The ignorant inhabitants of 'the best country on earth'...

[Z the laidback Virus]

I found this short article, quite interesting IMO.

The vast majority of US citizens believe in being different, but only as long as they are
different in exactly the same way all other Americans are.  In other words,
they only THINK they are individuals.  In reality they are automatons
directly under the influence of the advertising and marketing industries.

Most Americans will take the easiest route available to get through life.
Thinking for one's self is way too hard for most of us; it is much simpler
to be spoon fed and told how we should dress, eat, and talk, especially if
what we are being told doesn't require us to sacrifice anything but money.
As Steve Martin expressed so eloquently when introducing an exceptionally
healthy looking celebrity on the Academy Awards presentation: "I'd do
anything to look like this guy, except of course, eat right and exercise."

Why do you think most Americans will never see a foreign film?  Do you know
how hard it is to read subtitles and still pay attention to movement on the
movie screen?  Why will people in this country pay $10 per ticket to see a
movie they already know will be bad, but are scared stiff to watch a film
that critics unanimously praise?

Why do movies that feature car chases and explosions and meaningless
dialogue continue to overshadow those that actually tell a story?  Watching
things blow up real good is easy; paying attention to storylines that don't
radio ahead the ending is hard.  Witness the barrage of movie trailers that
lay out every plot twist or intended surprise that the director and
screenwriter probably hoped would remain a secret until the patron was
sitting in the theater.  If Hitchcock's PSYCHO were being marketed today you
could count on Anthony Perkins having been revealed as his own mother and
that Janet Leigh would not be alive halfway through the picture.

Which Disney character toys and clothing sell best in America?  Donald and
Mickey?  Guess again.  Ask an American the origin of Winnie-the-Pooh.  Don't
expect to hear A. A. Milne anywhere in the reply.  Americans are told what
they should like, and most Americans want to keep it that way.  And don't
forget, if anyone (like me) suggests that there is anything wrong with this
scenario we will hear the trumpet call that we are absolutely un-American
and we should leave these shores forthwith.

[Throwback]

something are true i think. not everything

[Don Seer]

a lot of its very true..

but its also very true of many other cultures..

[Jome]

inhabitants of 'the best country on earth'

Damn, I thought this was gonna be "The Official diss Norway thread".. 

[M Dogg™]

I'm not sure about you subtitle theory. Passion of the Christ was i subtites, and people swarmed to see it. Our movie watching is onething. I've seen foreign film, and to be honest, it's not because I'm dumb, or not that I don't like movies that are critically praised. I just would rather watch a movie like Training Day, Scarface, Godfather, you know a straight up gangster movie. We like fantasy, but at the sametime something to relate to. American film though has always been about fantasy, it's just our culture. Foreign film, mainly European, seems to real to be a movie. American's like to watch a movie that we can enjoy, and know that's not real. Also with car chases, the United States has a love affair with cars. We love our cars. In California especially, we are a car culture.

Is movies your only problem?

[Trauma-san]

The truth is, the little article you posted is just bitching about a fault found in humans in any western civilization.  Maybe moreso in America, but everything is more so in America.  America amplifies all qualities.  Ulimately, though, who cares? Let people do their thing, you do you.