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The Degrassi Digest # 32 July 19th 1998- Happy Birthday to my
sister who turns 22 tomorrow!
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NEWS:
1) A message from AJ : I updated my page, with some new pictures
(and small text additions) for the character bio page, a whole
new section for the teacher bios, and of course a zit remedy
tribute page. Check out AJ's Degrassi Site at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/9338/degrassi.htm
2) My Degrassi Pilgrimage of May 1998 is up...Check it out at http://www.degrassi.org/Degrassi-Landmarks/index.html
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The Degrassi Digest is also archived at
http://www.escribe.com/tv/degrassi/
This "E-SCRIBE" service will archive future Digests,
and if anyone wants to search for anything on it, there is a
search tool for searching past issues on that URL.
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Degrassi World Fan Fiction Episode #13 can be found after this
weeks posts
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YOUR POSTS:
Swans Crossing
just wondering
News about Joanne.
Degrassi Quotes
Re: The Degrassi Digest #31
The Maya thing
Youth Gangs in Canada
hello
Degrassi Talks Books
Favorite Degrassi Characters Survey
godzilla
A list of showings
For the Degrassi Digest
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Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 03:21:06 -0400
From: Princess
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: Swans Crossing
This is in response to RedRose who mentioned the television
show, Swans Crossing. I remember watching that one summer a few
years ago. What happened to the show? All that I recall is a
bunch of rich kids zooming around town on scooters and one of the
girls having an elevator in her bedroom . Does anyone know
anything else about this show ?
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Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 15:10:29 -0500
From: Yvette
To: webmaster@degrassi.org
Subject: Degrassi
I just read Degrassi Digest #31
My message is in regards to this comment;
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From: "Maureen Adams"
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: just wondering
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 09:27:19 PDT
I have only recieved a few digests so far, but I love it. I was just wondering which Degrassi kids dated in real life.
*Mark* On one of the Interviews that Ms. Natalie Earl has done with some Degrassi castmembers, Pat Mastroianni dated Neve Campbell, who, with her brother Christian, were extras on Degrassi for the early years. Maureen Deisach (Heather Farrell) dated Michael Carry (Simon Dexter) in real life, as noted from one of Natalie Earl's interviews with Degrassi castmembers.
I am surprised to hear that Neve Campbell was on Degrassi. Did I read this right, or was it her brother who was on ? Do you know which episodes ?. Thanks a lot. By-the-way, your site is very thorough, and an absolute joy to visit ! Yvette
*Mark* Yes, Neve and Christian Campbell were on Degrassi Junior High for only one season I believe. Please check out http://www.degrassi-junior-high.org/INTERVIEWS and check out more information about Neve and Christian Campbell.
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Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:58:19 -0400
To: post@degrassi.org
From: Cecil Peter Leung
Subject: News about Joanne.
I have some news on the whereabouts of the actress who played
Joanne. She works with my girlfriend. I'll do a full story when I
have all the facts.
Cecil.
*Mark* Please do...I'm sure we would all love to hear about
Krista Houston and how she is doing today.
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From: "M. Lawson"
To: webmaster@degrassi.org
Subject: Degrassi Quotes
From the DH episode "Sixteen, Part 1"
Michelle's Father: "I saw you and that boy kissing, in front of the whole STREET!!!"
*Mark* Thanks M. Lawson...Please check out
http://www.degrassi.org/degrassiquotes.htm in the next couple of
days. I will update all the quotes you have sent. Please send
more quotes on the episodes to webmaster@degrassi.org
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From: "Aron Papernick"
To: webmaster@degrassi.org (Mark Aaron Polger)
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 21:23:48 +0000
Subject: Re: The Degrassi Digest #31
Dear Mark and Everyone;
How's everyone's summer so far? Just wanted to drop a recent
Degrassi Alumnus Sighting. On Saturday July 11, I went to
Harbourfront (on the shores of beautiful Lake Ontario) in Toronto
to see The Herbaliser & Kardinal Offishall give a free
concert. I definitely saw Cathy Keenan/"Liz" there
enjoying the phat beats. That's it!!
Later!!
Aron M. Papernick
PS: For info on The Herbaliser check out http://www.obselete.com For Kardinal info, check http://www.beatfactory.com They're both worth it, trust me!!
"I thought there would be more parties in Junior High.
Not political parties, but REAL parties with boys, music, and
potato chips."
-Melanie
*Mark* Thanks for the Degrassi siting. e-mail Sharon as she
maintains the Degrassi Update for sightings of the Degrassi Cast.
e-mail her at sharon@degrassi.org Also thanks for your submission
of your quote. All quotes will added to the quote page within the
week.
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 01:34:11 -0700
From: Papool Chaudhari
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: The Maya thing
Hey there once again...
1.) You sure are right Mark...that Maya thing is getting way out of hand, I mean, I've felt racism before (still do), but if I could free my future children of it, I would do it in a heartbeat, besides, maybe Maya thought the non-disabled guy was cuter...maybe Natalie Earl made a mistake (Mistake in the sense of not being able to foreshadow Ravi's feelings) by even *mentioning* if the two guys were handicapped or not...[I am NOT dissin anyone] it *could* have just been a story of two guys that liked Maya, both different, say personality/physical attractiveness wise...then the emotional roller coaster thing would work out (Also, they never showed guys into Maya during the real show anywayz, this story thus would be fun anywayz)...
A lot of things Ravi said I did not agree with, but I inferred from him, that, not that I want to start anything, he thought because Maya is disabled doesn't mean that a story having two guys liking has to mention whether or not the two guys are handicapped, and as far as the complications of birth, etc[In the real Degrassi writing, we saw a big fuss over Michelle and BLT, but what about Lucy and Clutch]...HELLO...she is only dating, we're not talkin marriage until the end of the episode, but still, you know what I mean
2.) I have a question about the Degrassi World episodes that we read each week:
I love reading those, but one thing. The Degrassi world is based on the show, right? If so, I'm confused as to the parents. I can see Heather and Wheels, but Joey and Caitlin? School's out broke them up for good...and what about Snake and Melanie? Snake was with Michelle last we saw...please explain, I don't get it...Thanks
*Mark* As Natalie Earl and I came up with Degrassi World, we
can say that Fan Fiction comes from re-writing, and re-visioning
the series. When Natalie wrote Tessa Keeps Her Baby, it was
written as if Tessa did not have the abortion and she went ahead
with the pregnancy. Natalie expands out of the Degrassi Series,
and goes in different areas that were not covered. In Natalie's
(and my mind as well) Caitlin and Joey do patch things up and get
married and have children. This is only fiction and we cannot
base our thoughts on the end of School's Out. There are so many
possibilites that we can delve into. About the Maya issue: We
have come to an agreement that many of us disagree. In future
digests, I would appreciate no condescending or insulting towards
other subscribers, or it will be edited out before Degrassi
Digest comes out.
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From: "Corina Hitchcock"
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: Youth Gangs in Canada
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 11:00:33 PDT
This is in regards to Mark's response that youth gangs are not a problem in canada. I am an 18 year old girl living in Toronto canada. Previously I lived in Rexdale, Ontario which is a suburb of Toronto. This area of Toronto is extremely violent and gang-filled, reminicent of South-Central L.A., although perhaps not quite as bad. I used to hear gunshots going off at night behind my apartment building. My Catholic high school was centred directly in the centre of rexdale also known as "The West Side". The high school was often evacuated due to stabbings, and guns were regularly seen on the premises. The school was also a regular gathering place for drug dealers, and assorted ethnic gangs. Police were seen regularly in the hallways and the surrounding mall and apartment buildings were the site of many shootings and drug busts. i would say that Canada, in particular, Ontario, does have a problem with Youth gangs.
This however, is a new phenomenon. As Canada becomes more and more Americanized, youth gangs are becoming more prominent in an otherwize peaceful country. It is becoming a difficult problem to deal with. I now live in the downtown area of Toronto and I must say that I feel a million times safer than I ever did in the suburbs. There are still many youth gangs in the area, particulalry around high schools,however I feel safe walking home alone at night, something i wouldn't even think of doing when I lived in Rexdale, for fear of being raped, shot or stabbed. would have to say that the reason gang-related problems were never shown on Degrassi, is that Canadian youth gangs are a recent problem, having only become prominent in the past few years, after Degrassi had been taken off of the air. If Degrassi was on today, you can bet your life that youth gangs would have a suficient space in the spotlight.
*Mark* Thank you for your informative post. I appreciate the fact that you have corrected me upon a topic that I am not specialized in. I did a course on Social Deviance and we did study deviance from a Canadian perspective. When we studied youth gangs in Canada, we found that it was not a major problem, and that in Vancouver, and in Ontario, there were some youth gangs. In suburban parts of Ontario the main findings were middle class female youth who made up most of the youth gangs. In Vancouver, it was mainly comprised of working class male youth. I thank you for correcting my errors and for addressing the issue from your point of view.
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:35:17 -0700
From: Callie Smith
To: webmaster@degrassi.org
Subject: hello
Hi my name is Callie and i want to tell you first that i love your Degrassi site. Anyways i was wondering if you know if you can rent the episode called School's Out, because after the episode The Last Dance it went right back to the beginning. So if you can tell me this, that would help me out greatly. Thank you for taking the time to read this from Callie Smith
*Mark* Check out
http://www.degrassi.org/pertinentaddresses.htm for Degrassi
rental/purhcase information.
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 18:31:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Darlene Dazzle
Subject: Degrassi Talks Books
To: post@degrassi.org
The six Degrassi Talks Books (1995) based on Joey:Depression, Spike:Sex, Yick:Drugs, Caitlin:Sexuality, Wheels:Alcohol, and Kathleen:Abuse are available by special order from www.amazon.com The price is $7 each.
Other Degrassi books are available from The Kids of Degrassi
Street, Junior High, and High School but they are
"used" and require an out-of-print order.
*Mark* If you are living in Canada, (or the USA), try calling
James Lorimer and Co. and ask about ordering Degrassi Books that
may not be on http://www.amazom.com
(Look on my Front Page for the address)
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From: "NATALIE J EARL"
To: "Degrassi Digest Post Message"
<post@degrassi.org>
Subject: Favorite Degrassi Characters Survey
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 19:47:02 -0700
Degrassi Legacy is conducting a Favorite Degrassi Characters Survey. The results will be revealed in a DL article. Please copy the survey categories and then email your responses to Natalie Earl natalie@degrassi-junior-high.org or Mark Polger webmaster@degrassi.org Thank you Ghizal Hasan, Madaline Hunter and Darlene Dazzle for responding to last week's project.
SMARTEST Male and Female
COOLEST Male and Female
MOST ATTRACTIVE Male and Female
FUNNIEST Male and Female
SEXIEST Male and Female
BEST DRESSED Male and Female
MOST DANGEROUS Male and Female
BEST COUPLE
BEST CLIQUE
MOST UNDER-RATED/NEGLECTED Male and Female
CHARACTER THAT YOU COULD MOST IDENTIFY WITH
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From: "Janita Rabbit"
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: godzilla
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 03:01:37 PDT
hi
i was really dissapointed when i went 2 c godzilla. the only reason i went 2 c that movie was 2 c Pat in it.....but i didn't spot him at all!!!! there was a pilot who had his face covered with a helmet and you could only see his eyes, so i dunno if it was Pat or not. anyone know anything about this? keep up the good work with the digest!
janita
*Mark* Maybe he is in the film, but he has a tiny part.Anyone
know, please post.
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From: "Weide, Steven
To: post@degrassi.org
Subject: A list of showings
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:50:55 -0400
Well, I'm new to the Degrassi list, and glad to be here. I see a lot of requests for people looking for old Degrassi episodes and wondering where you can see them on TV (and I know I want the answers to these questions too). I propose a list of where you can buy/rent/get ahold of Degrassi tapes and a list of stations (with time, part of country, etc) that are still showing Degrassi. That way we could head off the repeat questions, and help everyone find out the best place to get it. I would be more than happy to keep this list and it could be posted on Degrasi.org, or posted to the newsletter periodically, or I could make a page or whatever. So if anyone knows where to see Degrassi on TV or where to get tapes of Degrassi (I'm not sure whether to include tape traders in this or not, since they are still available and that would most probably be illegal...or would it since it is shown on public TV? Anyone know?) you can either email me at dirk@one.net (which would be preferable since that would keep the newsletter traffic somewhat down) or if you do post it to the newsletter I'll see it there and start the list.
Steve
*Mark* You are talking about the page
http://www.degrassi.org/pertinentaddresses.htm but if you want to
browse through old Digest issues, and make a page about the
channels, and networks that still show Degrassi, you can send it
to me at webmaster@degrassi.org along with your photo, and I can
put the page up and give you credit.
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From: "ANDREW SUTCLIFFE"
To: <post@degrassi.org>
Subject: For the Degrassi Digest
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 23:07:30 +1000
Greetings from Melbourne AUSTRALIA,
There one thing on your website I don't understand info about the
length of Degrassi episodes Mark said they are 30 min or 22
minutes depending on whether commercials apply. Most of the
Australian screened episodes on commercial free ABC-TV ran 25
minutes (and they were on the higher resolution PAL system not
NTSC. Any ideas ? I have most on video tape. Lets have a big
debate on this vital Degrassi point. WHO DID THE BEST ACTING IN
THE SHOW ? My nominations are for Rebecca Haines (as Kathleen)
followed by Sara Ballingall (as Melanie). [Not that all the cast
didn't do a fantastic effort ]. Rebecca had I think the hardest
part in the show to play the grump then the abused gal and we all
know she's not like that in person ( in fact she's a babe ). Sara
also had a critical part to accompany Rebecca's and she did it
perfectly. Melanie was a perfect balance to Kathleen and without
that pair (I won't say "dynamic duo" ) the show would
have seriously lacked something. This is of course putting aside
the fact Sara in real life is quite a bit like Melanie. I will
add to this topic next session. I may be a bit biased on this
point because I'm sweet on both of these gals (and the fact Sara
looks a lot like my mum did when he was young may be influencing
my view ). But objectively I think these two were the best. What
does everone else think?
Andrew Sutcliffe
*Mark* I'm curious, but how do you know Sara is similar to her
character Melanie?
Thank you for your comments. To all subscribers: Please feel free
to send posts on who you thought did the best acting on the
series.
About the 22 mins and 30 mins, on PBS in the USA, there were no
commercials, so the full version of Degrassi was shown. On CBC or
Showcase, in Canada, there were commercials, so some minor parts
were cut out.
Check out http://www.degrassi.org/degrassifacts.htm for some
other interestign Degrassi facts.
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End of The NARBO Report #32
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DEGRASSI WORLD #13 : KATHLEEN DABBLES IN WITCHCRAFT
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[Author's note: This story is the sequel to "Stage
Fright" from Season #2 of Degrassi Junior High.
After Susie's slumber party, Kathleen, Melanie, Caitlin, and
Jyoti take
turns hosting their own sleep-overs. Each week, the girls
continue to hold
seances and experiment with the OUIJA (weegee) board. Their
addiction leads
to the formation of Sisterhood of Sorcery, a secret society
devoted to
witchcraft and pagan rituals].
Kathleen was the self-ordained high priestess of Sisterhood of
Sorcery. It
all began when she discovered the Occult section of a New Age
book store.
She purchased several books on Witchcraft Practice and Theory.
Unfulfilled
by her own life, Kathleen was eager for a fantasy world filled
with
supernatural powers and elaborate ceremonies. She was especially
fascinated
by the immortality and reincarnation aspects. It was exciting to
imagine her
past lives: who knows if she was a slave or an empress; a saint
or a harlot.
At first the other girls joined the Sisterhood as a joke. But
the role
playing game escalated into a religion. The girls even started to
dress like
witches, with ethereal and gothic inspired clothing. Kathleen
transformed
her room into a spiritual shrine--adorned with candles, incense,
tarot
cards, crystals, gemstones and amulets.
Then came the initiation ceremony. In a black cauldron,
Kathleen brewed a
potion made of red wine, mint leaves, honey, and olive oil. The
final
ingredient was five drop of blood, harvested through each girl
pricking her
finger. After partaking of the sacramental potion, the girls were
branded
with a witches mark: a star and moon insignia (Don't worry they
used rub-on
tattoos). Hence the enchantresses were anointed and christened:
Persephone
(Melanie), Aphrodite (Caitlin), Venus (Kathleen), Ishtar (Jyoti),
and
Belladonna (Susie).
At each meeting they would pray to mother Earth and perform
chants, dances
and songs. Each girl developed her Book of Shadows: her
collection of
folklore, spells, incarnations, rituals, and recipes. Tradition
dictates
that the book be destroyed upon the witches death as not to
reveal secrets
to nonbelievers.
It was innocent until they decided to abuse their powers of
voodoo and
wish-granting. Such as when Melanie cursed Amy and Allison and
they
mysteriously caught chicken pox; and when all the boys dumped
their
girlfriends to chase after Caitlin. Kathleen became so possessed
that she
had hallucinations of dancing with the Devil. The Sisterhood made
the
unanimous decision to perform an exorcism and then abandon
witchcraft
forever. Till this day, none of the girls will admit their
rendezvous with
the forbidden arts. THE END
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