Strange Brew

There are a lot of Canadian stereotypes in Strange Brew. They are almost always directed on Bob and Doug Mckenzie. They are always drinking beer, always wearing toques, always say eh and hoser/hosehead, and always wear flannel. The rest of the people in the movie (excluding their parents) are fairly normal, aren't alcoholics, wear normal clothes, and talk normally. Beer is fairly popular in Canada so I will let it slide. The toques also possibly could be acceptable because they were wearing winter jackets at the time too so it could be cold. That also brings up another stereotype of Canada ALWAYS being cold, but once again, that is true 7 months out of the year. Some Canadians do say eh, but not nearly to the extent that Bob and Doug do. The only person I have ever heard say hoser or hosehead on a regular basis would be Mr. Nickell. I have never seen a person wear flannel. Another stereotype is that everyone either loves or plays hockey. This might be true for a lot of Canadians but not to the extent they show. On the whole, while this movie does show stereotypes they are basically true but not to the extent that they show. Oh, and our dogs can't fly.

Strange Brew

Some stereotypes I noticed in Strange Brew included saying “eh” after every sentence, along with calling people “hoseheads” or “hosers.” The two main characters, Bob and Doug McKenzie, were always dressed in flannel shirts, toques, winter coats and winter boots showing that it was always cold. Along with all of the winter clothing Bob and Doug also wore hockey jerseys, and played hockey throughout the movie. The main story of the movie is about getting beer which they drink all the time. It is true that as Canadians we tend to say "eh" at the end of almost every sentence when having a conversation. Although I have not ever heard anyone call someone a "hosehead" or "hoser" so I'm not sure where they got that stereotype from. The majority of Canadian people wear a t-shirt and jeans you don't normally see people wearing fannel shirts unless its really cold. As for winter boots, coats and toques yes we wear them in winter when its -40 degrees outside but i'm pretty sure so does the rest of the people in the world. And yes it is true it is usually cold here we seem to have winter for atleast 6 or 7 months of the year. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada but we don't wear hockey jerseys everyday. Beer is most definately the most popular type of alcoholic beverage of Canadians, that is true.

Strange Brew

“Strange Brew” a movie about two Canadians, Bob and Doug Mackenzie, is full of all kinds of Canadian stereotypes. In every scene that dealt with Canadians, they were wearing toques. We do wear toques. Our winters are ridiculously cold, and our heads would freeze without them on. However we do not wear them year round like the movie suggests. Another stereotype from the movie was that Canadians wore plaid, flannel, lumberjack shirts. Some Canadians do wear these shirts. I am pretty sure that there are people in every country in North America that wear these shirts. Everybody does not dress like that. Most people wear casual clothing that you would see anywhere else in the world. Canadians love beer and donuts. For the most part this is true. We enjoy not only beer, but many other types of liquor, and who doesn’t enjoy a donut. Most people don’t always have a beer in their hand, and people from a lot of countries love their donuts. “Strange Brew” also stereotypes all Canadians for loving hockey. A lot of us do love our hockey. There are many strong teams in the world, but we are the strongest, and are proud of it. Probably the biggest of Canadian stereotypes is our language. People think we say “eh”, “hoser”, “hosehead”, “take off”, “beauty”, and “aboot”. Most Canadians do not use most of these words. Very few to no people will say “hoser”, “hosehead”, and “take off”. “beauty” however is used quite a bit, along with the most common “eh”. We don’t just randomly stick an “eh” into a sentence but use it as a question mark. I have never heard a Canadian that says “aboot”. I am sure that there are some out there, but it can’t be common enough to have a stereotype set for it. I am not disappointed in the least about any of the stereotypes that have been made about our country. Not one of the stereotypes means anything negative. It’s just how we are unique. If we were disliked as a country, people would make up stereotypes that were directed in a negative way. All of our stereotypes are just ways that we are unique. They are greatly exaggerated, but in a way does a good job in describing Canada.

Strange Brew

Strange Brew is all about Canadian stereotypes. Bob and Doug McKenzie are constantly drinking beer and always have flannel shirts on, big winter jackets and toques. They also wore hockey jerseys and played a lot of hockey. I agree that Canadians drink a lot of beer because we love our beer! We enjoy sitting by the fire with a beer in our hands and going to craven knowing we will encounter lots of beer! We wear flannel shirts because we like wearing them and most people do. Wearing big winter coats are necessary when it is winter time. We would freeze without them but we do not wear them year long. Us Canadians have to wear toques to keep our heads warm or else we would freeze our ears off because our winters are so harsh. Their favourite words to say are "eh"and "hoseheads" or "hoser" I agree that most Canadian says "eh". It just comes out naturally. I don't hear most Canadians saying "hose heads" often, mostly because we aren't stuck in the 80's. I agree hockey is a major sport in Canada and is played a lot. I think it should be our national sport because we love to play and attend games regularly.

Strange Brew- Canadian Stereotypes

In Strange Brew Canadians are stereotyped as beer lovers that say eh a lot. We wear toques, flannel shirts and parkas all the time. Call each other hosers and hose heads. Love hockey and hockey. I think they portray Canadians as being stupid also. I don’t agree with these stereotypes. Some of them are true but they over emphasize it in the movie. We do say eh sometimes, but not at the end of every sentence like in the movie. Canadians don’t drink anymore beer and eat doughnuts than any other people. I have never heard anyone say hoser or hose head, besides Mr. Nickel, so I don’t know how that is a Canadian stereotype. Also Canadians don’t wear flannel shirts, toques and big coats. They make us look like, dumb, socially retarded people. I find this movie offensive as a Canadian, that does not wear a flannel shirt and toque every day, eat tones of doughnuts, love hockey or say eh restlessly.

Strange Brew

Strange brew is a movie dealing with all the Canadian stereotypes. They drink lots of beer and can never have enough. I agree that Canadians do drink a lot of beer especially in rural areas. Beer goes hand in hand with hockey. Most people will sit around a fire or fish and have some beers. In every scene they had a toque. We have to wear toques its cold out! So I also agree with this one, how else are we going to keep our heads warm. They always have hockey jerseys and they played hockey. Even though hockey is not Canada’s national sport it is what almost every Canadian does in the winter. You can’t take offence to something we are good at and very proud of. Bob and Doug say “eh” and “hoser” or “hosehead” all they time. Some of us do say “eh” and I have heard one person say “hosehead so again if we do it can’t really get mad about it. They are always wearing flannel shirts and everyone around them does. We wear flannel shirts, doesn’t bother me if the world thinks everyone does. In the movie everyone wear parkas. Winter is cold, we need parkas but we do have other more modern names for them.

Canadian Stereotypes (Strange Brew)

Stereotypes.
Toques- Yes, Canadians wear toques; in winter. We do not wear them all year round.

Plaid, Flannel Lumberjack shirts- This is not the Canadian style of choice but you will catch some people wearing them. We typically wear what you see in your average lululemon, Stitches, West 49, American Eagle, etc.

Love Beer- Many Canadians enjoy beer. However, we also drink other alcoholic beverages. Beer is not sacred to our culture.

Love Donuts- Donuts are also a food that Canadians enjoy. However, we don’t lust for them.

Everyone Can Skate- Many Canadians can skate, in rural areas most people can skate. However, not everyone has the desire or opportunity to learn how to skate.

Love Hockey- Canadians are passionate about hockey. This does not include everyone. I know plenty of Canadians who don’t pay attention to it at all.

Language and Expression.
Canadians do not say “hoser”, “hosehead” or “take off”. “Beauty” is occasionally tossed around but is not used to describe everything good. Canadians do say “eh”. However, we only use it in certain scenarios. We will use it if we are trying to see if someone agrees with us (use it the same way some say “huh”). ex. That was a good game eh?

Proud, Ashamed?
Over all I am proud of our stereotypes. None of them have a negative connotation (like Canadians are bad drivers). This shows that Canadians are respected. We have not been aggressive, tried to push our culture on others or create a huge sphere of influence. People like us because of this. When you are getting teased in such a positive way it means that you are liked.

Strange brew, eh?

In the movie which we have currently been watching, Strange Brew, many Canadian stereotypes were displayed. They showed the two main characters, Bob and Doug, saying “eh?” at the end of almost every sentence. Their favourite insult is “Hoser”. They were alcoholics and not very intelligent; clueless would be a good descriptive term. They always wore toques and parkas. And they all played hockey, of course. I agree that a substantial portion of Canadians do use “eh?” after asking a question, I do myself, depending on the circumstance. The most intelligent people I know are Canadian, seeing as 99% of my friends are from here. That’s it, eh?