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Love for Rent: Episode 1(Turkish Series
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Love for Rent: Episode 1(Turkish Series)
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MODUS Reflection
By Amanda Connelly For my blog post #5, I watched Episode One of MODUS. MODUS is a Swedish television series about Inger Johanne Vik, a criminal psychologist, whose daughter, Stina, witnessed a murder. When it comes to the similarities and differences of Swedish culture compared to American culture, I have to be honest I didn’t…
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Extra
Extra is a Spanish comedy show with English and Spanish subtitles. The show has a comedic “Friends” vibe to it and centers around two girls, Lola and Ana who share an apartment in Spain. They have a downstairs neighbor that they interact with, Pablo who is also a main cast member. In the episode I…
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Magical Andes
Magical Andes is a Spanish documentary on Netflix about the many different cultural groups living within or around the Andes Mountains in South America. This documentary was a fantastic watch. It provided a great insight into how these different groups of people live their day to day lives. The first episode discusses Venezuela and Colombia.…
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Cultural comparisons for “A Silent Voice”
I watched a movie, “A Silent Voice”, and thought about cultural comparisons when watching it. The movie was an anime, so it was much different than movies I had seen before. It was animated but it dealt with some heavy topics. The movie touched on bullying, discrimination, and suicide, which are unfortunately also issues that…
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An Unfamiliar Cultural Experience: Spanish Life
The show that I watched was episode 1 of the show Extra. A similarity that I noticed is that this sitcom is almost identical to a sitcom you would see in America, just in a different language. It is similar in the way that it is set up, such as the characters doing cheesy things…
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Magnificent Century
The show that I discovered is called “Magnificent Century”. It’s a history focused show that’s centered around the life of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire and his wife “Hürrem Sultan” who was a slave girl. Though there are some factual historic events throughout the series it should be noted that the series…
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Blog Post 5: Subtitles
This week I watched Rilakkuma and Kaoru on Netflix. It’s a Japanese stop-motion animation about the daily life of a young woman named Kaoru, and her three roommates Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, two toy bears, and Kiiroitori, her pet chick. Our main characters include Kaoru, Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, and Kiiroitori. Some of the reoccurring characters are Tokio, the…
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Extra: Espanol Episode 1
This show is about two friends, Lola and Ana, who live in a flat in Spain. An old pen pal, Sam, moved from America to Spain and moved in with the girls. He is learning Spanish and getting used to the lay of the land in Spain. One thing I noticed about the cultural aspects…