Template:Did you know nominations/Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:33, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny

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... that the satirical study of "Qallunology", the study of white people, in the film Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny, is meant as a critique of the treatment of Inuit culture by anthropologists? Source: "Qallunology is a satirical critique of the objectification of Inuit culture by anthropologists and other social scientists." Stern, Pamela R. (16 June 2010). Daily Life of the Inuit. ABC-CLIO. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-313-36312-2
- ALT1: ... that the humour in the film Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny was used to make the serious subject matter of the film accessible? Source: "Just from a story-telling point of view, we wanted to make these serious topics accessible and humour is a great vehicle for truth-telling." Jankovic, Jovana (23 January 2014). "Filmmaker Q&A: Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny - NFB.ca blog". NFB Blog. National Film Board of Canada.
- ALT2: ... that one of the activities that the fictional Qallunaat Studies Institute engages in includes photocopying white peoples' bodies to understand how they tick? Source: "Turning anthropological studies on its ear, the film sets out to show role reversal with the hilarious Qallunaat Studies Institute where white young men have parts of their bodies photocopied and measured in order to understand what makes them tick as a culture." Dykyj, Oksana (9 December 2012). "Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny". Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO). The Pennsylvania State University.
- Reviewed: Antarctic gateway cities
- Comment: This is a really funny and interesting movie with lots to tell. I wanted to include the fact that current MP Lori Idlout played an acting role in the film, but there's not many independent sources on the subject to allow for another ALT hook. Its quite fun that the QPQ subject is Antarctica, while this article is about Arctic peoples. I hope you enjoy this review, I had a lot of fun researching this one. Thank you so much to the reviewer in advance!

Created by Ornithoptera (talk). Self-nominated at 23:04, 11 March 2022 (UTC).

A beautiful article that I enjoyed reading, and an article about an important topic! Zebedee Nungak is now a redlink - but hopefully not for long... who will get to it first ;)? See [1] for a small change I made. The references are to reliable sources, the hooks are cited inline, I don't see any issues with copyvio or policy (Earwig only picks up quotes), long enough, new enough. QPQ done - and done about an important and related topic. I really like ALT0 and ALT1. I have small reservations with ALT2: the "how they tick" is obvious but doesn't seem to be stated, but more importantly I think this is an issue with rule C6, since it's a fictional element that doesn't relate to the real world -- it's hard to say for sure though. In any case, I think ALT0 and ALT1 are stronger, with my preference being to ALT0 as the most interesting and giving the most respect to the film and its subject matter. I think this is good to go with ALT0 or ALT1! Urve (talk) 03:32, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Urve:! Speaking of Zebedee Nungak, I'm currently working on a draft about him at Draft:Zebedee Nungak since you've shown some interest about him, and if you're interested in reading that! I would appreciate some editing help if you ever have the time to! Thank you very much for your kind words and review! Ornithoptera (talk) 21:37, 18 March 2022 (UTC)