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...about education that I wasn't expecting. Most of the biographies on filmmakers in the program guide list accomplishments such as "she took film studies here" or "he studied theatre there," but in Dowse's bio there was something a little different--an MBA from Yale. I wondered, how does a man who went to Yale to get a master's of business administration end up making films in Canada for a living? Especially one like FUBAR, which has become, since its release in 2002, something of a head-banging hoser classic.
It turns out, this biographical information speaks more of Dowse's sense of humour than it does of his academic qualifications. When I ask him about it, I don't get the story I am anticipating; instead, I'm shocked when he tells me that he made it up. He tricked me. Listening to the commentary track on the DVD for FUBAR (a mockumentary about two rockers whose lives revolve around partying), I learn that I'm not the first person he has tricked with his made-up stories. Many of the people who wound up as extras in FUBAR thought that they were in an real documentary (until, of course, for legal reasons they were asked for their consent to appear in the film). I guess shocking people with phony accomplishments is only an extension of being a comedy writer and director. It's similar to the way he writes his movies. Both are hooked on the element of surprise.
They are also based, as Dowse slyly points out, around...
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