In the clip, although in a humorous way, Americans are represented as nation loving people who are proud of their country and culture. Because the lyrics of the song consist of nothing else but “America” and the “States”, it gives us a connotation that America is somewhat self-centric and self-seeking. Although I do not agree to that because, personally, I found Americans to be one of the most caring and committed people in the whole world, it’s just that such was my interpretation of the song. From the view of British audience, I assume that they outlook Americans as people who love their nation and culture, but they laugh at that. It’s assumable that the American culture is spreading worldwide and is impacting them because of the punch. It shows us that the British are somewhat annoyed and tired of hearing about America. As mentioned in chapter 3, the French and Germans are becoming more concerned of the spread of American culture and English language and believe that a “cultural imperialism” is occurring. At the end of the clip, the American singer is punched by a British in order to stop his song about America.
After a wars of Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan America proved itself as a leading nation in the world. On the other hand American product is the only international product, such as McDonald which generated sort of hate or jealousy among European and other nations such as Russian. As you see recently France played a key role to topple the authority in Tunisia just to be looked at as affective nation in the world.
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