If NR had published this paragraph as a parody, it would have been dismissed as heavy-handed:

Congrats to the folks at Big Love for the brilliant use of “Burn Down the Mission” at the end of the show this week. I saw my first two concerts ever in fifth grade, with my beautiful French Quebecian au pair, Celine. The first was a bill of Sly, Ike and Tina, Rare Earth at the Garden and Gladys Knight and the Pips, but Sly came on so late, we only saw a half hour of the show, because my parents were parked outside panicking.

Not Québécoise?