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[–] nifty 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

I am tired of western Cinema jerking off to same old stories, which tbh aren’t the pinnacle of literature or storytelling. There are so many cultural epics which are deserving of the big screen, but unfortunately this western culture bias keeps the general audience from being exposed to any of it.

It wouldn’t matter, but the issue is then you have utter fucking illiterates and philistines who believe that only western writers, thinkers or philosophers came up with anything good. New flash, many, many of the western writers took their influence from non-western sources.

[–] finitebanjo 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

I mean

Every culture does that, though? If anything, Americans appreciating the works of the Greeks is as widespread and diverse as a culture can possibly get.

Every couple of years Chinese make a new Sun Wukong move, TV show, or videogame. Tibetan Monks and the Dali Lama are a huge cultural phenomenon all over the world. Wuxia/Xianxia based on old Taoism writings and diagrams are popular in all forms of media. Period Dramas about the old aristocracy in Asia are a huge genre.

Koreans shove Korean dragons and Dokaebi into every medium they can.

Japanese love them some Shinto priestess main characters and Yokai stories.

Arabia's got thieves guilds, Solomon, and genies and other creatures of fire and wind.

Russia has Baba Yaga and Rasputin depictions.

Germany and western Europe have Fairy Tales, northern Europe is obsessed with Trolls.

India has a strong and proud history of racism, classism, Hinduism, nepotism, sexism, I don't really remember where I was going with this point, tbh.

Africa... Honestly, Africa might need more time to recover, idk what their cultural epics entail... I do like Shaka Zulu's vibe, tho.

That's how culture works. The differences and uniqueness make them worth experiencing, and why people work so hard to preserve them in perpetuity across many generations. Except India. Idk y tf they're doing that shit.

They could all appreciate some other shit, yeah, but that's not how culture works.

[–] mongoosedadei -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This comment serves as a reminder that the normalized hatred directed at India/South Asia on Reddit is alive and well on Lemmy too

[–] finitebanjo 3 points 1 week ago

A wise man once said "There are two things in the world I can't stand: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch."

In both his case and mine, the cultural insensitivity was part of the joke.

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