Jimmy Kimmel: Honey Boo Boo Warping Perception of U.S. Internationally
on March 2, 2013 at 6:00 am
What do we in the U.S. look like to those who only see us through the eyes of reality television? The pretext seems absurd, and makes for good comedy in this very clever skit in which an Indian student prepares a report about Americans, utilizing reality shows as his source material.After a good chuckle, I’m left with the uneasy feeling that his conclusions aren’t as zany as we’d like to think. Honey Boo Boo is just one of many little pageant girls, and possibly one of the better adjusted ones.
As you click through the channels, you see the various lifestyles, occupations, body sizes, psychoses and obsessions that are represented…and the categories are growing daily.You no longer must act, sing or be interesting to be on T.V. We’ve broken down barriers and democratized the entertainment industry for good or ill. With a nod to John Mellencamp, “Ain’t that America,” little pink houses for you and me…And a peculiar assortment of roommates.
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Oh Noes… It IS as bad as we’d feared! I want to thank you Sherry. Please keep on ‘representing’ for the rest of us, who lead quiet lives of unremarkable…Or is it unmarketable, desperation.
Sadly enough, this is entirely true. The world sees Americans as being exactly like this. I’m an American living in Australia, we get to see a lot of shows like this, Swamp People provides endless entertainment for the masses. I’ve had people come up to me and actually say to my face that I’m “not like all the other Americans they’ve seen”… They perceive us all as fat, lazy, obnoxious, loud and arrogant, all the while shooting each other around every corner. It’s incredibly disheartening sometimes.
The wise American traveler puts red maple leaves on their luggage, packpacks and travel purse. Any extended travel causes some to want to still carry that travel purse that is so handy when he come pack to the states. Without it where do you keep your passport, your lemons, your tequila and your mushrooms? Oh and the opener for the Coronas…