{"id":5871,"date":"2010-02-24T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=5871"},"modified":"2010-02-09T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T19:22:01","slug":"mounties-and-robbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/mounties-and-robbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mounties and Robbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2001111\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Due-South.jpg?resize=221%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Due-South.jpg?resize=242%2C300&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Due-South.jpg?w=385&amp;ssl=1 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/>Due South<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is one of the few prime time\u00a0Canadian series to air on American tv. The cultural differences between Canada and the U.S.\u00a0 in general, and the Mounties and Chicago police in particular, were a major theme. The\u00a0Canadian law enforcement officer\u00a0is politeness personified, while\u00a0the American is well-armed and cynical.<\/p>\n<p>The tone was gently\u00a0absurdist. That, and the fact that it bounced all over the schedule, \u00a0led to it&#8217;s cancellation. Fortunately, though,\u00a0like so many other under-rated shows, it is\u00a0available on DVD through our very own <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.63\/\" target=\"_blank\">PrairieCat<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Especially charming, \u00a0was that the star&#8217;s vast knowledge of just about everything\u00a0was attributed to the fact that his grandparents were librarians. You gotta love that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due South is one of the few prime time\u00a0Canadian series to air on American tv. The cultural differences between Canada and the U.S.\u00a0 in general, and the Mounties and Chicago police in particular, were a major theme. The\u00a0Canadian law enforcement officer\u00a0is politeness personified, while\u00a0the American is well-armed and cynical. The<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/mounties-and-robbers\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,12,8],"tags":[1018,1060],"class_list":["post-5871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-dvds","category-staff-picks","tag-canada","tag-mounties"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1wH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5871"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5901,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5871\/revisions\/5901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}