XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.french, soc.culture.europe   
   From: felsenmeer@serendipity.net   
      
   > >> All things are relative, ehh cap? I posted the figures before but what   
   > >> the   
   > >> French film industry brings in yearly is miniscule compared to the US   
   > >> film   
   > >> industry.   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > What I'm getting out of all of this is just that Americans are more   
   > > willing   
   > > to sit on their asses watching movies than the rest of the world.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   > The statement has already been made that you are not very smart, which you   
   > did not refute.   
   >   
   > American movies are distributed worldwide whereas French movies are not.   
   > Most people don't want to watch French movies so there is not much purpose   
   > to distributing them outside of France and Belgium. Occasionally, the   
   French   
   > might be able to pick up a few Euros in Germany or Italy, etc.   
   >   
   > Americans have more disposable income so if they want to go to a   
   > movie/restaurant, it's all very routine.   
   > Euros have lots of time off because most of them are unemployed. Maybe   
   they   
   > can sit on the steps in the piazza but they probably don't have enough   
   cash   
   > for the cinema. That's assuming that there would be a movie worth   
   watching.   
   > Like the old Soviet movie industry, the French just put out any old junk   
   > because they don't pay for it and don't have to worry if nobody comes to   
   > watch.   
   >   
      
   You throw out a bunch of bullshit and then say I'm not very smart.  You'll   
   have to pardon me if I don't bother to "refute" anything.  I don't see   
   anything in your tripe above to convince me that you know shit about   
   anything.   
      
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