Ep.103- Why Isn't K-Pop Demon Hunters Canadian

About this episode

The episode discusses why K-Pop Demon Hunters, despite being created by Canadian talent, is not considered a Canadian movie.

K-Pop Demon Hunters, Netflix's most successful movie ever and the seismic cultural force of the summer, was made almost entirely by Canadian creative staff. So why isn't it a Canadian movie? Most of us probably understand that it's because it was made by American producers with American money. However, outside of some media puff pieces about the Canadian creator and co-director Maggie Kang, there isn't a lot of discussion about why we aren't doing anything to move away from being a thankless land of oursourcing. Luckily, Wildbrain animation staffer Kristian Lobb agreed with me that cartoons can be the ultimate "Nation Building project" and the two of us talk about how we could benefit from all of that pop culture soft power if we just only we moved the pieces around a little bit.

People in this episode

Guest: Kristian Lobb

Topics covered

• K-Pop
• Canadian cinema
• cultural production
• animation
• media outsourcing

Keywords

• K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Netflix
• Maggie Kang
• cultural force
• Nation Building project

Mentioned in this episode

Products: K-Pop Demon Hunters, Netflix

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