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Originally Posted by LuvReadin
The same thing tends to happen with TV programmes - US shows will appear as the original in the UK, but the US execs will insist on remaking the UK ones. I'm still trying to work out whether these people are control freaks, or whether they believe their audience too dumb to cope with different versions of the language.  |
You mean, like David Attenborough's BBC nature documentaries being dubbed, with Attenborough's narration being replaced by Oprah Winfrey?
That boggled my mind when I first encountered it. I guess the people selling these into the US market know what people respond to, but I think of David Attenborough as a Living Treasure, so I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to hear him presenting his own programs.