CTV at 10 p.m. EST on January 25.</p> <h3><a href="/news/john-tory-tinseltown-u-t-industry-expert-how-mayor-can-lure-tv-film-producers">Read more about TV and film in Canad</a>a</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:39:07 +0000 lanthierj 103542 at