Week 3

I found the BBC video to be very interesting not only from the American perspective but from the outside looking in. While I do believe it is very important to be proud of where you are from I have never taken the time to actually see how others from the outside looking in feel about other cultures, i.e. America's. As the singer in the video began to play the piano and sing he seemed to really be feeling every word of his song and that he was very proud to be American. The British audience seemed very amused about this sketch and it seems that they view the American culture as redundant and basically idiotic.

While they may view us as idiotic individuals who are always repetitive and overly excited about being American they do not take the time to realize how we or other countries view the British culture. There have been commercials in regards to the British culture that were made for the American Audience. Many of which have exhibited individuals with bad, stained teeth. An example of such commercials are the orbit gum commercials.

The video portrayed the American culture as a proud group of individuals who feel very strongly about our history and background and proud to be American.