Those of a certain age — as the phrase goes — will remember as a standout in the TV dramaturgy of the 1970s the great Fantasy Island, and its memorable co-stars, Ricardo (fine Corinthian leather) Montalbán as Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as Tattoo, his diminutive assistant. Well, thanks to the current campaign and revelations from Wednesday’s French language debate, there is a remake in progress.
It’s Fantasy Inland, and taking on the premier roles is Justin Trudeau as Mr. Roarke (fresh off his successes in Aladdin and his hot reprise of the Belafonte classic Day-O), and Gerald Butts as the utterly charming Tattoo. There are a few variations from the original, particularly in the tag phrase that came to define the show:
Opening scene: Mr. Roarke (Trudeau) and Tattoo (Butts) are seen standing on a dock outside a fish plant in Trepassey, Newfoundland. They are scanning the skies, as best they can, through the dense fogs of the Southern Shore. We hear a rumbling noise as of fuel-burning, carbon-emitting great engines and suddenly ….
Tattoo: “ Boss. Boss: the plane the plane … (Tattoo frantically checks script) … er, the planes!! the planes!!! It’s the air convoy for our campaign.”
Mr. Roarke: Two? Only two?…
I have to leave it there. It would spoil the launch, roughly three weeks out.
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Leaving TV fantasy drama, what now do we know? That the First Environmentalist, after the blackfaces affair, after SNC and banishing Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from his caucus, after breaking his most “honest” promise to bring the budget to balance in four years — the First Environmentalist, the preacher of renewables and “carbon” poverty for all of us, drags himself and his vast entourage around in two planes.
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