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yayforme
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Who doesn't judge other countries by what they see on TV or movies?
If you haven't travelled or lived there, or talked to people who have, then all you've got to go on is what you watch or read about a place. It's only natural. |
Exactly! thank you. |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: |
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I spit on every episode of Sex and the City. No television series has done more damage U.S. rep than than that garbage.....ok, Bush vs. S and the C.
Any of you "men" watch that? Fess' up! |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| happeningthang wrote: |
Who doesn't judge other countries by what they see on TV or movies?
If you haven't travelled or lived there, or talked to people who have, then all you've got to go on is what you watch or read about a place. It's only natural. |
Well, lets pretend I'm Korean. I know my life is nothing like what I saw in Oldboy. Why would I expect the average American's life to be like Goodfellas? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Could a whole nation of people really make a judgement and thus form expectations abou us just from what they see on tv shows and in movies...?
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Yes, they do. This has been happening for many years. One of the bigger problems with the US exporting so many law/crime TV dramas is that people in other countries get the idea that the US is a very dangerous place. Not so. 
Many of the posters on this board know little about the USA and post, anyway. 
Isaac? He's not the problem. In fact, he's funny.  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: yes |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
Then we should judge Koreans by their TV shows.
Pretty much all men either a) overdrink b) cheat, c) beat up their wives, or d) 2 or 3 of the above. |
After My Sassy Girl, word went out among the men of Asia not to date Korean women.
Anyway, this isn't a kink of the Korean mind. All cultures do it. What are many American perceptions of Asians? How are these perceptions formed? From experience with Asians? Or from TV and movies? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Just imagine what they learn about the US from "The Nanny" or "The Beverly Hilbillies"? |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| yayforme wrote: |
| happeningthang wrote: |
Who doesn't judge other countries by what they see on TV or movies?
If you haven't travelled or lived there, or talked to people who have, then all you've got to go on is what you watch or read about a place. It's only natural. |
Exactly! thank you. |
The big difference is that the experience of meeting someone from the U.S. (or whatever country) changes very little. People who have met me and gotten to know me still say "Oh, you are so nice...Not like those people (New Yorkers, Americans, Blacks, women, etc.) on TV." I'm considered an exception and not an indicator of how off base TV can be...
I mean...it's TELEVISION. The thing that brought us the talking sponge (Spongebob) and "reality" television. I thought people could be slightly more objective about the source of their "information"
And I too hate Sex and the City and Friends. I'm not rich and I know it's pretty much impossible to have a great apartment if you have a job such as a waitress |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Koreans are often rude to me and cut in line in front of me. I have even had them spit in my direction as i walk by. I have also been called a "bad man" by unprovoked children in class. When i spoke to my Korean co-teacher i was told that i look like Kevin Bacon who is generally despised in cinema. |
This really made me laugh. Sorry, donkey. |
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SuperFly
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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ardis
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| Gee, because I'm sure you guys have *never* seen a movie about a foreign culture and subconsciously made generalizations about the people of that culture based on what you've seen...I'm sure that absolutely never happens, because you guys really seem to be the most open-minded, cultured, intelligent people on the earth... |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:02 am Post subject: |
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Up until I was old enough to know better, I assumed England closely resembled Clockwork Orange (I thought it was so cool).
I remember people being really mad a Seinfeld a while back because of how it portrayed "stereotypical" Jews. North Americans know the world through stereotypes presented to us via popular media. It helps break down and process things that would normally seem strange and frightening to our small little brains. Some stereotypes can be a little too negative, but sometimes there is much relevance in them. |
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Nicco61
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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I hope we are not being judged by.......
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wylies99
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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Gee, because I'm sure you guys have *never* seen a movie about a foreign culture and subconsciously made generalizations about the people of that culture based on what you've seen...I'm sure that absolutely never happens, because you guys really seem to be the most open-minded, cultured, intelligent people on the earth...
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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And on a lighter note...
... maybe that's why Koreans can't clone that wolf. They keep trying to power it with the "Flux capacitor"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_capacitor |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Gee, because I'm sure you guys have *never* seen a movie about a foreign culture and subconsciously made generalizations about the people of that culture based on what you've seen...I'm sure that absolutely never happens, because you guys really seem to be the most open-minded, cultured, intelligent people on the earth...
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Yeah right. |
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