“[I] tried to explain: There was an uprising against Germany, but the Russians were across the river, and on the German side there were also soldiers from Hungary or Ukraine,” he said. "For Americans, it was completely incomprehensible, too complicated, because they grew up in a different historical context, where everything was arranged: America is always good, the rest are the bad guys. And there are no complications
idk what impatient young people have to do with it but dumbing shit down for americans is certainly a real thing in media
I still blame the capitalist class.
They have… notions about workers that just aren’t true. And in a way, dumbing down things becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as it leads to people themselves being “dumbed down.”
americans are the dumbest audience in the world hands down and have a very limited range of sensibilities. if something isn’t blunt and calculating it goes over peoples heads or they just can’t connect with it. if something strays too far from how american entertainment is scripted/shot/etc then it’s automatically bad. this also extends to the cinephile and critical sphere. but the insulting thing is that this disconnect is considered an issue of quality because there’s a layer of american cultural exceptionalism over all discourse.
if americans like X foreign movie or band then it’s quality, and if they don’t like something then it has no value whatsoever, and it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. on letterboxd they actually changed the algorithm recently to favor american reviewers under the guise of fairness because a south american film that americans don’t like made it into the top 100. it was like the most offensive thing to people that someone had different opinions on art.
if americans like X foreign movie or band then it’s quality, and if they don’t like something then it has no value whatsoever
not just film either, also tech
see how many tech outlets insist minidisk “failed” because yankees didn’t buy them
they were wildly popular everywhere else lol
(also better than a cd walkman)
if something strays too far from how american entertainment is scripted/shot/etc then it’s automatically bad.
This even extends to reality TV slop. Look at the difference between Gordon Ramsay’s American and British shows. It’s night and day.
american reality tv is very narrative/drama based and barely shows people doing shit. i had such a low opinion of reality TV until i watched stuff from asia like hyori’s bed and breakfast.
but that’s kinda american culture in general. we love to build up phony narratives and megadramas and bask in scandal and whatever else. a million serial killer movies and documentaries and county jail shows. the trump saga. following dumb trials. nobody acts real on anything or says anything real. can’t even go on a talent show without them giving people character arcs. then youtube is mostly the same shit.
i think this show had the potential to be a bit like GoT, which was successful in the US despite not being so shallow (at least until about halfway into its course)
that said i support any jab against amerikkkans especially given how a lot of this specific audience is made of s
i mean yeah people are anti-intellectual to the point of madness, its not just tv and movies, its a discussion in the writing community too. anything slightly nuanced or artsy (especially around moral quandaries) is going to alienate most audience members. Ive seen small writers get pressured to make everything more black and white (especially authors talking about race or sexuality from a non mainstream perspective). it sucks, but its always been a thing and its most definitely not an American thing, anyone saying that has never traveled outside of america. people just suck honestly, and this guy should have known that. What was he gonna make a challenging and new take on THE WITCHER? lol. the real idiots are the ones who think they can make something novel out of a bloated meme of a franchise and show. just have naked woman and monsters and the smallest bit of dialogue skills the audience will go wild. anything really good never gets appreciated as much as ai generated slop. and even if you make something really smart and complex that people love they will love it for the wrong reasons like fight club or American psycho.
