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Hollywood's Regressive Stereotypes of Italians
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoHe was meticulously careful to omit mention of someone who is, though possibly of ambiguous allegiance, an all-time favorite of Italians, patriots, and Roman Catholics in these United States, to the point where many statues were erected... unfortunately, this proved to be temporary. I did find this gentleman named on the webpage with Ctrl+F... as a major city in Ohio where you can Find a Therapist!!1 Also totally omitted: religious leaders not counting Michelangelo: surely a few popular Popes or Cardinals are good role models: Pope St. John XXIII? Pope St. Pius X? And don't forget to mention that Stefani Germanotta is totally Italian, so is she complicit in perpetuating her own stereotype, on screen and stage? Why, oh why did this supposedly Italian writer close his article with a Spanish word? Another stereotype?
- jaclaz 3y agoOnly as a side note, trying to debunk stereotypes about Italians (being uneducated) and closing the (IMHO poor) article with: Salud! which is not at all Italian does not help much. Is "Salud!" something that Italian-Americans (or their Hollywood representations) use?
- 3littlefish 3y agoIt's something actual Spaniards say! Perhaps he's trying to shift the blame!
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoYeah, like when you sneeze. Or having a toast. Italians say "saluti!"
- 3littlefish 3y agoHere (in Madrid) when you sneeze they say "Jesus!" Salud for a toast though.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoYeah, I am always reminded that I don't know Spanish if I can't tell the difference between Castellano and Tijuana vernacular. My Catalonian friend was rather amused/shocked/horrified when she read the signs around town here in "Spanish translation".
- jaclaz 3y agoWell, not really "say". Saluti (normally with an adjective like cordiali or distinti) is the standard formula for salutation in correspondence, it is only written (you can actually say saluti, but it is uncommon/intentionally said for some effect). When someone sneezes or for toasts, salute is used (it means health, it is a different word). It is very similar to Spanish, salud is health, saludo/saludos are salutations, in Italian they correspond to salute and saluto/saluti.
- defrost 3y agoHollywood pffft. I get my Italian stereotypes from Fellini's Satyricon, Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo and Greenaway's Belly of an Architect. ( likely a few other books and films to boot ) ( ok, Greenaway isn't Italian, shrug )