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Michelle's avatar

Fascinating to imagine that Sweet Valley High was a sensation outside the US!

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Katie Nolan's avatar

I know, right? But evidently it was huge! I think the interview with Francine Pascal mentions how popular it was in India as well … honestly would love to have a Sweet Valley recap podcast from all parts of the world. It’d be fascinating to compare perspectives!

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Michelle's avatar

Yes! And it really makes you stop and think about how people's views of Americans gets shaped. I know many people in other countries devotedly watched Friends as the paradigm of Americanness... 😂

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Katie Nolan's avatar

OMG YES! We’ve been watching a lot of an Irish YouTube channel called “The Try Channel” and it’s so funny seeing their American references.

It also reminds me of one of Dan Olson’s YouTube videos, where he talks about the problem with superheroes, and how American exceptionalism in media has gone from the world being excited when we show up to us single-handedly curb-stomping villains around the world with no regard to national sovereignty.

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