“Going to do a stir-fry later with chicken!” says the fella who is one of the most pervasive comic celebrities in Canada. We are 40 minutes into a conversation about his life and his work — how he rose to prominence with his role on the hit Canadian sitcom Kim’s Convenience, and his new venture as master of his own CBC show, Run the Burbs — but his focus is now all on his dinner? He is a jokester after all.
Read MoreProducing a television series through a pandemic year might be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the crew behind Blood and Water’s Season 3: Fire & Ice. Storytelling is a fine art with a rigorous process, no matter in which field the work is being done. If you can imagine for a moment how long it takes you to perfect that one photo to post on Instagram or Facebook, or to film yourself over and over before you like a take for TikTok or Instagram Live, you might be able to put yourself into a frame of mind to imagine the number of moving parts in the footage of producing hours and hours of content for television. The infinite details in one scene, especially filmed inside a casino, layered with the complication of breaking up filming between lockdowns yields a complex process of combing through fine visual details to present a professionally produced story.
Read MoreJust in time to fill the void left by the abrupt end of one show with a mostly Asian cast from another network, Rogers announced the third season of Blood and Water yesterday, the only trilingual Canadian production in English, Cantonese and Mandarin that is produced in Canada. It is also a labour of love, having been brought to life during the pandemic, with the on and off shutdowns that made for an exhausting and extended filming process. After over a year in the making during the emergency lockdown in Toronto, it is finally airing June 13th on OMNI Television on Sunday evenings.
Blood and Water: Fire + Ice is an 8-episode 30 minute crime series uniquely featuring three languages, English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, with an all Asian main cast. Produced in Canada, Blood and Water: Fire+Ice is tailored to resonate with a multi-cultural audience, while keeping the authenticity of Chinese culture in the West (North America). Starring award winning Canadian actress and Fête Chinoise-loved Selena Lee, and many Chinese Canadian talents.
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