I HATE this stereotype of French being rude and...

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No, thanks! The derisory hunting is a solo work.

Stereotypes are annoying and insulting sometimes. But try to think of grossly exaggerated stereotypes as mocking the stereotypes they are depicting rather than developing them.

^ eg. not all australians look like this:

http://www.paramountpictures.co.uk/films/crocodile_dundee_la/images/im _crocodile_dundee_07.jpg

lol

If i gave a *beep* you'd be the first person i'd give it too.

I only rated this 6 stars because of stereotypes. Since this is a movie for children the minds of children get brainwashed.

I wonder when people will grow up and not watch this anymore.

Re: I HATE this stereotype of French being rude and...
by malcomforbes 2 days ago (Mon Mar 31 2008 12:42:11)
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Actually, the French aren't anti-American arrogant sex-fiends, it's just Parisians.

I know this is years later, but I found this post interesting. I visited Europe as my Senior Trip in high school (1980) instead of the stereotypical beach trip (for our school, it was FL). We visited Paris, Lucerne, Heidelburg, Koln, and Brussels. The French we met were rude and arrogant - and since we were in Paris, they were Parisian. We were high school students who had studied French and/or German and were excited to try out our skills. In the other cities, people were kind enough to listen to us massacre their language and speak slowly to help us comprehend. Most of them also spoke English which really helped when our skills just weren't sufficient. In Paris, it seemed that waiters went out of their way to humiliate us and reduce us to pointing on the menu.

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My father once said Disney made a fatal mistake when they located their biggest theme-park near Paris (rather than any other European city with good climate and many tourists). The french are apparently totally uninterested in blinking neon-lights and cartoon-mice and prefers sitting in a café and argue over a baguette and café au lait (or something of the like). I don't know if this is true, though.

To bigbadjc:
Why not give your American audience what they expect?
That's a good definition of a "stereotype". I started that thread in support of Sweetmisery678 who's tired of the stereotype spread over the world about Americans being "stupid and uncultured". Would you write about it "Why not give the worldwide audiences what they expect"?

The only real alternative would be to let them speak French and have subtitles, but not in a children's movie
Not at all, in that movie the sympathetic characters: Remy, Linguini, Colette, etc. even if they are supposed to be French, aren't deezgueezed weez zat ridiculous phony so-called "french" accent, but oddly it befalls to the bad guy! The real alternatives would have been the same accent for everyone, or, better, no accent at all!

As far as "rude" is concerned, so you've meet The-Rude-Parisian-Waiter! Therefore every parisian waiter is rude and by extension French are rude... Logic. I remember, at Dallas Love Field Airport (Texas) two air hostesses ill-treated my girlfriend as soon as they had noticed her French passport. I showed mine and asked "What's your problem concerning Frenchies?", one of them muttered something sounding like "bad smelling monkeys". What would be your own conclusion according to your logic: Americans are...

Anyway, you want to spend a nice time in France? As long as (WARNING: Stereotype!) you don't shout loud in English (In France, usually the people speak FRENCH, you know!), as long as you'll say "Bonjour", "S'il vous plait", "Merci" and as long as you don't order Ketchup with your Ratatouille, then you'll be warmly welcome and then you'll get friendly smiles. That's easy, isn't it!

I don't know the context, but I understand that Europeans tend to stick around a bit longer in restaurants than Americans do.

I've heard Dutch people visiting the U.S. wonder why the waiters were "rushing them out" when they handed them the check without being asked. I'm sure this seemed a bit rude from their perspective.

I'm not sure that would account for actually ignoring someone, but it might have been a component.

As far as rude is concerned, I can either assume you are a French person or you've never been to Paris. In order to finally get a waiter to come and deliver her bill, my wife once had to actually get up and start to walk out without paying to get him to come over.

the french are rude! and do you really think a company who has made some of the greatest family films ever made would use subtitles? half their audience (meaning half their money) would be lost.

Just wanted to add my personal experience regarded the stereotypes.

I spent a couple of years working at a National Park in Colorado, so I encountered a great many tourists.

In general, the British were very friendly. I can only think of a couple who were at all rude. They were usually very attentive, very willing to converse, and over-all a pleasure to have around.

The French were different, definitely, but for the most part I don't think they were rude. I guess, as a group, that had the highest percentage who came off as rude, but mostly they were just less outgoing than the British. They kept to themselves a little more, didn't talk to others near as much.

Americans were usually not rude, but they were more apt to be dicking around and causing problems. If that was going on, it was almost without fail, someone younger. One thing, though, if you encounter a rude American, he's probably a very rude American. If they are going to be rude, they aren't usually just a little rude, they go all the way to complete @sshole status. Luckily, those types were few and far between. For the most part, though, the Americans were very friendly.