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Stereotypes

posted 15 years ago by usofleland7789
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I was wondering if anyone thought there were alot of stereotypes in this movie and what they were? I know there were a few American tourist stereotypes, but other than that, I don't really know. Thanks!

[–] Syava 15 years ago

You could say the Alex character was how most Americans view Eastern Europeans to be...and from family experience....it's pretty accurate haha.

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[–] halavana 14 years ago

Seems to me the stereotypes were intentionally written into the script, European perceptions of Americans and vise versa predominantly, and the effort survivors of WW2 made to forget possibly. All in all though I didn't think there were that many.