colin wrote:
<<The point I was making was that the Oscars are discussed in
depth here on the list whether or not you care about them. The
fact you don't know what the BAFTA's are sort of makes my point.
They are The British Oscar's. I am sure you are not alone in not
knowing what they are.>>
and victor responded:
<<Which was my point as well. People are going to discuss things
that they know about and care about. It doesn't mean they're
uscentric.>>
and here i go:
i agree with victor - the real issue here isn't that "the list"
(or any of its members) are UScentric or otherwise, but that the
great majority of listers, for better or for worse, are in the
US. that means we are fed what's on US television - the grammys
and the oscars - which we then discuss because they are a common
experience that most of us have shared. if the majority of
listers were in the UK, i'm sure there would have been a big
discussion of the BAFTA's, and that i, as a US lister, would be a
little left out.
so colin, start recruiting more UK listers!
cindy
