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Originally Posted by guanaco
I don't know any Australian first-hand, so I can't comment on that, but Mexicans can be very loud. It's as if they want everyone to know that they are Mexican.
About entertainment in English I remembered that public television shows many non-American programs for children (maybe they are cheaper than American or Mexican ones  ) and some of these involve Australians. For example, my little daughter (and I too) have enjoyed Mortified, Dead Gorgeous, A gURLs WURLd, and Me & My Monsters. So in conclusion we know that not every Australian uses a slouch hat or has a pet kangaroo on his backyard 
I found stereotypes amusing because sometimes are based on real life. For example, if one looks to Speedy Gonzalez, one needs to recognize that southern Mexican peasants dressed that way until maybe middle 20th century. |
Thanks for that info on the Aus kids shows ( I didn't know about them) and I'm glad that they're reaching and (hopefully) being enjoyed by a wide viewing audience.
We've got a free to air tv station here called
SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) that was established: "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society".
My family and I are great watchers of SBS and spend more than half of our tv viewing time on one or other of their channels.
The format of the channels includes the national news from many different countries - as broadcast from that country in that language, eg Russia, in Russian.
We watch many documentaries and films that are sub-titled into English and particularly enjoy the drama series from various countries.
SBS is also a radio broadcaster and the programs are broadcast in many different languages.
RE Mexico - yes I have watched Mexican movies on SBS, but from memory we don't get your tv national news broadcasts.
I think it's really important to see first hand info about other countries that derive from those countries.