Cultural Comparison
8 Threads
Why do American cities feel less "alive" than their European counterparts? It's because of something called the "missing middle". A century ago, American cities looked completely...
Japanese & American animation began to diverge drastically in the 50s-60s because transitioning to the limited animation of TV, Hanna-Barbera prioritized their frames for "smoothne...
I absolutely agree that India and Japan are great to juxtapose against each other. But having spent a lot of time in both countries, I think this analysis is only partially correct...
Just finished the Chinese crime drama "The Knockout" 《狂飙》Highly recommended. A🧵that explores the differences between Chinese criminal gangs and Western gangs. AS WELL AS some...
I started watching Indian films because The Chair loves them. Having lots of fun identifying the tropes that make up their filmmaking formulas, and seeing how different actors/dire...
I think I am gonna do this India 🇮🇳 vs USA🇺🇲 thing, as it customary 🤣 First up, people standing up on aisles before plane stops. Same story here, in a non-Indian airline, with m...
I know southerners will be offended by 2. But w.r.t. acting this is true. Hindi cinema had naturalistic actors like Motilal, Ashok Kumar way back in the 1940s. Southern cinema h...
Is Abraham Brahma? Or Is Brahma Abraham? (A Thread) Have you ever noticed that Abraham and his wife Sarah of the monotheistic Judeo-Christian and Moslem religions are nearly ident...
