Trying to learn how to Forget Sarah Marshall yesterday night, I found myself learning something else: how a particularly funny film quote can tell us a lot about stereotypes and human perception of the world. Naturally, Jason Seagel is very successful at writing and delivering sarcastic lines, and naturally, you cannot go on and on analysing the best ones, cause they are a tad too many (I found somebody who gave it a try, being picky, though).
So, I will not bother commenting on the funniness of the film, the real life impact it has and it gives, the bright performances and all that, I will just ponder on America's perception of Europe, or to be more precise, on U.S.A.'s perception of it. I should not generalise either, but, let's see what triggered my thoughts, first:
