How come Greek/Mediterranean people are so soulful, passionate, vivacious, playful in ways Americans NEVER are?
Posted: December 29th, 2022, 8:14 pm
Yesterday me and @kangarunner were talking on the phone and I brought up something interesting. Every time you meet someone from Greece or the Mediterranean, they seem so authentic, warm, and soulful in a way that's hard to describe, but which you can sense is TOTALLY LACKING in Americans. It's hard to put into words, do you know what I mean? It's like they have this something that Americans totally lack, which is super obvious, so I wonder why no one talks about it. It makes you wonder what amazing camaraderie the Greeks and Mediterranean people must have with their families and relatives. When they get together at family gatherings, they must party wild and hard, I always imagine.
You can see this in movies and TV shows too. Once example is the old movie "Zorba the Greek" in black and white. Americans never act that soulful or passionate in their voice and mannerisms. Do you guys know what I mean? You can also watch any TV broadcast from Latin America to know what I mean too, the authenticity is off the charts and something you never see in America.
Are Italians like that too? Or only Greeks and those from Malta? What do you think @publicduende? Are Italians and Spanish like this too?
The thing is, Greeks don't always claim their country is warm and happy. Some do, some don't. But from an American perspective, you would think their families and people must be very warm and happy and wild and festive.
Here's a short film called Katarin from 1977 made in Malta. You can see how expressive and uninhibited the people are in their expressions, and how natural and unspoiled the teenage girl is in this film. It's like some romantic long lost world that America never had.
You can see this in movies and TV shows too. Once example is the old movie "Zorba the Greek" in black and white. Americans never act that soulful or passionate in their voice and mannerisms. Do you guys know what I mean? You can also watch any TV broadcast from Latin America to know what I mean too, the authenticity is off the charts and something you never see in America.
Are Italians like that too? Or only Greeks and those from Malta? What do you think @publicduende? Are Italians and Spanish like this too?
The thing is, Greeks don't always claim their country is warm and happy. Some do, some don't. But from an American perspective, you would think their families and people must be very warm and happy and wild and festive.
Here's a short film called Katarin from 1977 made in Malta. You can see how expressive and uninhibited the people are in their expressions, and how natural and unspoiled the teenage girl is in this film. It's like some romantic long lost world that America never had.