20/20 Eurovision
As someone who's spent their life living and traveling in a variety of different countries, I'm probably the last person who'd ever stand up and preach to anyone on the superiority of American culture, so I tend to get annoyed when people from other countries lecture me on the supposed inferiority of my country's popular pastimes. Europeans, perhaps not surprisingly given their often patronizing attitude towards the US, tend to be the biggest offenders, and with craptacular shows like the Eurovision Song Contest, I don't think they've got anything to feel particularly high-falutin' about. Check out these dancers from the Ukraine dressed like extras from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, and these Estonians wearing Indian Maiden outfits that went out of style in the 1950s. Yup, sure shows us backwards and primitive colonials how mature cultures entertain themselves...[rolls eyes].
And if that weren't proof enough that Europeans have their own version of trailer-park cabaret and couture, then I call Thomas Gottschalk, Heino, and Tutti Frutti to the witness stand!
The defense rests.
(Okay, those last 3 were all from Germany, but they were the most egregious examples I could think of on short notice)
Thanks to the fwak!sters for the heads-up on Eurovision.