Letters, Dec. 17, 2019: The art of Richard Brodeur
Credit to Author: Carolyn Soltau| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:00:06 +0000
Thanks for the story about Richard Brodeur, the famed former NHL goalie and artist.
I met Richard at an art show in November in Ladner. Immediately attracted to his whimsical paintings, I bought one. I grew up in Montreal and remember outdoor skating, with the girls being squeezed out by the boy hockey players!
The painting I bought shows his sister on the sidelines, sitting on the stairs with the dog in front of their childhood home. His name was familiar to me, but his art was the draw.
Margaret Scott-Peters, Victoria
I am an actor, one who puts tons of work into his craft and hopes the hard work pays off. I mean, isn’t that what’s supposed to happen? For one to see the fruits of hard labour? Unfortunately, in the world of social media, an actor now has a tough choice to make.
Do I learn the lines and find my objective? Do I say those lines as if I am not acting and try to sound natural. Do I stick my neck out in the world of social media?
My point is that one goes through all this effort to innocently land a TV commercial, only to be crushed by social media when all he did was follow the director. This innocent man who did his job is now being dragged over the coals, for what? Because he wanted to be an actor?
Are actors now thinking twice about what rolls they audition for? Are actors now refusing to do certain rolls for fear of social media? How far will society go to ruin someone for simply doing a job?
It really makes one wonder.
Patrick Murphy, Edmonton
Just a question about the viral Peloton commercial: Why is this news? It is a person riding an exercise bike, but the ad is news? Good lord, could we possibly be any more shallow?
We have homeless people, vets fighting for survival, Indigenous people without water, and yet an exercise bike ad is news. Yikes, these First World problems are pretty serious.
Mel Brotzel, Pitt Meadows
The government’s intrusion into this subject is wrong. To deny this young woman another child because there is no signed legal document is wrong. I hope she wins on appeal.
We lose more and more of our freedoms as the government, in its “wisdom”, seeks to protect us from ourselves. My heart goes out to this mother, as she deals with such an enormous, life-changing loss. Where is the compassion?
Diane Walter, Vancouver
The lack of transportation options in Metro Vancouver has me concerned. My family lives on the outer edge of a suburban bus line where once-per-hour late-night bus service requires careful planning and accurate bus schedules for connections that need to happen.
There was a time when taking a taxi home was a simple phone call away, but I have now heard too many stories of cab drivers refusing to take passengers to the suburbs. If my two university-student children chose not to drink and drive, they could be stuck if they missed the last bus. I suppose they could drive and not drink, if they actually had a car to drive, but insurance for a young driver (no accidents, but not enough time built up) is well out of reach for many young people, and parents who want to add them to their insurance under the new system may no longer be able to afford it.
If we cannot get ride-hailing up and running in this city, then maybe it’s time to create a requirement for cab drivers to take passengers to wherever they need to go within the Metro area. Taxi drivers don’t want the competition, but some of them aren’t even providing the service. We need more options in this city and ride-hailing fills an important need. Other large cities have figured out how to do this, so why can’t we?
Tami Copland, North Vancouver
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