From: ningynongy@nob.nob   
      
   "kdr"  wrote in message   
   news:Cu-dnbiARbhh3KLanZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@comcast.com...   
   >   
   > No question that the novelty is part of the charm. And a desire for those   
   > us in "the colonies" (like California) to be more sophisticated.   
   >   
   > An interesting thing, tho. People seem to watch Shakespeare and Red Dwarf,   
   > enjoying them, even though missing a substantial part of the content. I've   
   > noticed that teens enjoy MASH, even though they miss almost all the   
   > cultural references (for example to songs and movies well known in 1952.)   
   >   
   > I'm not exactly sure what to make of this. Does the rest of the content   
   > just carry the show? Or is there some subconsious echo with dimly   
   > remembered passing "trivia"?  Are people's brains somehow drawn to   
   > puzzles?   
      
   On this subject I always cite The West Wing.  Being British, I'm bound to   
   miss a lot of the minutiae of American politics, but enough filters through   
   to make it comprehensible.  If they were all speaking Urdu it wouldn't.   
      
      
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