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Can you guys stop with your terrible Australian characters?

posted 14 years ago by Waigon
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It's becoming offensive. And at the end of the day, it's like the movie has made up an imaginary nation like in The Princess Diaries, because literally nobody is like that. Sure, Crocodile Dundee was a filthy slack-jawed yokel, but that was a long time ago. Australia is UNBELIEVABLY similar to America, so it's really annoying (and a joke) when the US assumes we say things like "gotta take a Johnny whiz" or whatever it was the guy in this said when he needed to take a piss.
I know it's a comedy, but that's just it... it's supposed to be enjoyed, and it's hard to enjoy something when they're taking the Johnny whiz out of you. In this day and age, TV/movies are so accessible to EVERYBODY on the planet, not just America. Hollywood has a responsibility in that regard, so they should cut it out.

CDEGFEDCC. (Shhh!)

[–] josh_dukie 14 years ago

They made fun of American's and Canadians in this movie as well. It's not suppose to be taken so seriously.

[–] brupey-1 14 years ago

Every character in the movie was a caricature!!!!!!! I'm an Australian, and I wasn't offended at all. Get over it!