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“America is Too Big to Know Itself” | Hugh Laurie on Working in the US vs UK
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Wasn’t this posted last week?
Loved House. 👍
Bring back Avenue 5!
Greg House is my spirit animal.
Edit: Why the hell am I being downvoted for this?
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House was such a great strong character. Hugh played this part impeccably. Even having grew up watching Hugh on Blackadder I regard his performance as House his defining time.
Great perspective. Good watch.
35 countries in America
23 in North America alone.
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**know yourself**
As a Canadian I would notice this about Americans telling me what is American but really meaning what was American in their region. We Canadians are bad for that too. Just read the comments about bagged milk.
I have driven cross country 5 times in my life and there are only 3 or 4 states I have not been to. It is such an extraordinarily eye opening experience and one I wish more Americans were able to experience because you appreciate just how insanely diverse the USA is geographically and socially. I think thus video is a spot on assessment of Americans and America.
This makes me wish there were a House MD with a British accent.
>What trick are you trying to pull on me with that particular choice of words?
That sounds exhausting :/
This is well worth a watch, beyond the click-baity title.
See, I’d argue with him that the US is more homogeneous than the UK. People here get out and go places more than in the UK. The UK, due to how limitedly they travel within their own country, has become hyper regionalized. In the US, its chain restaurants coast to coast, all the television shows are network and the same coast to coast. Sure, there are regional food specialties, like creole/cajun, bbq, lobster rolls, pizza, or whatever but diluted versions of those are still exported all over the country.
He says someone in Florida compared to someone in Oregon…well, I’ve been to both. Someone in Coastal southern Oregon can live a pretty similar lifestyle to someone in Coastal rural Florida. Someone inland in either state could live an identical lifestyle. They’ll tell you they’re polar opposites, but they’re not.
The title of the video almost makes it sounds like he meant it as an insult. I’m sure he’d say the same about Europe or even just west/northern europe