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Monday, March 26, 2007

More deep thoughts

Well, unlike most people, I love France and I love the French. At least they are predictable. Once you know how to deal with them, and know what to expect from them, you know and that's that. And heck, knowing the language helps a lot. When I say I don't know German, I really DO NOT KNOW GERMAN! To me, people can be completely making up the "German" words they're saying. In French, while I don't understand everything, there are so many familiar words and I am capable of some communication, like when I order something on the menu, I know mostly what will be on my plate, and I won't be surprised with a cow's head. Of course, that's the problem, I enjoy most German food too, but I'd love to know what's in it without asking for the English menu like a dumb tourist.

HOWEVER, despite my love for France and the French, watching French TV movies is like watching a bad porn. You know the porn you're watching is bad when you start concentrating on the plot, i.e., being distracted from the main purpose of the movie. So basically, the nakedness starts annoying you and you find yourself looking forward to the end of a sex scene so that you can get back to the plot. Well, some French TV movies make you sit there and look at the characters talk and interact, and you can mute the movie and still enjoy it the same. In fact, actually listening to the dialogues and the bad acting make you want to pull your nails out from their roots with rusted pliers to ease the pain of the badness of the movie!

3 comments:

JD Byrne said...

watching French TV movies is like watching a bad porn

You should try listening to French TV then! - http://www.frenchtvonline.com/ -

Spreading weird music across the Net since 1990something. :-P

Manblogger641 said...

I was under the impression the french do not like Americans. Am I incorrect?

KULA said...

JDB - Well, if there something good on TV, if it's in French, it's OK, since I understand some of it. But a lot of French soaps remind me of Mexican soaps, which are as bad as American soaps with much worse and way more animated acting.

Manblogger - The French don't hate all Americans, they hate ignorant arrogant people who come to France and act like they're better than the French. Coincidentally, a lot more Americans act that way. Since I don't, I have never had anyone be rude to me in France. So, I am very sorry to say that YES, you are, unfortunately incorrect :)