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John Frizell was the Executive Story Editor and wrote Episode #3: "Hope and Curtis fret over their new roommate Dizelle who is downright scary. When Dizelle's obsession with gothic worship, conspiracies and cats reaches a frenzied peak with the announcement that Lucky is really the ancient evil power "Bastet", Curtis and Hope have to take action." Twitch City WebsiteThe Rez
"I actually thought, OK, if we get some flak, you guys defend it," he says. "You're the ones who said you believe in it, now it's as much yours as it is mine." Like Dance Me Outside, The Rez is an irreverent look at the lives of young Silas Crow (Ryan Black), girlfriend Sadie Maracle (Jennifer Podemski) and pal Frank (Darrell Dennis taking over the role played by Adam Beach in the film). But the series parts ways with the movie in several respects. For one thing, the "reverse racism," while hilarious in the film, has been toned down. And Frizzell says the halting monotone used by many aboriginals in other dramas has been avoided. He says this "kind of a Tonto construct" is also a notion left over from Kinsella's writing that is no longer relevant. "These kids are as articulate, as well-educated as any kid," he says. "Why would we have them speaking this kind of foreign gobbledegook? What does it serve?"" The Rez Telefilm |
An excellent show created, written by and starring actor/writer/director 
Excerpt from Article: February 1, 1996