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america vs england

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited January 2023 in General Chat
why are all american films so anti english has neone else noticed this???
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No, I can't say that I have. Examples?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yes the neglish guys are always cast as the bad guys
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Gavman
    yes the neglish guys are always cast as the bad guys

    or the ugly ones!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by my_name
    or the ugly ones!

    Are they?!

    Rupert Everett, Ben Chapman, Pierce Brosnan?? (although technically, I know he`s Irish. But we`ve adopted him!)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Miffy
    Are they?!

    Rupert Everett, Ben Chapman, Pierce Brosnan?? (although technically, I know he`s Irish. But we`ve adopted him!)

    not the real ones, the non-british ones that act british. they always make them funny looking. weird teeth and hair, and short.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by my_name
    not the real ones, the non-british ones that act british. they always make them funny looking. weird teeth and hair, and short.

    Where DOES this idea come from that we all have bad teeth?!?!

    Well I suppose they have to stereotype us in such a way that you Americans understand what the character is supposed to be. It`s the same with Americans on British shows.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    would it be correct of me to assume that americans are portrayed poorly in british films?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by my_name
    would it be correct of me to assume that americans are portrayed poorly in british films?

    Well it would be correct of you to assume that they`re almost always selected from a range of stereotypes.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Titanic is a good example
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Miffy
    Well it would be correct of you to assume that they`re almost always selected from a range of stereotypes.

    like what? i've never seen british tv, i'm curious!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by my_name
    like what? i've never seen british tv, i'm curious!

    Fat tourists in plaid with huge cameras, loud and boorish, fanatical bible bashing tv evangelists, ladies who lunch, the list goes on. I suppose most commonly if you wanted the British public to understand that a character is American you`d make them fat and loud.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Americans on TV are always portrayed so they either come from the midwest? or the deep south. They either come from a tiny town in the middle of nowhere and are naive, have an annoying drawl, loud and/or annoying, saying limey alot or are filthy rich and have spoilt children.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by my_name
    like what? i've never seen british tv, i'm curious!

    Dont you have BBC America. We often have American relatives visit us and they always go " Oh , Easdenders, this is own B-B-C America"

    Apparently Love Thy Neighbour is really popular in America, which saddens me :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Miffy
    Where DOES this idea come from that we all have bad teeth?!?!

    You do :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Examples:

    The Patriot
    U-571
    Titanic
    The Mummy
    Saving Private Ryan
    Braveheart.....

    Almost any Mel Gibson film in fact (is he australian?)... Hollywood script writers propensity for re-writing history so the brits just didn't happen or were merely supporting players is quite astonishing. They even changed the entire nationality of U-571!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah but british bad guys are so much more convincing than pussy american ones
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I heard the reason a lot of bad guys in films have English accents was because to Americans it makes them sound more intelligent and because of this more scary.

    I mean imagine a bond villan saying;

    "When I press this button its gunna toast y'all asses"
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Jacqueline the Ripper
    You do :p

    We so do not!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: america vs england
    Originally posted by Applepie66546
    why are all american films so anti english has neone else noticed this???

    I think it's because White British people are one of the very few, if not, only social groups left that can be portrayed in a negetive light. Anything else would be considered discriminating against race/religion/culture etc.
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