Languages is an amazing thing. Without it we are nothing, we are without culture, nor history. And without the ability to understand other languages we are not able to understand others either. So,when different languages are presented to us in t.ex. modern film, why doesn't we care more about the way it is presented to us?
As a non native English speaking inhabitant of the world, I'm always excited when my native language are presented on the big screen. Unfortunately, the Scandinavian languages aren't presented very well when they first make it to the big leagues.
Some one does take it serious though, like in True Blood, where they actually speak the actual language. But in other series, and films, like Captain America, they present Scandinavian, not in their true ways, but ONLY as something different, not something true.
It's quite sad really, because, even though we're not peoples of big importance, we are peoples. Vivid, living peoples, with culture and history, and strongly living languages, just like the anglo-saxon. We do deserve to be treated just the same, even in the movie business.
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