Do British people and American people in general look different?
I don't mean by the way we dress, I mean actual physical differences in facial structure, particularly in Caucasians and Africans (implying their family's been in the country for more then 3 generations) I don't know if it's just me, but I can often point out if someone's British or not just by seeing their face. I'm not at all being a nationalist for either country, just asking a question that's been on my mind for some time now. Have you noticed this to? For instance people on t.v. in the uk look different then in the u.s. and both definitions of beautiful women have the same body structure, but faces are shaped differently.
What do Americans think of British accents?
Speaking as a woman, the appeal of a British man's accent is really one of novelty. It's not something we're used to hearing, so it sticks out. When I moved to the UK for school, the novelty wore off really fast. It's one thing to be charmed by an accent for a few moments at a time. It's another to be surrounded by it all the time, including in many less-than-savory situations. I also found that people in the UK liked my accent, and that I was something novel. (I was once stopped in a pub by a South African gentleman with a strong Afrikaans accent, who told me he loved my voice. Flattering!)My boyfriend is British and has lived in Liverpool, near Glasgow and in Lancashire in a village not too far from Manchester. His accent is probably closest to Liverpudlian, which is not your traditional Hugh Grant-ish posh delivery. I like his accent because I like him, but it isn't novel. We have a joke: "I don't have an accent, you have an accent!" To each other, the other's accent is what sounds novel.
Which countries are stereotyped as having unattractive men?
Some more that haven’t been mentionedJapan - Much like Korean men, Japanese men are often assumed to be Chinese at first, and Chinese men, and East Asian men in general, are not perceived to be attractive. But the specific stereotype of Japanese men is that they are very unromantic, weak and feeble, and worst of all effeminate. It’s true that we still live in a world where things are still very gendered, that very few women want to be with men who are sensitive and overly obsess about their fashion tastes.Britain - British people in general are stereotyped across Europe for being unattractive. There are many beautiful people in this country, but I do have to agree that there are fewer women that turn heads in town than anywhere else that I’ve been in the world. And while I personally think British men are actually more attractive than women on average, they are often understood to be heavy drinking alcoholics, have poor taste in clothes, bad skin, and distinctly overweight at an early age.Eastern Europe - Russian men have already been mentioned, but this stereotype of “ugly men, unbelievably beautiful women” seems to apply to the whole of the former Eastern bloc. I’ve only really been to one Eastern European country, and I was baffled to frequently come across couples in their 40s and 50s with overweight hairy middle aged men married to women who seemed to have aged incredibly well like Halle Berry. Even among younger couples, there are many visibly unattractive, brutish men dating supermodels. The women there were so gorgeous there that I would be constantly distracted whenever I was out on the streets. The men pale in comparison.
Why do so many British actors go to Hollywood?
Brushing aside the need for British characters (for the accent, obviously, especially if they’re meant to play a villain) there has been a surge of British actors in Hollywood for the past few years simply because producers and casting directors, etc… have realized that British actors are usually classically trained and generally more interesting artistically than the average US actor. British actors often have a history with theatre, and a much different, more strict and focused, methodical conception of the art. Not to stereotype US actors because they’re obviously not a monolith, nor do I wish to idealize European acting because some of our stuff are crappy and sensationalist as well, but I think it has something to do with how the actor works on a set and how effectively they will play out the director’s vision. I don’t like to generalize the US actor (or the British actor for that matter, because many British actors are great without having done any theatre), but the conception of acting seems to me like it is incredibly different from one culture to the other, so there is definitely something to do with the methodism involved. Now since there has been such a high demand for British actors because of all above-mentioned factors, British actors understandably take advantage of that trend and thus take a chance in the US. Hollywood is a dream for most actors wherever they might come from so that only makes sense to me.
Why did britain follow a policy of appeasement in the 1930s?
Military Reasons - After going through World War 1 and suffering millions of casualties, nobody was willing to send so many more armies to their destruction. The Western Front especially was completely torn up, and noone felt it necessary to destroy so much again. Economic Reasons - The nations had spent billions upon billions of dollars fighting this war, and nobody was willing to invest so many resources in fighting a person (Hitler) who they thought was just blowing smoke about how Germany would take over the world etc. Fear - Somewhat the same reasons as above, they were afraid to risk millions of more lives and mammoth amounts of money if it was all unnecessary. Public Opinion - The public for sure did not want war, and was in favor of avoiding it at all costs. Only Winston Churchill had the foresight to see that a small war right now could save a huge one later, but most people had had enough with World War 1 and did not want to pay the short-term costs for the long-term gains. Other - When it became apparent that Hitler was actually becoming a force to be reckoned with and transforming Germany into a powerful nation, they figured that he would be a useful bulwark against possible Communist aggression against the West. So actually, they were planning on having Hitler on their side fighting in a future war against the Communists, but anyone who has ever opened a history book knows that it didn't happen.
Do you think "Dora The Explorer" is a liberal plot to indoctrinate children into liking Mexicans?
I am not ready to actually say "Dora" is a "plot", but there is no doubt that the PBS children's programming is an attempt at an entertaining way of indoctrination of our children. Story lines of characters being pressured into giving up something so everyone can have it, singing songs about a family being anything and showing films of children playing in the parks or in their homes with two dads, emphasizing Mexican and African cultures (which is fine) but to the exclusion of showing white cultures, having as guests only those celebrities who are very Liberal in their politics-you would never see Sarah Palin read a story on Sesame Street. And having Oscar the Grouch talk about "Sox" News and saying "Now THATS trash t.v.!" And while diversity and tolerance are virtues to be encouraged, these programs are beyond the pale because they have a political agenda. To use what is supposed to be a fun, learning show for children as propaganda is sickening, and the fact that much of it is subliminal is quite Orwellian and frightening. I changed my mind. I am willing to stand up and say it out loud... PBS (maybe Dora, too) is only part of a plot to indoctrinate young minds and make them more susceptible to the ideologies of Marxism and thus Communism. Since way back, Communists have known that they could not just attack our country and way of life from the outside in the traditional way of bombs and military strikes, they must be patient and come at us from the inside out-like a cancer. Like the old analogy of cooking the frog. If one tries to throw the frog into a pot boiling water it will hop right out again. But if you put the frog in the water it is used to and slowly turn up the heat, by the time it realizes it is in danger, the frog is cooked.