Just FYI, there was a biggish protest of french winemakers today, in Chalon-s-Soane. Saw a brief bit on the news, apparently there were 2,500 present, and they have won a visit with the PM.
At issue seems to be the inability to advertise alcoholic beverages.
Although, considering how the US campaign for Bordeaux has gone, perhaps it's not a bad thing. Woody Allen? :)
-E
Most Amercians like Woody Allen less than they like the French. I think their research was off base!!!! :-)
Wait a minute! I happen to like Woody Allen's movies (but I will concede that his personal life is a bit dysfunctional). Come to think of it, I also like most of the French I've met. The one thing I just don't "get" is why the French are so obsessed with Jerry Lewis...
Just to keep this on topic: Can someone explain to me the fuss in Burgundy over this new wineries' association?
Tom S
remember, she was the adopted daughter...and I think current wife...kinky... :-)
Actually Tom, I have been in France for 15 years and I have never seen Jerry Lewis on the tube and never heard anyone speak about him.
But I heard this myth about the French and JL before leaving North America, and really, I assure you that there is no basis in fact.
OTOH, the French seem to like all kinds of really LOUSY french comedians.
Mike
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- Mark w.
] On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 02:54:30 GMT, "Tom S" ] wrote: ] ] >Wait a minute! I happen to like Woody Allen's movies (but I will concede ] >that his personal life is a bit dysfunctional). Come to think of it, I also ] >like most of the French I've met. The one thing I just don't "get" is why ] >the French are so obsessed with Jerry Lewis... ] ] Actually Tom, I have been in France for 15 years and I have never seen ] Jerry Lewis on the tube and never heard anyone speak about him. ] ] But I heard this myth about the French and JL before leaving North ] America, and really, I assure you that there is no basis in fact. ]
Really?! Seems to me he's inescapable. He was on France 3 just the other night as I hurriedly flipped by. Perhaps you are disseminating pro-franco-propaganda? Or you secretly work for the DATAR? :)
] OTOH, the French seem to like all kinds of really LOUSY french ] comedians. ]
Ugh. Can you say "Dieudonné?" :(
Never try too hard to understand another culture's humor. Either you eventually "get it", or ... forever perplexed.
-E
Or their pop music... Johnny Halliday? It's as if I was missing the decoder ring... Perry Como with a strat. Ugh.
Mike
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link
] On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:22:44 +0100, Emery Davis ] wrote: ] ] >Never try too hard to understand another culture's humor. Either ] >you eventually "get it", or ... forever perplexed. ] ] Or their pop music... Johnny Halliday? It's as if I was missing the ] decoder ring... Perry Como with a strat. Ugh. ] LOL. An ugly image, just like the real JH. I never understood Gainsbourg much either, but am too cowardly to admit it in local company. (I remember when he died, seeing a tribute on TV with maybe twenty 8 year olds, each with made-up stubble, a real (lit) cigarette and glass of whiskey. Innocence of childhood, go figure).
And thanks for not pointing out: Saone, not Soane.
-E
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