ANZAC DAY - LEST WE FORGET

My boyfriend is Australian and we've been together for a while, plus we're both in the entertainment industry so we see a lot of film and television (lots of Australian included) and I have yet to watch a show or film that covered anything related to Anzac Day, meanwhile, he's exposed in so many different ways to all the American holidays, even the trivial ones. There just isn't anywhere near even trade with the international market that imports so many of our properties and even when the US does buy foreign series they're remade so they can exploited for bigger profit (advertizing dollars.) Also, and very unfortunately, the decision makers in Hollywood think that they need to bow down to the lowest common denominator so in their minds the US consuming public is essentially represented by the wankers making the xenophobic comments in this thread but, of course, that couldn't be further from the truth. I wish they had a little bit more faith and a lot bigger balls because in the end this attitude is reflected in the product that we put out which is seen all over the world and further contributes to the negative American stereotypes that these same idiots then complain about other countries having regarding Americans.

Also, I don't understand the selfish and immature attitude that some individuals have where citizens of a particular country aren't allowed to feel pride in their own country and shout out "_______ is #1!" as though that somehow impedes us from saying the same about the US. Believe it or not most people think their country is the * s**t and that's really OK since they have to live there and we live here so what difference does it make? Does it always have to be a d**k size contest with everyone? /end rant

And another thing, Australia has pretty much had the US's back in most of the wars of the 20th century on so it's so not cool to be dismissive of what is their equivalent of the our Memorial national holiday. So disrespectful! Seriously, pick up a history book.