[70 People from 70 Countries Imitate Americans | Condé Nast Traveler] (Viewer #87,283)
At 2 minutes in, I think Miss Norway nails it.
[70 People from 70 Countries Imitate Americans | Condé Nast Traveler] (Viewer #87,283)
At 2 minutes in, I think Miss Norway nails it.
Oddly enough it seems almost all of them were trying to do either a Valley Girl or a Hip Hop accent.
True.
I love these videos. Fascinating to see how others see us.
I need a little context, in some, to get if it what we are ordering that is odd to them, or just the sound of our voice when doing so.
Like, for instance,”beer,” “McDonald’s,” and “Burger King” —
we know they they have them in their countries. Are they making fun of us for asking for them? So are they also mocking their compatriots who must do the same thing?
Anyway, the Dominican Republic guy at 2:11 (I’d like two sugars and two creams, please) sounds most like an average American I’d hear in a store, so I’d award him the trophy. Especially if that’s not his normal speaking accent.
I’m skeptical of one thing, though: Conde Nast makes this funny enough, the presenters attractive enough, and the production slick enough, to encourage wide distribution and sharing. And then an anti-Trump note piggy-backs on it. Coincidence?
Ostensibly, they had hours of video to edit. So, they had no other editorial option but to include political commentary in a 2:22-long video unrelated to politics? Skeptical.
What I’m proposing is that the enormous stash of funding they have at their disposal is used to create ‘viral videos’ that just happen to push their viewpoint as a sidelight, to make it seem ubiquitous and cool.
I once met as Irish barmaid in Rome who did a hilarious impression of an American speaking Italian.
Erin Go Bracco?
http://www.latin-dictionary.org/bracco
I’d gladly spread peanut butter on Miss Norway…