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That doesn't seem to be true. Bollywood is thriving. So are Mexican telenovelas. Chinese influence in culture and technology is on the rise - witness the attemp

That doesn't seem to be true. Bollywood is thriving. So are Mexican telenovelas. Chinese influence in culture and technology is on the rise - witness the attempts by the west to clone WeChat. Japanese influence on western movies is so common as to be unremarkable. Maybe the problem with Gaelic, Welsh and French language movies/etc is that they just suck. People learning American alongside their own language, while Americans (and Brits) don't learn another language: that makes the cultural exchange more one-way. Americans don't have to worry about French culture seeping in and erasing American cultural values... Americans and British are both worried about external cultural influence - just not French influence. The French are now culturally irrelevant, but that doesn't mean the Anglosphere is somehow a global monopoly.

orbifold 10y ago
French movies don't generally suck, just like not all US produced movies are great. Some are considered classics, for example the work of Godard. A lot of Hollywood movies objectively suck, yet they are billion dollar enterprises. There are plenty examples, such as most of the 4th of July Disaster movies, Transformers, a lot of the super hero movies, etc.. They are objectively trash, yet have a huge impact on young people all over the world.
- stcredzero 10y ago
  They are objectively trash, yet have a huge impact on young people all over the world. Like comics. Comics are simply a hot mess. However, they influenced generations of young people, who are now working and running things. Now we are overrun by comic book movies. (Disclosure: I am a comics person.) I think Theodore Sturgeon got it right. 90% of everything is shite. Humans will still go on creating timeless works of truly great media and art, however. We need to live for the 10%.
- yummyfajitas 10y ago
  I don't know what you mean by "objectively suck". If they make a billion dollars it sounds like someone enjoys watching it. The fact is that people want to watch Spider Man's Teenage Heartbreak (or whatever that last Spider Man movie was called). I may not enjoy it, but so what?

orbifold 10y ago

French movies don't generally suck, just like not all US produced movies are great. Some are considered classics, for example the work of Godard. A lot of Hollywood movies objectively suck, yet they are billion dollar enterprises. There are plenty examples, such as most of the 4th of July Disaster movies, Transformers, a lot of the super hero movies, etc.. They are objectively trash, yet have a huge impact on young people all over the world.

stcredzero 10y ago
They are objectively trash, yet have a huge impact on young people all over the world. Like comics. Comics are simply a hot mess. However, they influenced generations of young people, who are now working and running things. Now we are overrun by comic book movies. (Disclosure: I am a comics person.) I think Theodore Sturgeon got it right. 90% of everything is shite. Humans will still go on creating timeless works of truly great media and art, however. We need to live for the 10%.
yummyfajitas 10y ago
I don't know what you mean by "objectively suck". If they make a billion dollars it sounds like someone enjoys watching it. The fact is that people want to watch Spider Man's Teenage Heartbreak (or whatever that last Spider Man movie was called). I may not enjoy it, but so what?