A TV programme following a group of 'anthropologists' from a south sea island who have not been exposed to western culture as they study the British.
"Most surprising is what Yapa, Joel, JJ, Posen and Albi find either enjoyable, or shocking. In the Norfolk countryside, they were deeply upset by the practice of artificially inseminating pigs ('a crazy thing ... undignified ... goes against nature'), but delighted by ferreting for rabbits, which they considered a sort of land-based fishing. In Manchester they were staggered by the phenomenon of homelessness (in Tanna, your family provides a home, come what may), but felt relatively at home in a nightclub, since ritual dancing is an important part of their culture. In London, where they spent a week in a penthouse flat in Docklands, they learnt to love Marlboro Lights and fish and chips, but were left cold by the hustle and bustle of city living. The Kastam are also strangers to the sexual revolution, finding it hard to comprehend how a man and a woman can be equal partners in a f marriage. They are staggered at the amount of time Britons spend cleaning and washing up, which is regarded as a waste of time and effort. "
I hope I can see the prog.
Strange island: Pacific tribesmen come to study Britain - Independent Online Edition > This Britain:
Nous like scouse or French -oui? We wee whee all the way ... to mind us a bunch of thunks. Too much information? How could that be?
03 December 2007
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