Richard Fung/Third Rock from the sun

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I was confused by Fungs work at first and I dont like the medium of video (I find I have to fight a lot harder in video---I kind of see it brainwashing moving lights-which is why I dont like it btw)

BUT
I thought it was very good in the end. It's too bad that we didn't have more time to talk about it in class. I think people cling to their own cultural identities becuase it makes them feel that they belong in something. It was interesting when the Solomans were excited to learn that they still got to be a part of a minority---I think perhaps its is fairly common that white North Americans (particularly urbanites) feel a sort of jealousy towards minority groups because of that tighter knit kind of identity thing----My ancestors come from a diverse european backgrounds but the Morse family has been in North America since the 1600's-----I identify myself as canadian but I "Canadian" is so---could be anything. I am from PEI and I always feel very lucky that I am have a home and culture that I indentify with there. Not that Islanders are without their faults but I do love the Island. My parents are separated and I separated and i lived big chunks of my life in both Ottawa an PEI and I always felt a sort of pity for my Ottawa friends because I never felt a sense of belonging or home there and I think it would be crummy not to have that feeling. I think one of the reasons that there more subcultures of dress/interests etc in larger cities is partially due just to people wanting to make up smaller cultures and communities in which they belong and in which they feel they can have a sort of relevant role within. Rural areas I think have more interaction going on between people of different ages and interests just because there are less people and in a smaller community I don't think there is the same kind of youre just a face in the crowd thing going on which I think leads people to creating these smaller social circles which are more based around age group and interests.

One more thing I was going to say about cultural appropriation is just--strange how much people can think they understand a culture and not get it----People get the martimes wrong all the time- I know an Ontario comic who does a "Prince Edward Island" accent in the context of telling a joke and it always rings horribly wrong to me---he's clearly doing a Newfie accent and not an Island one---I have a friend who saw him too with a bunch of Islanders and they all noticed the same thing----so none of the Islanders enjoy the joke because it rings very false but most crowds wouldnt notice- they wouldnt really know the difference----just strange---the joke to is about maritimes perceptions of Ontario as having a superiority complex. Anyway,
interesting. The idea of "packaging" your culture and selling your culture is one I am well aquainted with too as tourism is such a huge industry on the Island. I could go on about this forever probably but I have more things to respond to.