The seven-part CBC podcast follows Crawford as he recounts the ordeal of losing his mother to dementia
Throughout his career, Gavin Crawford has created some of the most memorable characters in Canadian comedy history. There’s Nicky, the lipstick-wearing mechanic, and Verna, the lovable librarian . And who can forget the pimply adolescent reporter Mark Jackson, or a drop-dead impression of political journalist Chantal Hébert ?Alzheimer’s disease, he’s revealing his most intimate and honest character of all: himself.
That’s the thing about this podcast. Despite the heartbreaking scenarios – witnessing a loved one’s fear and loneliness while saying goodbye to them, for instance – there are moments that are extremely funny. As Crawford demonstrates in the podcast, his Second City improv training helped a lot in dealing with his mother’s condition. When she confused him with someone else, he would go with it – follow the “Yes, and …” directive – rather than resist and try to correct her.
As research, he went through some of his early performances and has included a hilarious, tuneful and prescient song about a gay Texas cowboy who’s disappointed his mother. “I’ve been thinking a bit further about why I made this podcast and it may have something to do with what’s happening in the world right now,” he writes.
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