what is the weirdest way people from your country have been portrayed in media? (1 Viewer)

[eclipsoul]

it doesn't have to be an inherently harmful way, just something that made you go "where the hell did they get that from?"
in my case it's when someone creates a polish character which either has 3894839384 characters or looks like a keyboard smash. back when i was watching the 90s drama er i couldn't help but laugh when i heard that they had a polish character whose name was bogdanalivetsky romansky and her nickname was bob, whatever the hell that is. while bogdan is indeed a name (male name, the character was a woman), the rest is totally out of nowhere. and then there's also jk terf but i lack words in this case so i'll let the tweet speak for me. if you'll ever need to be proven wrong that rich people are dumb as f*ck then here's the fact that jk terf couldn't simply google "common polish names" and made up one that doesn't exist

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[Ahsoka]

Thank you for giving me another thread idea

 

[Ahsoka]

But to answer the question I can't think of any Russians portrayed in media so I don't know
There's probably some and I'm assuming they're most likely just stereotypes, I just don't know for sure

 

[Chaeee]

 

[cocomelon]

i think to some extent india is still potrayed as a nation filled with garbage and overcrowded BUT lemme tell you, our subway stations are 1000x cleaner than any of those in nyc or paris. it's a very 90s view of india, that some still use

 

[Villains]

pakistan is portrayed as this dangerous terrorist country. and yeah it may not be the most safe country but the people are very hospitable and you’ll have no trouble as long as you follow the rules

 

[cocomelon]

pakistan is portrayed as this dangerous terrorist country. and yeah it may not be the most safe country but the people are very hospitable and you’ll have no trouble as long as you follow the rules

and it's only not so safe because of the government :/ the people have nothing to do with it

 

[ichigohon]

I think the movie 'O, Brother Where Art Thou?' is a bit weird for people who weren't raised in the Deep South, but it is one of my favourite movies & displays what it was like in rural Mississippi during the Depression pretty accurately in a humorous manner.

 

[Myco]

recently this
german riot police defeated and humiliated by some kind of mud wizard : facepalm (reddit.com)

 

[raymondchouku]

if you'll ever need to be proven wrong that rich people are dumb as f*ck then here's the fact that jk terf couldn't simply google "common polish names" and made up one that doesn't exist

lol. None of my polish relatives have names like that... and contrary to common belief... surnames don't always end in ski . She would have done better to make up a fictional european country like Wodenland or something..

 

[Selfmate]

that all chinese are bat eaters and caused covid?? lol