----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > From: Ulf Dalquist <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: "White" wins at Oscars! > --------------------(Part of) Original message---------------------------- > People were really upset last year in Cannes, > when <sarcastic mode on> such american trash as Pulp Fiction defeated > Kieslowski's Red <sarcastic mode off>. > BTW, did you yankees know that parts of the european parlament, mainly the > French part, again, is promoting a legal limit to the import of U.S. television > programs. This is NOT a joke! > Correction, Ulf: it IS a joke! :-) Personally, I'm waiting for the laws limiting the legal importation of non-Europeans. Actually, that's been done too. What a strange world we live in! Seriously though, I wonder how we expect to preserve European culture by sealing it up heremetically in a box, or bashing American films and TV. Certainly, Europe produces commercial product every bit as trashy as America's. Just watch any soap opera; or come to Britain and turn on ITV for a free demonstration. Ian Lindley Edinburgh University