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Amazon's new series The Sticky is inspired by a uniquely Québécois event

Thomas Leblanc, Rad Simonpillai and Kathryn VanArendonk discuss the new TV series based on the infamous $18 million dollar maple syrup heist in Quebec.

Culture critics Thomas Leblanc, Rad Simonpillai and Kathryn VanArendonk review the new comedy series on Prime

Two men and a woman peek out of a warehouse door.
Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Guillaume Cyr as Ruth Landry, Mike Byrne and Remy Bouchard in The Sticky. (Jan Thijs)

A new comedy series on Amazon Prime Video, The Sticky, is drawing inspiration from the real-life Great Canadian Maple Syrup heist of 2011 and 2012. But how well does it capture la belle province and Québécois culture in its storyline?

Today on Commotion, culture critics Thomas Leblanc, Rad Simonpillai and Kathryn VanArendonk join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the new comedy series, as well as the state of holiday movies in 2024.

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You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Panel produced by Jean Kim and Ty Callender.