Claude Lafortune dies
I gather from tweets and comments that Claude Lafortune has died which is sad if you grew up with his shows, but this is one of the moments where I experience the old “two solitudes” thing, because I never saw those shows and didn’t know who he was.
Clément 14:18 on 2020-04-20 Permalink
As a kid, Claude Lafortune made a huge impression on me. I did not grow up in a religious family, but watching “L’Évangile en papier” on TV was fascinating. He had an amazing talent for recreating (biblical) stories with paper figures, narrated by his quiet story telling voice. You truly felt like he was your friend.
If I want to attempt a “two solitudes” analogy, I can think of the “guy with the giraffe”.
Kate 15:55 on 2020-04-20 Permalink
I didn’t watch a lot of TV as a kid, besides a few cartoons on Saturday mornings, but of course I know who you mean by the “guy with the giraffe” because my sister watched it, and being anglo, it was just sort of on in the background. I even have a vague memory it was in a half-hour block with Mr. Dressup, which I always found inane.
It’s that kind of stuff – stuff you might not actively watch, but is around in your milieu – that comes to define you culturally.