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What is American culture?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Apps, Jul 22, 2014.

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  1. Bandwagoner

    Bandwagoner Contributing Member

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    Invented the modern sitcom so not bad. This to me seems more american though.

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    These are the ones I find most accurate.
     
    #23 tinywang, Jul 22, 2014
  4. Bandwagoner

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    Yeah you did.
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    #24 Bandwagoner, Jul 22, 2014
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    Nothing more American than Tex-Mex.
     
    #25 mrm32, Jul 22, 2014
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    Hungarian girl Eva's America by Jarmusch

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    #27 GIGO, Jul 22, 2014
  8. Bandwagoner

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    Flathead son
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    When I think America, I think Justin Beiber and Jim Carrey.
     
    #29 Jontro, Jul 22, 2014
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    Taco Bell.
     
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  11. Bandwagoner

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    You forgot celine dion
     
    #31 Bandwagoner, Jul 22, 2014
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    American culture. I owned one of these back in the day, therefore I am American culture.

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    Fast cars, fast food and prude self righteous societal standards.
     
    #33 justtxyank, Jul 22, 2014
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    Being better than those damn red coats.
     
    #34 CCorn, Jul 22, 2014
  15. Apps

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    Nope. I'm not in school. Just a genuine interest of mine.
     
    #35 Apps, Jul 22, 2014
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    Literature: Poe, Emerson, Twain, Hemingway, Eliot...
    Theater/Musical Theater: Arthur Miller, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tennessee Williams
    Music: country, jazz, rock and roll, rock, hip-hop
    Cinema: Hollywood
    Science and Technology: steamboat, telegraph, tv, lightbulb, PC, airplane, nuclear power...
    Space Age, Information Age, advances in health
    Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War
    Sports (Basketball, Baseball, Football), Fashion
    Cuisine: Cajun, Tex-Mex, Soul, pizza, fried chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, doughnuts, Coke
     
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    I thought European hipsters were just Europeans.
     
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    A lot of you guys are really pessimistic (or just dismissive).

    Here's a serious attempt at a summation of American culture:

    Literature: The "Great American Novel"; Moby Dick; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Leaves of Grass; the collected poems of Emily Dickinson; The Great Gatsby.

    Music: Blues, Jazz, American Folk, Country, Rock n' Roll, Hip Hop--all genres invented in America by Americans. Significant works include Fanfare for the Common Man; Rhapsody in Blue; Adagio for Strings; Sing, Sing, Sing; Summertime; Johnny B. Goode; Rollin' Stone.

    Television: The Honeymooners; I Love Lucy; Seinfeld; The Simpsons; The Wire; All in the Family; MASH.

    Film: Just look at AFI's top 100 really.


    This list doesn't even take into account things like manners, etiquette, nationally held values, behavioral norms, or even sports. It's a start, but I figure everything I've listed here is what any "red-blooded American" ought to be familiar with, or at least has significant relevance to the "American experience".
     
    #38 Apps, Jul 22, 2014
  19. Hmm

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    The love of a good underdog story...? I imagine that's American culture... America did start off as quite an underdog, and look where it is now... economical, political problems aside... It's very flawed still but, I've yet to know a perfect country... as I've yet to encounter a perfect ideology...

    I'm sure everyone can agree to that...
     
    #39 Hmm, Jul 22, 2014
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    And, of course, this...
     
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