Anne of Green Gables

Submitted by Lizzie McNeely on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 10:31.

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Did you know there are L.M. Montgomery scholars? All those years spent watching Anne of Green Gables as a breakup blues’ curative could have been applied to a dissertation: “Islands as Orphans: Decoding Anne as a Symbol for P.E.I’s Confederation Fears.” Damn, I’d get honours. This year’s the centenary of Anne of Green Gables and she’s all the rage. Ryerson held an Anne symposium this week, and an exhibit opens at Spadina House on April 19th. Carrots was even featured as a phone sex operator earlier this year in Sasha Van Bon Bon’s cabaret, Who’s Your Dada (disturbing). Are you happy to reminisce, or would you like to break a slate on Anne’s head?