Jason C. McLean Jason C. McLean is a Montreal-based actor, writer, activist, culture-jammer and sometimes singer. He is a co-founder of the Forget The Box Media Collective and currently the editor of Forget The Box Magazine as well as a columnist (The Soapbox), theatre and music reviewer and general contributor. Jason is also a co-creator, writer and in-character host of JC Sunshine's Fireside Chat on Forget The Box TV. Outside of FTB, Jason is a co-founder of the International infringement Festival, organizer of the Montreal infringement Festival and a member of Optative Theatrical Laboratories where he acts, writes, organizes and contributes to the Optative Blog. He also contributes to Art Threat, has written for the Montreal Mirror and holds a BA in Journalism from Concordia University.
June 17th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
For me, the 2013 Montreal Infringement Festival’s opening weekend offered the familiar and fun, unexpected awe, a sense of longing
June 13th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Now a sentence you may have never thought you would read: tonight the Montreal Infringement Festival begins its tenth annual
May 4th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
447 people detained at a May Day march Wednesday, some for as long as six hours without food, water or
April 18th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Montreal’s police force, the SPVM, is now openly engaging in political profiling.
April 1st, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
The minority PQ government is in full damage control mode this morning after a sex tape staring none other than
March 14th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
So, it’s official, Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is now Pope Francis. You probably already know this just as you
March 1st, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Jason C. McLean with the first part of a new serial fiction story on Pretty Words and Things featuring a character you may know, web-TV personality JC Sunshine
February 27th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
“The social crisis is behind us.” Quebec Premier Pauline Marois made that statement yesterday, concluding her party’s Summit on Higher
February 19th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Did Pope Benedict quit because an undisclosed nation has filed an arrest warrant for him? Some people think so. As
February 11th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Forget The Sopranos, The Godfather even Goodfellas. Forget guns and sleeping with the fishes. The Montreal mob has a new
February 4th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
I mourn the loss of the penny. Can you blame me? It's been with me my whole life. I think it's safe to say that we are all familiar with the penny. Things change, and sentimentality isn't enough. But, by losing the penny we are also forever altering or outright losing aspects of our lives. Finding pennies in the couch is the first to go
January 28th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. It looks like people in Egypt plan to deal with their
January 21st, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
Something just doesn’t add up. An Internet freedom activist facing the fight of his life decides to stop fighting and
January 15th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
The votes are in! Or rather, they were in a few weeks ago, but in this age of electronic voting
January 10th, 2013 | by Jason C. McLean
We always strive to offer a healthy mix of local, national and international content. In 2012, though, local Montreal and
October 20th, 2012 | by Jason C. McLean
Some cops think they're above the laws they are charged with enforcing, that's nothing new. But now it looks like the Montreal Police force (SPVM) thinks it's above the unwritten laws of celebrity and fame. Warhol said that everyone gets 15 minutes in the spotlight. Stéfanie Trudeau, better known as Constable 728, used those up well before the Maple Spring went on its summer break. So why did she turn up again in the news mid-October
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NXNE 2013: Imaginary Cities / Smif-n-Wessun
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Yelp Helps Spotlight: Distroboto
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