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'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Americans are Not actually the voice of reason during a global crisis

joe1000101 Report

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Coleonema 3 years ago

They aren't and the movies just trick people into believing it

71points

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes That all us Irish people are alcoholics. I am actually having a beer at the moment but that's just coincidence. I actually know a guy that doesn't drink, but he is a bit of a weirdo. Bloody Dave

sugar-soad Report

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

This is the funniest caption ever... bloody dave

146points

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes If it’s summer in the US, then it’s summer in Russia. I’m not a stickler for truth in movies, but dammit, if you’re showing a sunny summer day in a green-as-can-be Central Park in New York, then there can’t be a blizzard over Red Square in Moscow. Come on people... this is like pre-school level science.

Killdestroy Report

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Hey!!! It's always winter in Russia in the movies!!!! Otherwise how would we know it's Russia?

41points

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes American: Our high school students aren't in their mid to late twenties.

mikestorm Report

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Something 3 years ago

Nor are their mothers.

157points

Not every Russian is a gangster, an alcoholic, a sex worker, or a Babushka. MOST are but not everyone.

LillianaErnestLee Report

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279points

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Random Panda 3 years ago

This applies to all Eastern Europeans, really. Most of us are normal people with normal jobs and the representation we get in American movies is so annoying.

101points

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes That my world changes to sepia once I enter my country

guardianjuan Report

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261points

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Mexico... or any latin country lately

90points

My country is A COUNTRY in Africa

Nima_Waakye Report

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Coleonema 3 years ago

We also don't all live in huts and hunt for our food

141points

StormWolf 3 years ago

When I moved to the UK from Cape Town, I stg I was asked if we have indoor toilets and lions and elephants roaming the streets. To make it worse, this was in 1998 ffs lol

17points

WillemPenn 3 years ago

The richness, history and sophistication of African cultures are way under represented. And Hollywood utterly fails to provide any context when it portrays the violence in certain regions -- Like, hello, let's talk about the still reverberating effects of the slave trade and colonialism on the current politics in many African nations. But the US still gotta look like the hero. :-(

7points

Martha Meyer 3 years ago

Maybe this is no consolation to you, but they even think Europeans live in caves...

2points

JessG 3 years ago

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Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago

It always amazes me that people think Africa is one country

14points

Kennedy Johnson 3 years ago

Yes, Africa has cities. It’s not all jungle and Savannah.

7points

Uchman 3 years ago (edited)

Once got talking to a freelance video/photo journalist who was based in Africa for most of his career in the 80's & 90's. He explained that images showing modern cities and people don't sell as the various agencies deem it not "African enough". This is how the stereotypes keep being perpetuated 🙄

5points

Jo Davies 3 years ago

If you are a white south african, you must speak with an strong Afrikaans accent. Even if you are jot Afrikaans.

1point

jevais 3 years ago

Cities are metropolitan and very modern, whereas in Europe our cities are ancient, therefore very little skyscrapers as there's less territory to build. Most African countries are more modern than some in the occidental parts of the world.

1point

Jan Smith 3 years ago

it did take me until i was in forties to actually realise this due to movies etc and that south africa doesn't mean 'southern africa'

1point

Mike Ieva 3 years ago

Name 10 countries in Africa and their capitals...

1point

J. F. 3 years ago (edited)

I could name 10 countries but not their capitals :(

5points

Robert Robi Z 3 years ago

And Africa is not only lions and zebras, as far as I know

0points

Viv Hart 3 years ago

That there actually IS a country called South Africa.

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago

Right? Africa is a CONTINENT, not a country!

0points

grey galah 3 years ago

well said.

0points

JessG 3 years ago

What movie ever portrays Africa as one single country?? I can't think of any

0points

Shän Di 3 years ago

Mean girls for one

0points

znzn 3 years ago

This deserves way more updates.

-3points

znzn 3 years ago

Upvotes*

-2points

No one says, "Oh what a jolly good job mate, splendid show, absolutely spiffing."

It's more like, "Oh you're a funny little w*nker aren't you?"

umpalumpamonkey Report

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Or grotty wee minger :D

61points

#10

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Not every window have a view on the Eifel Tower. And it's painfully obvious when they go to shoot a vineyard scene in California to pass for French countryside.

LastRomancer Report

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Saint Thomas 3 years ago (edited)

Appartments in Paris are also f**** expensive. A flat with such a view to the eiffel tower would never be in such a shabby state, and (EDIT, thx Glowworm2, not Remy but) Linguini would never never never ever be able to afford the rent (let alone buy it).

77points

#11

In italy, there isn't mafia in every city. Only 80% of them.

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Coleonema 3 years ago

"Only 80% of them"

106points

#12

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Im australian and i swear every movie I see where a person from america or anywhere else travels to australia they land in sydney or melbourne and its just a few hours drive to “the outback”.

It would take you a day and a half to drive from those places to the outback and that's only if you don't stop to eat/get petrol

KermitTheFraud92 Report

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Friday 3 years ago

This is debatable. If you are talking about outback in NT, sure. But Sydney to somewhere like Broken Hill could be done in half a day.

30points

#13

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes We don’t all live in London, or talk like cockneys or royalty

chewbeccah Report

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Black Pug Puppy 3 years ago

Neither are we urchins with a scratchy voice

52points

#14

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes That we in Southeast Asia conveniently provide the fruit carts that people in hot pursuit can knock over because we are strategically in the way. Dudes, there is always plenty of space to play chase without crashing.

eternallyks Report

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

But this is how juice is made isn't it /s

64points

#15

Canada isn't actually just a frozen Tundra where American Heroes can escape to and live in a log cabin off the grid.

WhiskeyWeekends Report

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201points

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MagicalUnicorn 3 years ago

my life was a lie!

52points

GeologistZestyclose Report

#16

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Everything, it seems that they think Spain is Mexico

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Sum Guy 3 years ago

Americans

30points

wisebloodfoolheart Report

#17

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Most American high schoolers don't go to a school so small that there's a single popular group that everyone knows and cares about.

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Niffler_13 3 years ago

My graduating class was 120 students.... While we didn't have 1 single popular group, everyone knew everyone.

52points

#18

German Here. I'll just let you guess....

kebabdurum05 Report

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

You don't walk with sandals and socks? Cause I have photos from Greek Islands😅😅😅😅

9points

#19

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes British films often have guns casually yet its very rare to find a gun outside of serious organised crime.

protentiousmoi Report

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Something 3 years ago

Guns are way overrepresented in movies in general compared to how many people use them in real life.

26points

#20

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes It's not all snake charmers, cows and the Taj Mahal.

Cheese_Junky Report

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Shaivya Shrivastava 3 years ago

Honestly, do not recall the last time I saw an actual snake charmer in person... always wondered where the discovery and nat geo people got them from.

9points

#21

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes 99% of British people do not talk like they were born in the 18th Century!

Jezza_Jones Report

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Coleonema 3 years ago

I'm curious about that 1% Why do they talk like that?

60points

#22

That every Puerto Rican woman is dark skinned with big butts, wearing hoops in our ears, lining our lips with sharpies, generally uneducated, and utterly psychotic.

anoukdaae Report

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Eslamala 3 years ago

This stereotype applies to most latin women, actually

79points

#23

Spain: we don't party all the time, we don't like bullfighting (most of us don't), we're not lazy, we're not Mexican, we like Mexicans and Mexico but we are from a different country.

drawingmentally Report

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163points

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Kankan 3 years ago

we do party a lot though

32points

#24

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Basically Italy is 90% countryside and the cities in the remaining 10% are roman ruins, old houses inhabited by septuagenarians or Venice

Azathoth90 Report

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InfectedVoice 3 years ago (edited)

Woody Allen is a disgusting little nonce.

22points

#25

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Bavaria is not our whole country.

Luwe95 Report

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150points

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Coleonema 3 years ago

People believe it is?

26points

#26

We are TURKS not Arabs! I am not saying that Arabs are bad, I am just saying that taking Turks or Turkic people as they are Arabs are wrong

AegeanusBoi Report

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François Carré 3 years ago

Not only in Hollywood movies. Many people in Europe just think Muslim = Arab and don't even know that Turkic, Arabic and Persian cultures are completely different.

33points

#27

Not EVERYONE in Colombia is part of a drug cartel or mafia and not EVERYWHERE is a poor neighbourhood. We have some pretty nice f**king cities and some famous holiday locations.

That_Nova_Raven_ Report

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144points

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Carolina Fernández González 3 years ago

Stupid Mr and Mrs Smith and their first scene about Colombia.................

20points

#28

We don't walk around in kilts all day. And that isn't our accent.

MsBobbyJenkins Report

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142points

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Phendrena 3 years ago

HOOTS MON!

26points

#29

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Mexico isn’t 100% desert

conocophillips424 Report

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139points

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Coleonema 3 years ago

Same with Egypt

62points

#30

We aren't romantic in France

Juliette-Eih Report

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Kat 3 years ago

French people are kind of arrogant.

41points

#31

That we have some sort of cursed mummy thing waiting to happen. Or happening. And that we somehow need a pretty white woman to raise Bast from the dead or something.

[unknown] Report

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129points

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Mary Veltri 3 years ago

Ha. Love this

21points

#32

It's not cold all the time in Canada. I'm dying here in July it's been 40C for a long time.

Duckieyupyupyup Report

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128points

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WillemPenn 3 years ago

40 degrees? But like isn't that totally cold? (Juuuust kidding!)

29points

#33

Netherlands is not Amsterdam only

Samir0541 Report

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126points

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James016 3 years ago

It's Rotterdam as well ;p

26points

#34

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes That the Amazon Rainforest is just a short car ride away from Rio de Janeiro

luhli Report

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124points

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Something 3 years ago

In movies in general, everything is right near everything else that's important unless the plot requires it to be otherwise.

50points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#35

Everything. Apparently Finnish people speak everything else BUT Finnish and the culture stuff? Swedish...

Jerppaknight Report

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100points

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Kesam 3 years ago

That's what you get for living in East Sweden. Greetings from West Sweden (Norway) 😊

92points

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'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes Not every canadian is kind, we can be and are a-holes

NicCab95622 Report

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Nami Tantrum 3 years ago

but do you apologize afterwards?

21points

#37

Mexico. Apparently, every day is Día de los Muertos.

LuthienDragon Report

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27points

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IAN KELLY 3 years ago

What else would it be /s

4points

#38

That everywhere in the US looks *just like* southern california. I've seen shows set in Washington DC with palm trees.

We do not have palm trees, nor do we have people driving around with surfboards in their car

Oldzoomie Report

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26points

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Vasana Phong 3 years ago

Sometimes I think they think we wouldn’t realize these lil details, but these lil mistakes in details is what makes you snap out of watching the flick cause you lost the imagination

3points

#39

'What Does Hollywood Get Wrong About Your Home Country?': 35 People Expose Lazy Writing Stereotypes That all of us are either IT professionals or we spend our time at spelling bee competitions, I don't know [anything] about computers, nor do I know to spell!

Not_Titan_Ananth Report

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Kesam 3 years ago

India?

12points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#40

The Bahamas is just one big beach and we all say yeah mon, actually every country in and around the Caribbean is portrayed this way.

Treemanthealmighty Report

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24points

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denzoren 3 years ago

Drinking from a coconut, wearing a straw hat while lying in a hammock under the coconut trees. We don't...not all the time.

7points

#41

I've yet to come across a movie where Argentina is well represented at all, so I'm going to say "literally everything"

Unreasonableberry Report

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22points

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Downunderdude 3 years ago

Ummm...you're all gauchos. And soccer mad.

7points

#42

I'm Serbian. No, we don't own guns, and no, we're not in a war.

megatroller5000 Report

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22points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

The fact that many Americans watched the Yugoslav Wars happen on live television over the course of a decade really cemented a negative image in many people's minds. I wish it hadn't.

2points

#43

State not country but believe it or not, not everyone in Texas has a thick country accent and wears cowboy boots

emma_h_m Report

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22points

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KILEY767 3 years ago

Native Texan here, never owned a gun nor plan on it, but I am definitely outnumbered. I understand the stereotypes. Some of them are pretty accurate, sadly.

8points

#44

I can assure you that there are no sheep running around the sports car infested streets of Dubai. I'm looking at you Mission Impossible.

d1rast3s Report

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21points

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Mission: Impossible? After six movies, it’s obviously now Mission: Possible.

7points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#45

Bogotá is not a big wild jungle where we live in tipis surrounded by farm animals. Also, Bogota is not hot!

idkusernametaken Report

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20points

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Manu 3 years ago

Bogota is a cruel jungle made of concrete. The only good thing you can do in Bogota is to leave and never go back

3points

#46

That we are all super cute and romantic people who will take you to the Eiffel tower after painting you in a park.

Midnightistic Report

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20points

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Penny Fan 3 years ago

Are you saying Jean-Pierre LIED to me? I should have realised when I saw there was no paint on his brush...

4points

#47

SMASH CUT to a sweeping aerial shot over a desolate, red dirt plain, kangaroos bounding across the landscape. In the distance, we see a solitary, dilapidated tin shed with a rusty windmill beside it and a rough looking old man wearing an Akubra and holding a stubbie. Music is the same as every Hollywood smash cut to the Middle East, except the main instrument is a blaring didgeridoo

yathree Report

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20points

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AnnaBanana 3 years ago

And we all act like Mick Dundee...

3points

#48

Switzerland: We have other things than banks

Bringyourlight Report

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Verena Gitterle 3 years ago

Yes, chocolate, cowbells and cheese ; )

11points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#49

Not all swedes are blonde and multilingual (almost all of us speak Swedish and English very well tho)

sweet-demon-duck Report

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Kesam 3 years ago

Well, you just shot yourself in your multilingual Swedish foot there, didn't you? 😂 (*googles percentage of blonds in Sweden*)

16points

#50

We're not all hobbits

restlessnz Report

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16points

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

But some of us still enjoy second breakfasts :)

30points

#51

The Arabic dance in Aladdin, it's actually Indian with some modern / western moves. They only got the music right.

Aman-8 Report

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15points

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Phendrena 3 years ago

The Disney version of Aladdin as more of a mash-up of Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

5points

#52

That Philippines is not all rice fields and beaches.

bebegarcon Report

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Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago

TBH I never thought of the Philippines as rice fields

12points

#53

We all aren't Rastas smoking weed on the beach

Queen_Lex86 Report

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Oh, I wish I was.

4points

#54

The Netherlands

Our language

In one show they said: gaat hij haar een taxi gebeld)

Translated to English it says: goes he her a taxi called)

That’s not how we say it but okay

YellowCatswithHats , Just-Anto Report

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14points

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Sven Devestele 3 years ago

Tbf if you said 'Heeft hij haar een taxi gebeld' it WOuld translate directly to ''has he her a taxi called'. I mean the Dutch they used is wrong but don't translate words like Google translate does. Languages don't work the same way.

2points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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“This Breaks My Heart”: People Stunned—And Angry—After Woman Buys Lost Luggage From Airport

#55

That badass cartel enforcers roam around working alone, driving classic cars, wearing shiny suits, etc. This is more like it. Bunch of poor, brainwashed, uneducated expendable foot soldiers on the payroll of a private army.

rtozur Report

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Mike Ieva 3 years ago

Mexico again?

1point

#56

I grew up in Vancouver and they’re always portraying it as New York or LA, bastards.

asoiahats Report

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Alloydog 3 years ago

That's because Vancouver gives film makers better tax breaks than most US cities do.

17points

#57

We have other things then the pyramids and Cairo.

mufasto1 Report

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, The Nile, Suez, Dahab. Sharm El Sheikh, Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine's Monastery. Yeah, I had a great time.

6points

#58

That Jamaica is just smoking. They never really show the resorts and all of the nice landscaping to the fullest

starboy367 Report

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11points

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Susan Green 3 years ago

I’ve been to Jamaica twice. It’s absolutely beautiful.

1point

#59

In Chris Hemsworth's Extraction...we saw Bangladesh and India border divided by a bridge....that's not true at all... And the shooting was not even in Bangladesh...only the river was shot..

[unknown] Report

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Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger 3 years ago

I feel you. Most of the movie scenes in Zurich, Switzerland are shot in Eastern Europe, a lot in Prague because it is less expensive.

4points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

#60

Israel is nothing about religion In the most relevant cities (Tel Aviv)

RoeiNarkisxD Report

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5points

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Fred L. 3 years ago

I´d pretty much include Jerusalem in the most relevant cities though.

3points

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What do you think ?

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Greeks don't wear traditional outfits, ride donkeys as a means of transportation and generally live in the early 1900s. We are fully living in the modern world, I promise!!

21points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

Also we don't break plates, dance all day and eat souvlaki all the time! But yes we are loud!!!

14points

AnnaBanana 3 years ago

And I can't WAIT to visit!!!!

4points

Shane S 3 years ago

Put some windex on it

1point

ViFi 3 years ago

Not every girl in america is a dumb blonde

14points

Eslamala 3 years ago

Not every person who speaks spanish is mexican, because (duh!) most of central/south american countries speak spanish! And Spain does as well. And not every spanish speaking person *looks* mexican, because of that same reason.

11points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Don't forget the Philippines! Nobody remembers the poor Philippines.

4points

Jayne Kyra 3 years ago

I would add that Slavic ≠ Russian.

8points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Exactly. There are big differences. I've seen people get into fistfights when they were told 'Oh, but that's basically Russia, right?'.....

1point

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Movies use stereotypes as "shorthand" to "set the mood/scene". I don't like it, but it does make it easier to tell who is the bad guy in a Bond film.

5points

Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago

Serbian people are not all criminals, mafia and extremely poor people. In fact, 99% of criminals here are in government, street criminal is rare, murders are also very rare. Most people are on poor side, but they don't walk around in rags, like they came from rural area of 19th century. People look normal and they are dressed normal, just like in any other European country.

4points

Glowdaddy 3 years ago

I think it has to do with the American Education System. I am American and lived overseas until I was 14, it amazed me how internationally clueless many of my high school classmates were. Plus I noticed a big difference in the way geography is taught in other countries compared to the US.

4points

Nikki 3 years ago

THIS! I always say people need to leave the US to actually see the real world. Their view is so skewed.

0points

Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

Fun fact: If you are in France, you are more likely to be able to see the Eiffel Tower out your window than you are to see any part of Manhattan, Hollywood OR Chicago combined if you are in America. Only 17% of Americans live in any of America's 100 largest cities.... and by "city," we mean nothing like what Europeans think of as a city. Even some of our top 25 most populous cities have population densities of fewer than 500 people per square km. Oklahoma City, for instance, is a few tall government buildings surrounded by suburbs. 77% of Americans live in detached housing, compared to 24% of Brits, 25% of Swiss (!!!), 40% of Irish, 13% of Spanish and 26% of Germans, 42% of French and 23% of Italians. Only in a few major cities do any but single people, the poor and immigrants live in flats (confusingly called "apartments"). Suburbanites (i.e., from counties without urban centers) tend to be wealthier, better educated and much more politically conservative than city-dwellers...

4points

Erik Granqvist 3 years ago

Not everyone from Sweden is blond, tall and looks like a modell.

3points

Miss Cris 3 years ago (edited)

Not everyone from Portugal, Spain, Italy or Greece is brown, short, fat an ugly.

3points

Nevits Yibble 3 years ago

Hollywood used to be REAL bad about this (I mean god-awful bad), but it seems to be trending lately for more authenticity. It's still bad though. That said, TBH American movies are made for American audiences, not for the rest of you

3points

the child 3 years ago

Please recommend movies that have good portrayal of countires, cheers

3points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Ones made IN those countries.

9points

N G 3 years ago

And this is where a lot of those myths and stereotypes from the other day originate from!

3points

Hanna Sofia 3 years ago

not all swedes are blonde with blue eyes, we don't all love meatballs, we're not socially awkward and most of us are fluent in english, so let's quit the weird accents (:

2points

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

Not everyone in Tennessee has a country accent and we do in fact have cities, not just tons of farmland and a few houses here and there. I haven't seen TN in many things, but what I have seen it in portrayed it like this.

2points

Vishy 3 years ago

India is not just about curries. We have a very vibrant food culture.

2points

Sara Jetten 3 years ago

Dutch here: We don't speak German

1point

Alex 3 years ago

Just another hate on America post.

1point

Celena Camps 3 years ago

I live in southern British Columbia. The amount of movies that are filmed in BC but portrayed as the US ie Seattle or the east coast .. I love bcs natural beauty but just acknowledge it in the movie. I have watched so many movies that get ruined for me as I am arguing with the tv that is not Seattle, Maine etc...

1point

Izzy Curer 3 years ago

As for more historical movies, British people actually had something closer to an American accent prior to about the 1800's. Linguistically, as a rule, the 'colonial' group retains the parent language's traits for longer than the original country does.

1point

Pernille Dyre 3 years ago (edited)

Danes were in a short period vikings. Vikings were also traders, not only warriors and they existed for 250 years... They were also the first to sail from Europe to north-america about the year 1000 a.c. In denmark we are not vikings today and the viking helmet have never had horns....

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

What about vicky the viking's helmet ?

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AndersM 3 years ago

We also have daytime, blue skies and sunny days in Denmark. It's not all Scandinavian Noir...

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Ambar 3 years ago

not every Hispanic country IS MEXICO!! I am from DR and we don't do Mexican culture, we do our own, and we aren't like stereotypes. like not all of us are dark-skinned, only me, my father, aunts, and grandparents are and we aren't even that dark! another thing, we are not all crazy some of us are but not all of us. not all of us are like drug lords nor alcoholics, those who can drink don't do it every day! not all of us speak Spanish like it our first language, mine is English, NOT Spanish. next, not all men have abs nor women are big on both ends. another stereotype I have seen is that all dads are called "papa" or moms are called "mama" in my family those are what we call our grandparents, our parents we give the name mami or papi. finally, not every Hispanic girl makes out with the first guy she falls in love with. I don't want a relationship like that...thank u for your time!

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Mor Shi 3 years ago

Jews in general but MOSTLY in Israel don't play "Hava Nagila" at events like weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.. like at all. Like it would seem super weird if someone did. There's a DJ and he's probably playing J-Lo.

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Tài Trần 3 years ago (edited)

Việt Nam is not a poor, war-ravaged country any more. At least we have skyscraper buildings, like a lot of them now.

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Bow, I’m a Slytherin 3 years ago

I can clarify everyone in Scotland walks around in kilts eating their shortbread and deep-fried Mars Bars while haggis hunting, screaming ‘freedom’ at the top of their lungs. Oh, don’t forget about the Irn-Bru. And yep, we all say ‘Och aye the noo’ every second of the day.

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Helenium 3 years ago

The Black Country accent is not Birmingham. Birmingham totally different and we don’t All eat chips and gravy.

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Hugo A-niro 3 years ago

A friend from Sydney kept on telling. About these gigantic poisonous spiders that are every where even in her car I don't know if she didn't want me to come to oz but I don't kill spiders here is USA and I thought just like amy Winehouse I ain't going to Australia no no no .i did not want to get in a battle with a poor poisonus spider trying to defend it self .

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grey galah 3 years ago

that was fun!!

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The Redhead 3 years ago

Not all female redheads are goths.

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Aaricia 3 years ago

Who ever said that? Never heard that one before. Although I'm not helping as I am alternative / goth and auburn haired.

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Parmeisan 3 years ago

There aren't many areas in Canada where "eh" is a thing that anybody says. It's such an annoying stereotype because I've literally never heard someone say it and people think they're so clever joking about it. There was a post on here recently about something-or-other "EH" and the top 18 comments were "Oh, it must be Canadian!". Please stop. :(

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

"Eh" is Anglophone, but I've heard it a *lot* in Canada, so perhaps it's regional or generational?

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Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

As far as America is concerned their are 2 countries in the World, the USA and Not the USA

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

...and not-the-usa is only the mexico wall.

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kjorn 3 years ago

and French-Canadian aren't French peoples who lived in canada. we are canadians who speak french, period!

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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago (edited)

Thank you for clarifying that. Nor are all men in Quebec lumberjacks who move around in groups carrying canoes on their heads. However, if anyone watched the Closing Ceremony at the Vanvouver Winter Olympics, Canadian me could not stop laughing because everything was all Canadian stereotypes. The best was Michael Buble singing a song with dancing Mounties behind him. Could not stop laugh through the entire thing. Yes, we do have a great sense of humor about ourselves. Somebody's gotta do it!😆

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Caroline 3 years ago

If I'm honest, I don't care about the stereotypes. They're movies, they use the easiest situations to make you understand where you are. You can't generalize a whole population, but no one is stupid enough to believe that movies are documentaries.

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Uchman 3 years ago

I disagree, most people form their opinions of different countries from stupid stereotypes in movies/TV's. It's just lazy work from Hollywood.

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nicholas nolan 3 years ago

I think it’s past time we Anglophones called a “truce” on using the right accents at the right time. I don’t think any of us can get it right.

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Greeks don't wear traditional outfits, ride donkeys as a means of transportation and generally live in the early 1900s. We are fully living in the modern world, I promise!!

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Also we don't break plates, dance all day and eat souvlaki all the time! But yes we are loud!!!

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AnnaBanana 3 years ago

And I can't WAIT to visit!!!!

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Shane S 3 years ago

Put some windex on it

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ViFi 3 years ago

Not every girl in america is a dumb blonde

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Eslamala 3 years ago

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Don't forget the Philippines! Nobody remembers the poor Philippines.

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Jayne Kyra 3 years ago

I would add that Slavic ≠ Russian.

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Exactly. There are big differences. I've seen people get into fistfights when they were told 'Oh, but that's basically Russia, right?'.....

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Movies use stereotypes as "shorthand" to "set the mood/scene". I don't like it, but it does make it easier to tell who is the bad guy in a Bond film.

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Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago

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Glowdaddy 3 years ago

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Nikki 3 years ago

THIS! I always say people need to leave the US to actually see the real world. Their view is so skewed.

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Daniel Marsh 3 years ago

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Erik Granqvist 3 years ago

Not everyone from Sweden is blond, tall and looks like a modell.

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Miss Cris 3 years ago (edited)

Not everyone from Portugal, Spain, Italy or Greece is brown, short, fat an ugly.

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Nevits Yibble 3 years ago

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the child 3 years ago

Please recommend movies that have good portrayal of countires, cheers

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Ones made IN those countries.

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