Monday 27 December 2010

Stereotypes

There were plenty of stereotypes (that didn't need much deconstructing) on display in yesterday's traditional Boxing Day pantomime. "Peter Pan" was great fun, even if there would have been a lot more boos at a London theatre.

The Boxing Day edition of The Sunday Times contained an interesting quote, worth a little deeper deconstruction, in an article by Marie Colvin.

Who is the Australian who regards himself as a 'victim of radicalism'? What is his (as-quoted) comment on Saudi Arabia and Sweden?

Quote: "Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism...I fell into a hornets' nest of revolutionary feminism."

As an admirer of both Sweden and Australia (I've never been to Saudi Arabia), I find that hard to take, Julian.

More on country stereotypes here.

Stereotypes of Sweden here.

Sweden (IKEA) in Russia

And to finish, a disarming video about stereotypes of Greece! 

Better than the lame Jeremy Clarkson effort at stereotype humour.

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