Who is going to unite us? I always have seen this in Justin. Those virtues are major virtues for a great leader. We are in this creation to shine! We shine when we are united! But who can unite us? I have always seen in Justin great values: integrity, respect, and professionalism. So you were a fan of him before the 2012 Liberal leadership race? VICE: When did you decide to write this epic poem about Justin Trudeau?Įlliott Moglica: It took me about two years, so I decided well in advance, before we thought that Justin was going to run to be the leader of the Liberal Party.
So if you feel the desire to make fun of Elliott Moglica, ask yourself one question first: have you ever written an epic poem? Like his book, it would be easy to consider him naïve or gullible for throwing his seemingly unconditional support towards an untested political leader, but Elliott is passionate about his country, and he's engaging with the future of Canada in a way that most people don't. But, forward all together, / As 'trojan soldiers' - with golden Justin, forever." 313-314), and like Dante's Divine Comedy, it uses scatological metaphors to satirize Trudeau's real-world enemies ("And, far to the left is the 'Party of Pee!' / Aim: 'Equal-wealth-division to beggars'" 363-364).Įlliott Moglica was volunteering for Adam Vaughan's by-election campaign in Trinity-Spadina this week, so we met up with him to talk about The Proton Man. Like Homer's Odyssey, Moglica's epic glorifies the exploits of a great hero ("No fear. The only answer was / the uncontrolled sugar-smile / that needs no further words." 991-994) to incendiary attacks on Trudeau's enemies ("He's the buddy of Mayor Cocaine," 575). It ranges from stanzas dedicated to Trudeau's hair ("'How did it feel to touch Justin's hair?' / He never replied. Trudeau is named both "the sun" and "The Proton Man." Canadians are "beavers" and Trudeau's opponents are either "fakers" (on the right) or "beggars" (on the left). Standing at 1,215 lines (126 pages, including end-notes and a glossary) The Proton Man is indeed an epic. He felt it was his duty, as a poet, to sing the praises of his favourite political leader. Moglica, an Albanian immigrant (though he identifies first and foremost as a Canadian) and ESL teacher, got to know Trudeau while volunteering for his leadership campaign. Judging by his elaborately detailed Facebook "About" page, he probably thinks quite highly of himself.
It comes from the hands of someone who seems to have far too much time on their hands. It goes without saying that The Proton Man is kind of crazy. If you'll recall high school chemistry, a proton is a positively charged particle at the centre of an atom, as opposed to the neutrons (not charged) and electrons (negatively charged and orbiting the protons and neutrons), so as the Proton Man, Justin Trudeau is both at the centre of the left-right spectrum and, according to Moglica, consisting of a singularly positive charge or energy.
Written (mostly) in dactylic hexameter, The Proton Man is an ode to that handsome leader of the Liberal Party. Moglica has taken it on himself to revive the format with the self-published The Proton Man: Justin Trudeau. Enter Elliott Moglica, who describes himself as a "Poet, Novelist, Biographer, Academic, Educator, Critic, Freelance Journalist/ Interpretor/ Translator, & Human Rights Activist" (sic).
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