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You see, in Canada, the government offers significant tax breaks and direct subsidies to Canadian-made TV shows, in exchange enforcing a "Canadian actors only" policy for the majority of roles. But there are only so many actors in Canada, especially young actors. The country already has a relatively small population to begin with (about 35 million, roughly ''1/9'' that of the US), and when you narrow the actors down to a specific age group (between 15 and 30, like most of the ones below), and then combine ''that'' with the fact that Canada has become a very popular shooting location for American producers on a tight budget, you're only left with a tiny handful of actors. Additionally, most of these actors often stay in Canada for the rest of their careers (though not always by choice). That said, some have managed to break out it; notably, [[Ellen Page]] and [[Drake|Aubrey Graham]]. |
You see, in Canada, the government offers significant tax breaks and direct subsidies to Canadian-made TV shows, in exchange enforcing a "Canadian actors only" policy for the majority of roles. But there are only so many actors in Canada, especially young actors. The country already has a relatively small population to begin with (about 35 million, roughly ''1/9'' that of the US), and when you narrow the actors down to a specific age group (between 15 and 30, like most of the ones below), and then combine ''that'' with the fact that Canada has become a very popular shooting location for American producers on a tight budget, you're only left with a tiny handful of actors. Additionally, most of these actors often stay in Canada for the rest of their careers (though not always by choice). That said, some have managed to break out it; notably, [[Ellen Page]] and [[Drake|Aubrey Graham]]. |
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This isn't necessarily a ''bad'' |
This isn't necessarily a ''bad'' thing—if anything, it becomes enjoyable to the viewer, and because of the frequent recurrence of these actors, there often isn't much [[Role Association]]. |
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We only picked Canada as an example because that's where a rather large chunk of tropers are from. But this trope can be found in any country with a small enough dramatic community, where actors are either encouraged to stay because of heavy art subsidies or are forced to stay because of linguistic incompatibility with countries around them. You can also notice this in the some of the more niche branches (relative to film and TV anyways) of dramatic arts, there are so many Mummers dancers or Peking opera singers to go around. |
We only picked Canada as an example because that's where a rather large chunk of tropers are from. But this trope can be found in any country with a small enough dramatic community, where actors are either encouraged to stay because of heavy art subsidies or are forced to stay because of linguistic incompatibility with countries around them. You can also notice this in the some of the more niche branches (relative to film and TV anyways) of dramatic arts, there are so many Mummers dancers or Peking opera singers to go around. |
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== Actors Commonly Associated With This |
== Actors Commonly Associated With This == |
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* Raymond Ablack |
* Raymond Ablack |
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