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Guilty Pleasures
Thlayli:
I always feel kind of bad when I hear Canadians and English people talking about the American movies and TV shows they watch. King of the Hill is a good example of a show that (if they insist on broadcasting it at all) should never be broadcast outside the US. There are just so many (extremely heavy-handed) inside jokes. It would be like a show being broadcast in America that makes fun of Quebecois and Newfies, or Glaswegians.
Ikrik:
Thlayli
why? Canada's media is just like America-light. Honestly most Canadians get 95% of the jokes that Americans get. We can get shows like King of the Hill because we GET the inside jokes.
brandon_ha:
Where as if you watched, say Chilly Beach or Air Farce alot of the jokes would go right over your heads. Well Chilly Beach pokes at alot of the Canadian stereotypes as well.
ruyi:
Man, this thread. You guys are silly, things like retro cartoons and campy shit aren't guilty pleasures. They are legitimately cool, that is why people list them on their internet profiles.
Now. My guilty pleasure has been the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I mean, yes, I know the characters are kinda predictable and the situation is rather contrived...but then actually I feel kinda bad criticizing it, because I know I shouldn't be one of those pretentious college kids who just tries to appear smart. Honestly, I enjoyed reading through the books. It kept me immersed and it was the first time in forever that I've had that experience of being sucked in by stuff that I'm reading. Lately it feels like everything I try to read, I have to work at, and while it can be very rewarding, sometimes it's just not that fun. Twilight allowed me to basically not think about my life for two days, which was nice.
It does reference creationism and it is kind of funny how Bella and Edward end up saving sex for marriage but I guess the author is a Mormon so it kind of makes sense.
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: brandon_ha on 16 Jul 2008, 23:10 ---Where as if you watched, say Chilly Beach or Air Farce alot of the jokes would go right over your heads. Well Chilly Beach pokes at alot of the Canadian stereotypes as well.
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