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Way to get cultural insights into China from a Hollywood movie bro

• krapp 8y ago
  To be fair, it's a Hollywood movie based on a book written by a Chinese author based on his childhood in Singapore. So not entirely without legitimate cultural insight.
  • jhwang5 8y ago
    It's written for the western audience. And I think you just made my point for me. At best it reflects the rich Chinese people's attitude - since when is HN rampant with small sample generalizations?
    • krapp 8y ago
      > since when is HN rampant with small sample generalizations? Since always. I can't count the number of generalizations I've seen which begin with "in my experience," for which the poster's experience likely includes a sample of one at least, or half a dozen at most. And to be perfectly fair, it seems to happen a lot when China or Japan come up.
      • jhwang5 8y ago
        >And to be perfectly fair, it seems to happen a lot when China or Japan come up. Right, I wonder why.
• nate_meurer 8y ago
  OP just said it was interesting, that's all. Do you have any insights of your own to add?