Wednesday, December 2, 2009

quicko: all i really need to know about america i learned in the movies

Seriously. The movies are the primary exposure most Australians have to America, aside from the two obligatory three-week treks (one East coast, one West, though both include Vegas and LA).

To summarize then, all Americans live in a two-story white house with a porch and a dog named Beethoven, pray before every dinner, go to school with highly attractive and clique-based students who trek to Miami every year for spring break before spending four party years in a frat house. They then get a job that requires a suit and Starbucks in hand, fall madly in love with a girl from a Republican (or was it Democrat?) family, get married in a church and buy a two-story white house with a porch and a dog named Beethoven. Throughout the cycle they celebrate quaintly bizarre holidays such as Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July and Groundhog Day (do they really??).

The questions I get most generally revolve around my high school experience (no, I was not a cheerleader) and politics (yes, that was a rude question), but anything that expounds upon traditions they've seen on the big screen is generally considering intriguing.

4 comments:

Mom said...

Did you mean Groundhog Day? I have not heard of celebrating Groundhog Dog myself.

KIM said...

Yes. One typo every 13 months, not bad, hey?

Sam said...

Hahahaha! Absolutely true!! ...and yes, every American gal has been a cheer leader and every fella has been the quarter back star in an American football team! Either that or they have gone to Harvard and become a fabulous lawyer!

Unknown said...

Oh suck it up, Princess. What if everyone does ask you if you’re a republican voting ex-cheerleader who likes guns way too much? I’ll bet you’ve never been asked what it’s like to wrestle a saltwater crocodile, or whether you have colour TV in your home town, or how many words you can speak in Aboriginal, have you?

Honestly, why would I wrestle my pet Saltie? He’s so adorable.