the bit about watching British TV is HUGE. a friend of mine just relocated from Kitchener/Waterloo to the UK and she's been going over there a lot of her life but as a visitor not as a resident. she commented how shocked she was that they would make a satire comedy about the Prince Andrew scandal by making a musical special. we spoke about it and I let her in that that was how brits often deal with uncomfortable social situations by making fun of it and part of the social destruction of Andrew is to make him into a complete laughing stock. it's a whole paradigm to wade into any cultures' media and understand the worldview underneath.
