God Help Thee: A Manifesto is Joel Thomas Hynes's infamous performance piece, first presented at a fundraiser for the RCA Theatre Company, and later reprinted in Riddle Fence and Maisonneuve Magazine. In it, he takes on most of the cultural clichÔes and sacred cows of Newfoundland. It's the kind of carefully crafted, smart, gritty and incisive writing that readers have come to expect from Hynes, and a wonderful counter to those quaint Newfoundland tourist ads.