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What are people's opinions on how well represented non-western cultures are represented within Western music, literature, film etc.?
Just one of my favourite facts to show how culturally centrist Britain unfortunately is: the genre 'world music' accounts for 93% of all music made, and 70% of all music recorded, within the world but only 2% of British music retail. Pourquoi?
Certainly great strides have been made within slightly more impersonal media forms, e.g. literature- authors such as Arundhati Roy, Zorah Agdashvili, Monica Ali, Kazuo Ishiguro at various times joining the ranks of popular authors within the west- but I still sometimes feel that western consumers are still unable, or unwilling, to appreciate media from other cultures that is more definitely 'other', e.g. in music and film the lack of success of artists and directors who record in languages other than English, or using non-western musical idioms, instruments or dramatic themes. What is everyone's opinions?

There is no sanctuary.

Music is like totally westernised over here. Movies are pretty much too, at least anything that gets any decent exposure. I'd love to see what things are like in eastern countries.

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er you are in the east, aren't you?

Music is like totally westernised over here. Movies are pretty much too, at least anything that gets any decent exposure. I'd love to see what things are like in eastern countries.
Asian pop music is totally westernized too. think synthesizers, guitars, western drums, etc. etc. It's all western instruments and song configurations, except the lyrics are in Asian languages. Not that it's a bad thing. For example Mandarin-language artist Jay Chou actually puts out good rap.

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er you are in the east, aren't you?

I've no idea, location wise but we are a 'westerised' nation as such.

I've no idea, location wise but we are a 'westerised' nation as such.

oh come now "mate" (he he ehe). . .I had a point to this post and it just flew right out of my head.
Speaking of "mate" I have two Ozzy bosses here and there is one thing you never, never want them to say to you, that word is "mate" because when they say that they are about to come down on you like a hammer.

oh come now "mate" (he he ehe). . .I had a point to this post and it just flew right out of my head.
Speaking of "mate" I have two Ozzy bosses here and there is one thing you never, never want them to say to you, that word is "mate" because when they say that they are about to come down on you like a hammer.

Haha, yeah I think it's usually used right before fists starting getting thrown these days. It usually goes a little like this...

Person A : "Listen here, mate..."

Person B : "Don't call me MATE!"

They then proceed to 'punch on' as we say.