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National Identity

Published on Feb 08, 2017

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National Identity

On television shows
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Use the Scale

  • Choose where you think the United States should be placed
  • Where would you put your home culture?
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Impact on Television?

  • Increasing globalization or more nationalized adaptations?
  • Did you notice anything in the episodes of The Office?
  • What about TV shows in your country?
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Scholarly Journal

  • Key Points?
  • Questions?
  • Disagreement?
  • Surprises?
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"without big stars, laugh tracks, tidy endings or glamour...it sounds, well, un-American, doesn't it?"

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What makes the boss socially incompetent, offensive, and embarrassing?

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Format adaptations: interpreted v. copied

Do you think the episodes were interpreted or copied?
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Interpreted - 3 ways

  • Situations
  • Characters
  • Humor
  • Creates a "shared sense of national belonging"
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Comedic offense

Page 6 - any other examples?
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Cultural Proximity Theory

Language, ethnic appearance, dress, style, humor, references, shared topics
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"While American sitcom often invites us to laugh with characters, Britcom instead offers pleasure in us laughing at them."

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Cultural Codes in Humor

Was one show funnier? Why?
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Episode Endings

"downbeat" or "positive, community affirming"
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Situation

  • Opening song
  • Images of workers in the opening
  • Hopeful tone?
  • Trivia quiz v. basketball game
  • Verbal v. physical comedy
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Characters

  • Boss: search for approval v. creating "community"
  • Odd assistant - similar?
  • Sales employee: cultured v. jock
  • Secretary: love interest?
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Humor

  • References
  • Class
  • Race
  • Unspoken social codes and understanding
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Social Codes

  • What social codes in the U.S. are/were the most confusing to you? What surprised you?
  • What would be the dominant social issue in your country? How does it appear on TV shows?
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Key Considerations

  • Production methods
  • Narrative structure
  • Inclusion of references to popular culture
  • Recognizable situations
  • National character traits
  • Relevant social issues
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Take a Scene

Rewrite it for your home culture
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Presentations

Explain these cultural aspects
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Sports Idioms

  • Ballpark figure
  • Game plan
  • Touch base
  • Level playing field
  • The ball in their court
  • Call the shots
  • Get a head start
  • Get off the hook
  • The home stretch
  • Make the cut
  • Not up to par
  • To be off base
  • Out in left field
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