Can't help but notice you didn't answer the question. Its no different than how we see alot of what other cultures around the world are obsessed with.
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I don't eat broccoli with butter, I just season it with a bit of salt. That was someone else's comment. Ya you're right I guess. Here in Canada we LOVE ketchup. Even have ketchup flavoured chips haha
I am creeped out by the fact that movie studios alter the movie topander to different audiences. Make a singe product and stand by it. If you can't, don't release the product. Period.
its not normally"pandering" its setting symbolic things to be appropriate to different cultures. if the thing they are going for is"ew that food is grossss" you gotta change it to food that is known culturally to be gross. like, even people in america who like broccoli, are familiar with the "ew kids hate that trope" so its logical to change it what fits that trope in another culture, its being thorough not pandering. failure to recognize cultural differences and make adjustments can change the meaning and making a movie confusing.
Why not start out with green peppers, then? Or find a veg that most kids dislike, like brussel sprouts or Karen Quinlan?
Joking aside, it's like Spielberg, taking the guns out of E.T. Show some integrity and keep the product the same. It's pandering.
i politely disagree. maybe if they did weird shit in the ads, sure, but small changes within a movie is simply to enrich the viewing experience. my views on editing and old movie, such as your ET example, are a bit more complicated, but at the end of the day the goal is to tell a story and if something in a story might distract a different audience from the tale then it is wise to change it
Joking aside, it's like Spielberg, taking the guns out of E.T. Show some integrity and keep the product the same. It's pandering.