I was very happy to be able to be part of it.įrom what I’ve seen, the reaction has almost been completely positive. Glynis Ratcliffe: What has been the reaction to the skit? Have you heard from any Indigenous reporters, viewers, leaders?Īurora Browne: Carolyn Taylor wrote this sketch and I think it’s such a well-thought out dissection of hypocrisy and lip service.
We had the opportunity to interview Browne earlier this month via email about the response and her thoughts on reconciliation. The skit’s message resonated with many online, including the staff at Broadview.
#Baroness von sketch honesty circle full#
She moves to start the show when someone in the audience (Carolyn Taylor) awkwardly stands and asks, in the most Canadian way, “If we’re on someone else’s land… shouldn’t we leave?” You can watch the full clip below. Browne’s character lists them off, soberly, referring to broken covenants and the need for right relations.
The sketch opens with a director (Aurora Browne) coming on stage before a theatre performance to acknowledge that the theatre sits on the territory of four different First Nations. The all-female sketch comedy show, which is in its fourth season of making people laugh while they cringe, called out the gesture in a skit that has been widely shared since being posted on Facebook last month. Land acknowledgments are a staple at public events in Canada, but some, including those behind CBC’s Baroness Von Sketch show, see it as just a form of virtue signalling.
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