It’s interesting how fictionalized Britains are developed everywhere yet the most popular fictionalized version of America is made in Britain.
yes. yes yes.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
I wonder how a bunch of folks from Scotland—well, originally from there and Northern England, but I’m sure they’re from all over now—could know so much about the American criminal underworld. And of course they don’t truly, they’ve just watched a bunch of movies. Which feels true enough.
What are you referencing? It’s not even that early but my brain feels like mush so I’m sure I’m just missing the obvious!
