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We have a expression in the States for what I saw last night: not ready for prime time.

Countries and cultures differ. Thank goodness not everyone is ready for American prime time.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:05:35 AM EST
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The old "cultural exception" argument, eh? :-) Used in particular to justify bad TV. Which, in effect, this was.
by Lupin on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:16:10 AM EST
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There might be some truth to it (that you're a bit harsh).

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:22:07 AM EST
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I am certainly a bit harsh, but it is because as someone up there so aptly said, this, to me, looked more like a debate between two candidates for the position of school board supervisor shot on the set of WPIG channel 56 in Schenectady, NY, not between two candidates for the executive power of one of the most important countries on the planet.

I've been harsh enough towards so many facets of the US for so long that I think I can look at some French thing and say, that sucks.

Watching two people from opposite sides cross verbal swords for two hours can't help but give you an insight into their styles. But is that ALL that should have been accomplished?

In ice skating, for example, you get free style but you also get to perform a number with certain  set pieces in it to show that you have the skill, the discipline and the method.

Same here. We got the free style, but we barely got anything else.

by Lupin on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:38:32 AM EST
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I'll take a good debate over good TV, if I must have the choice.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:26:28 AM EST
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No, it's not the "cultural exception" argument, not one whit. It's the argument that, though it may produce good series (if you like them), by and large, I utterly dislike (what I've seen of) the over-hyped crap that goes for news, discussion, reporting, and "talk" on American TV.

By saying cultures differ, I was politely saying fuck American prime time. :-)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu May 3rd, 2007 at 09:45:03 AM EST
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