#part of that is because American pop culture doth bestride the world like a colossus etc etc

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The analyses of Barbie bombing in Korea…. Like it’s interesting in a vacuum but it would be funny to flip it and write articles like that about movies that kill it overseas and don’t take off in America.

“Gangubai Kathiawadi was a hit in Asia! Why can’t it replicate that success in America?”

#I know it actually did well jn #*in America #but there’s never an expectation for non diaspora Americans to watch the biggest hits in South Asia #or from Nigerian cinema or #the latest hit from Brazil etc etc #part of that is because American pop culture doth bestride the world like a colossus etc etc #but still #this isn’t me go dur hur stupid Americans btw #I think things like rrr and squid game have showed that Americans will watch stuff that’s subbed or dubbed #I’m mostly talking about the media here