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0 pointsTazeTSchnitzel6y ago0 comments

The specific example I was thinking of is some Netflix series (might be Sex Education?) that is ostensibly set in a school in England and has English actors, but is written like it was set in a US school, full of details that are completely out of place. I'll admit I haven't watched it though, I just saw someone criticising it.

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Vomzor6y ago· 2 in thread

That was a deliberate choice by the creators.

>”It’s definitely set in Britain, but we’ve made a very conscious choice to have that American, throw-back nostalgia, John Hughes feel to it.”

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-05-17/sex-edu...

Well that's stupid. If I wanted American throw-back nostalgia, I'd watch Saved by the Bell, the Wonder Years, or something set there.

sjg0076y ago

I think a real problem is that English schools are boring in the TV/movie sense.. and full of exams.

Indeed it's sex education. You get jocks and nerds, school lockers, the school canteen, all that, which is very american. It does irritate me a lot, but I have to say it's a really good show otherwise.

Well, here's the inverse, this is filmed in NY, live even, but it feels 100% authentic British:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Ve4UP_ELM

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