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> When I grew up in the 80s/90s, American shows were better than local ones because European actors were very bad at acting. I think this was mainly because the
by danjac 6y ago
> When I grew up in the 80s/90s, American shows were better than local ones because European actors were very bad at acting. I think this was mainly because they were being trained at schools that still trained for stage plays, with exaggerated pronounciation and gesturing.
So that would include Patrick Stewart, Lawrence Olivier, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, John Hurt (all European theatre trained actors) ?
- CodeGlitch 6y agoBritish actors, not European. I know that sounds nationalistic but I don't know any British person who has referred to themselves as European.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoHuh, really ? Well, I guess this explains the Brexit... I suppose that Scots might be excluded?
- danjac 6y agoAs well as some 48% of voters in the Brexit vote. They are talking nonsense. Furthermore however much the Brexit fanatics may wish otherwise, the British Isles are still part of the continental landmass of Europe.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoSo is the most populated part of Russia, this doesn't prevent them from "trying to find their own path".
- danjac 6y agoOK, here's one British person who refers to themselves as European. As that's probably not enough for you to win Today's Dumbest Comment on Hacker News, here's one of the above actors who definitely considers herself European: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/helen-mirren-brexit-trump_n_580e6ecce4b02444efa4d5f6 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/helen-mirren-brexit-trump_n_5... and here's another: https://time.com/4354959/patrick-stewart-brexit/ https://time.com/4354959/patrick-stewart-brexit/
- CodeGlitch 6y agoHah - well you made a point with your links that I didn't want to bring up, but since you did: the only people calling themselves "European" are people who really detest the idea of Brexit. But let me ask you something, what possible question could you be asked about yourself that would result in the answer "European". Here let me try: Where are you from? > "Europe" is too vague, people want country or city. What would your cultural heritage be? > Again, "European" is far to vague. Mine's English and Irish. I'm really struggling here... Again, if I didn't make myself clear: the use of the term "European" is entirely political (pro-EU).
- thirtythree 6y agoMost Europeans will say they are French, German, Italian, etc. "European" means very little to us except not-american
- GekkePrutser 6y agoYeah I was mainly referring to the ones I knew in those days, so Dutch actors as I'm from there, and in those days we didn't get a lot of international TV. I was watching Jumpin' Jack Flash just a couple days ago and I thought Jeroen Krabbe was pretty bad in it there also. But good point. Europe is bigger than what I know from those times.