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Re:Streaming subtitled box sets is the new Eurovision by tim333 on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:14AM (#26696842)
I think he means highbrow as in opera, Dante etc.

I quite like the article and found it interesting. I'm a Brit and you have to realize British publications like the Economist tend to take the piss out of Europe a bit, especially the Eurovision song contest.

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Re:Streaming subtitled box sets is the new Eurovision by oblio on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:20AM (#26696873)
> I quite like the article and found it interesting.

Well, you're British and this is a British publication targeting you :-)

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Re:Streaming subtitled box sets is the new Eurovision by ascorbic on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:33AM (#26696971)
Most readers of the Economist aren't in the UK. It's not even its biggest market.
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Re:Streaming subtitled box sets is the new Eurovision by walshemj on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:32PM (#26701140)
Quite a few countries do that as well not just the UK.

In the past Italy sent its B team - and TBH san remo has much better strike rate for good songs.

The main point of watching (UK perspective) is for the cometary, The late Terry Wogan and now Graham Norton ) and to see how few points the UK gets

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