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''Made in Canada'' is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong. It was produced using a single camera setup. In the United States, France, Australia and Latin America, the show was syndicated as ''The Industry''. ==Plot== A satire of film and television production, the series revolves around Pyramid Productions, a viper's nest of creative incompetence, savage greed and hysterical backbiting. Alan Roy, the head of the company, follows whatever is trendy in the production world, whether it be owning his own cable channel or having a designer office. His decisions are usually idiotic and occasionally impossible to fulfill. They constantly lead to extra work for his employees, who must either fulfill his wishes, or deal with the consequences of them. The employees, Richard, Victor, Veronica and Wanda, manipulate each other and sabotage each other's projects in order to earn more money, get promotions or work on better projects. None of the employees appear to have issues with breaking the law and seem to have no sense of morals. They only cooperate when they have an opportunity to destroy another company. Each episode usually deals with one major problem or event, which normally do not carry over to the next episode. The company's projects also provide storylines for the series, as the staff of Pyramid try to manage the inevitable complications provided by the casts and crews of their film and television productions. The company's cash cows are two series, ''The Sword of Damacles (sic)'', a parody of mythological adventure series such as ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' and ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', and ''Beaver Creek'', a parody of Canadian period dramas such as ''Anne of Green Gables'' and ''Road to Avonlea''. They also face complications with their low budget, poorly made movies, such as ''Vigilante's Vengeance''. Many of their movies fail and end up either not being produced or going straight to video in foreign countries. Episodes commonly begin and end with brief asides to the camera, breaking the fourth wall. These are usually done by Richard but occasionally by Veronica or Victor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Made in Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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