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On 10 Oct 2004 06:54:05 GMT, (S888Wheel) wrote:
George had it right... the
world views movies as far more representative of America than it is.
Yes, but the point is that American popular culture, taken at face
value, is leading to hatred and revulsion of Americans in countries
that still maintain religious and cultural standards. If Americans
want to lessen that hatred they need to think about modifying the
image they're projecting. For instance, it's been shown time and again
that more conservative viewers, including millions in the US itself,
are still surprisingly sensitive to bad language in films, yet
Hollywood seems to make a particular piont of inserting as much bad
language into even the most inappropriate, PG rated films, almost as
if they're trying to throw it in people's faces. I mean, did you ever
hear anyone walk out of a picture and say, "I hated that. They didn't
say '****' enough." If it's a movie about marines or merchant seamen,
sure, you expect language, but Hollywood seems determined to get it in
everywhere, even to the point where you think, "Come on, that
character wouldn't swear like that!" It just doesn't make any sense.
I am not so sure "the world" views our movies as particularly representative of
America.
Maybe you need to live in a remote town in Turkistan for a while.
I have heard stories of foriegn travelers expressing their surprise
when they find no cowboys and indians walking around everywhere but I have yet
to run across this phenomenon. OTOH I do expect the people in India to break
out in massive song and dance numbers if I ever visit.
You're educated and--dare I say it?--sophisticated. Try to think
yourself into the mind set of those who are neither of those things,
people to whom TV is still a wondrous box of tricks that never lies.
If you still can.
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