Vicky Cristina Barcelona has had impact on mainstream acceptance of Spanish in USA
Barcelona's huge subsidy to Woody Allen may attract some tourists, but the film has not achieved the politicians' goal of promoting the notion of a separate Catalan identity.That’s what the Miami Herald says in a good piece on the rapid growth in the use and visibility of Spanish in the States, where Spain’s hereditary parasites are on an official visit. And:
On public television, there’s Gwyneth Paltrow on a ride through the Catalonian countryside in a convertible, showing off her considerable Spanish vocabulary to chef Mario Batali, who’s not bad himself. Paltrow says she’s made learning Spanish a priority for daughter Apple. She buys DVDs in Spanish, and ”Dora, la exploradora” is Apple’s favorite cartoon character… On another channel, the preteen generation is also speaking Spanish in a joint movie production between Disney and a Spanish company. The American Cheetah Girls are in Barcelona and they’re singing about ”a world united by music” and speaking sporadic Spanish without any translation or subtitles for viewers. Ditto for the toddlers watching Handy Manny help his Spanish-speaking neighbors fix stuff with the help of his talking tools.
Check out a nationalist perspective on the movie from our favourite nudist coke-smuggling desperado (sorry, desperat), Ian Llorens.
[Thanks JD]
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February 16th 2009 14:20
Does the article even mention Vicky Cristina Barcelona? I have visually scanned the whole page and haven’t found anything.
February 16th 2009 16:18
Hint: try page 2
February 16th 2009 18:57
Ah, yes. It’s buried on page 2. Anyway, the Miame Herald? So what? Who do they think they are? They have no credibility.
February 17th 2009 19:36
Keith Whitley:
Calling me from Miami
My Amy
What took you so long
I thought you’d never call
February 28th 2009 00:24
At least this time you added a link to your post to allow your readers to read something intelligent originated in this blog (at least link-wise). Your new web design has been tweaked to hide the intelligent comments from your brainwashed sect.
February 28th 2009 08:23
Just because I link to you doesn’t mean you can comment with impunity.
February 28th 2009 14:55
Should the infidel be tweaked leader?
February 28th 2009 14:55
Sorry, Leader.