Separated by a Common Language? - Page 7

TheMercenary · 04-16-2010, 06:00 PM

I have a passport!

I use to have 2 passports.

One Blue, one Red.

Undertoad · 04-16-2010, 07:05 PM

I don't have a passport. It costs money, the same kind of money I don't have for a trip of any size.

jinx · 04-16-2010, 07:21 PM

I have one. So does Jim.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-16-2010, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

the one that always bugged me was the changing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to "Sorcerer's Stone." That never made sense to me at all, and it's kinda rude. It implies Americans are too uneducated to have heard about alchemy, but ready enough to believe in sorcerers, and I just don't buy that.

Sorcerers are easier to believe than most philosophers I've heard.

ZenGum · 04-16-2010, 10:59 PM

Hey! I may or may not - albeit the latter in some nearby possible world - resemble that remark!

squirell nutkin · 04-17-2010, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Not dumb; impatient.

No, dumb.

squirell nutkin · 04-17-2010, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

VERY true.

Sorry, luv. Wishful thinking. A walk through the ocean of average american intelligence wouldn't get your feet wet.

squirell nutkin · 04-17-2010, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

I believe that the average American can handle more intelligent entertainment than we are give on average, furthermore, I feel if we are given more multicultural allusions we would pick up more over time.

Nope, you and the folks you are hanging out with are above average people. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you and the people you surround yourselves with are a representative slice of America.

Cloud · 04-17-2010, 08:48 AM

intelligence isn't the problem; education is

squirell nutkin · 04-17-2010, 09:07 AM

Good point. One of my high school teachers was fond of saying:
Ignorance can be fixed, stupid is forever.

DanaC · 04-17-2010, 10:06 AM

There's also a danger in taking the 'view from above'. Programme makers make assumptions about their viewers: doesn't mean they're right. It is generally in their interests to target the lowest common denominator in order to increase consumption and reduce risk.

The fact that in a totally commercial environment (which the US entertainment market is) clever programmes do get made and are popular (you just have to look at HBO to see that this is the case) suggests that there is an appetite for challenging television. In the UK we are in a fortunate position of having the gargantuan BBC dominating the entertainment landscape and ensuring that even the commercial channels have to compete against them on the grounds of quality as well as popularity.

That doesn't mean we dont have lowest common denominator programming; but it does mean that such fare cannot dominate in the same way.

That you guys can routinely produce fabulous television that breaks the mold and pushes the boundaries again and again, despite operating in a totally commercial environment is to be admired and gives the lie somewhat to the idea that the audience isn't there, or is ill-prepared to accept the challenge.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2010, 10:10 AM

After all, only half of us are below average.

Scriveyn · 04-20-2010, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

After all, only half of us are below average.

Half are below median.
Just saying

xoxoxoBruce · 04-20-2010, 02:04 PM

Less than half.

Shawnee123 · 04-20-2010, 02:06 PM

Half of me is above average. So I am only half of the half who is half above half the others. Or something.

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jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I have one. So does Jim. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Hey! I may or may not - albeit the latter in some nearby possible world - resemble that remark! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	intelligence isn't the problem; education is __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Good point. One of my high school teachers was fond of saying: Ignorance can be fixed, stupid is forever. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-17-2010, 10:10 AM	#102
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	After all, only half of us are below average. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I have a passport! I use to have 2 passports. One Blue, one Red.

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't have a passport. It costs money, the same kind of money I don't have for a trip of any size.

04-20-2010, 02:04 PM	#104
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Less than half. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-20-2010, 02:06 PM	#105
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Half of me is above average. So I am only half of the half who is half above half the others. Or something. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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