THE SCORE was produced in part because of the strong interest and financial support from Genome Canada, the national funding and information resource relating to genomics and proteomics research in Canada.
“Part of our mandate is to ensure leadership in ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social issues related to genomics”, said Dr. Martin Godbout, President of Genome Canada. “Using the popular medium of film, THE SCORE examines the necessity for an active dialogue between the public and scientists in determining what ethical guidelines will dictate the ongoing exploration of our world. For Genome Canada, The Score is a precious tool that will facilitate understanding of genomics research and its impact on society, create an interest and encourage discussion among Canadians”.
“We have been a long-time fan of the play and we requested on a few occasions that the Electric Company restage it for our genomics and bioethics forums, but restaging The Score for one representation is not an easy endeavour, and can be quite costly”, continues Godbout.
“Supporting a film version of The Score was an obvious and exciting choice for Genome Canada”.
Not too bad as far as Libranos go. They’ve received over 600 million and invested 560 million. 40 Million just doesn’t go very far these days.
Next up- ‘Adscam- the Musical’ (Opening song written by Bono, performed by PMthePM.)
We can only hope that Genome Canada maintains an appropriate level of dignity in this precious SCORE such that the “discussion” produced is at least somewhat positive.
However, I’m picturing the following.
1. Since DNA is comprised of the nucleic acids thymidine (T), guanosine (G), cytidine (C), and adenosine (A), the musical will lead off with a rousing rendition of T-G-C-A sung to the Village People tune of Y-M-C-A.
2. Then there will be the mutation hokey-pokey which will have many more verses than the normal tune.
“Put your left foot in, You put your left foot out, Your put your left foot in, And you shake it all about, You do the hokey pokey
And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about.
(Verse repeated with right foot, then it gets weird)
“Put your middle foot in, You put your middle foot out, Your put your middle foot in, And you shake it all about, You do the hokey pokey and shake it all about. That’s what it’s all about.”
(Verse repeated with 3 feet, 4 hands, and 2 heads)
3. The evening can round up with a rendition of “I’m my own test tube grandpa”
I eagerly await the revelation that the Canadian Space Agency has financed a hip-hop video of Holst’s “The Planets” (abbreviated) in an effort to re-focus the attention of male youth in the Jane-Finch area and thereby reduce the hand-gun murder rate.
See: http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/holst_mars_000309.html
“Genome Canada is a foundation created by the Canadian Federal Government in 2000.”
http://www.genomecanada.ca/GCgenomeCanada/enBref/index.asp?l=e
Pity the Auditor General is not able to audit these foundations.
See from the Auditor General, 2005:
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/reports.nsf/html/20050204ce.html
Mark
Ottawa
I guarantee you this is another scam. You put a pig in a dress, it’s still a pig. A new Orwellian Liberal propaganda machine cleverly designed to pad the pockets of the same twisted patrons. I wonder if Canadians will ever find out how this one works and how much it has stolen from the tables of honest families who work for a living. If and when they find out, I wonder if they’ll give a damn. Grow a spine, Canada.
The TCP of TPC scandal schemes.
Just apply currency lubricator, Librano TCP and presto!… You have a condition of national revenues free-flow. This time a mere 2.9 Billion.
Flowing freely, like so much liquid gold into the buckets of friends, family and Liberal Party supporters.. eh? Are we proud, or what? 73s TG
PS.. There are honest people everywhere. Whistle-Blower Law may well have saved us Mountains of National Revenues gushing through the TPC programme.. eh? http://Bend.Govt.ca ‘3s TG