The Anti-French narrative remains part of American Pop-Culture and jabs referring to America’s simplistic view of World War II remain at the forefront. “How nice to meet a woman who speaks the language of the Nazi’s most enthusiastic collaborators!”- Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) 30 Rock – @TracyJordanTGS 30 Rock @ NBC Executive producers : Lorne ...
Mark Wiberg really wants you to read his entry about Miquelon.org. Why don’t you just do him a favor? Let’s give him the attention he craves and come back here to discuss his entry? Mark Wiberg’s entry: French Bashing Fixers – Miquelon.org knows best. Enjoy! ...
Yes. It’s back. Nothing like during the Iraq war of course, but proof none the less that anti-French prejudice is alive and well in American Pop Culture. A few minutes on twitter suffice… Here are a few articles and comments worthy of note. Du «french bashing» en Amérique – Petite poussée anti-française avec l’intervention «alliée» ...
“Republican House suffers its first defection…and it’s Rep. Walter Jones, Jr. (NC). The man responsible for the French-baiting “freedom fries” fiasco [has] evolved into a thoughtful conservative critic of foreign warmongering, marking his most high profile departure from Republican orthodoxy. It was notable because his Eastern North Carolina district has the largest number of active ...
A little movie by Cédric Villain. Available in English and in French. The most obvious of stereotypes we’ve been battling here for years is regrettably absent from this animation. ...
The 5 Most Statistically Full of Shit National Stereotypes by Cezary Jan Strusiewicz. Read the rest of the entry at Cracked.com! ...
Update (14 July 2011): Welcome to one of our most-tweeted articles. It seems everytime the French are mentioned anywhere in the media, legions of lemmings reach for their tweeting apparatus to make rather lame and pathetic “French Surrender” jokes. Be it Strauss-Kahn, Libya, Tennis, Bastille Day, Women’s Soccer. Our original article from 2009: Pretty much ...
New spot for Alan Colmes’ new show on Fox News. The ad is a spoof of all things perceived as left-wing and anti-American. “Anybody” from France is represented by Pepé LePew, Warner Brother’s anthropomorphic skunk. h/t to Browmf ...
Robert Silva published a great blog entry over at AMCTV.com which lists some famous French Movie Cowboys: Vincent Cassel, Robert Hossein, Alain Delon (not Deloin!), Jean-Pierre Léaud … Source: blogs.AMCTV.com ...
South Park’s French Bashing Explored. The world of cartoons is a powerful way to get out any message you could never achieve with traditional actors or more conventional means. Much like Aesop’s fables, the use of animated characters often serves as a vehicle for political and social satire that avoids serious scrutiny. After all, it’s ...