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Any Nordics here who can comment on this? I can't say I notice any difference between the Nordic/UK/American sense of humor. Of course "Americans don't understa
by charlesism 11y ago
Any Nordics here who can comment on this? I can't say I notice any difference between the Nordic/UK/American sense of humor. Of course "Americans don't understand irony" so I'm probably missing a lot of nuances.
- Spidler 11y agoAmericans are too strung up on the "be ashamed for someone" comedy that really doesn't go over well with Scandinavian audiences. It's hard to find an American comedy (since Wag the Dog, perhaps) that doesn't fall on the gag of fremdschämen. A typical example of the bleak humour from here would be the Danish movie [Flickering Lights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4ZBcK01HU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4ZBcK01HU)