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ajc1@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk (Andrew Cooke) writes:
: In article <1993Feb23.101350.26822@ee.rochester.edu>, 
: seah@ee.rochester.edu (David Seah) writes:
: |> *** NOTE ****
: |> This followup has been heavily paraphrased.  Apologies to Richard Gardner
: |> if I misinterpreted his carefully-prepared text, but it was LONG.
: |> *************
: |> 
: |> >[KEY STATEMENTS!
: |> > There's an unrealized direction that could make the US Number 1 in the
: |> > world economy, by exploiting a unique American strength.  Currently,
: |> > the US's largest export is of course Airplanes.  The rest of the world
: |> > are getting into this, so domination will not be permanent!  But the
: |> > #2 export is (take a wild guess)
: |> >
: |> >How  about... art and culture!  
: 
: 	is the us influence in `art and culture' not declining?
: 	i would suggest that in `low' art your country was, in some
: 	regions, dominant, but is now falling.  in `high' art you
: 	never made it, apart from visual art in the 60s and 70s.

Yawn... who gives a... it's every artist for herself!  Anyone who cares
about national origins is out of the pic!  I want to be astonished...

: 
: 	in popular music the more interesting developments seem to
: 	be based on `ethnic' sources.  literature has never been a
: 	strong point for your country.  visual art seems to be taking
: 	a breather at the moment.  seattle could make a brief claim
: 	for music, i suppose...
: 

Double yawn you talkin' about Nirvana?  Pearl Jam?  Who cares?

: 	the dominant us presence is in film and television.  but much
: 	of the work is, while watched, considered as `low' art, at least
: 	here (uk).  whatever...Andy, anyone who cares: 	american film (simple men by hal hartley is the last one i've 
: 	seen) as `almost european'.  

Again, man, Andy... get a life... nobody here or over there cares!  And I
thought the original posting was lame...

: 
: 	it seems likely that the dominance in the field of tv is a 
: 	product of the largest single-language audience: with other 
: 	nations becoming richer this will be less important.  the us 
: 	is also becoming ethnically more diverse - english is beginning 
: 	to lose its universality.
: 
: 	some specifics:
: 	film: the double life of veronique.  a polish director, i
: 		guess made in poland.
: 	music: shonen knife.  excellent japanese pop/rock.
: 	cartoons: most here are now japanese.
: 	
: 	i don't suppose you've heard of any of them.

Yeah, Andy, I've heard shonen knife and they suck!
Are you brain dead - proposing Japanese pop/rock as a cultural
ideal?  Get a life!  You must base your musical tastes on the latest Mondo!

Japanese anime?  Can we say stooooooopid here without offending you Europeans?

Holy mocha...I thought the original article was ridiculous...leave it to a
smartass Brit to top it!

: 
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Andy, man, I'd stay out of the rain...until you get a clue...

And now for one more big YAWWWWWWN.....


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Jeff Harrington
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