Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"

Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by lanfeust6 on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:19AM (#46719560)

I'm not sure it's generally true that funny English characters aren't sympathetic.

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Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by xnorswap on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:42AM (#46719831)

You're right, there are plenty of sympathetic ones too, but it's the unsympathetic ones that really don't do so well to a US audience. There's a reason that The Office (US) hard pivoted Michael Scott after season 1.

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Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by Beestie on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:43AM (#46719836)

Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is both hilarious and sympathetic so there's that.

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