14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?
To be honest not that much. There are a few good movies, but mostly I just can't stand the acting. It often seems so artificial. I don't know, maybe american tv also seems artificial and I just don't notice it, because I'm not a native speaker.🤷♀️
And german reality shows are just the worst. The german word for that is "fremdschämen" (i.e. cringe factor; = one's feeling embarrassed on account of others' behaviour).
22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?
I think I am proud of my country for being a strong economic power and being able to compete on a global scheme.
Making me ashamed - well, there is the obvious answer with our history , the Nazis and the world wars... and Germans learn about that history in school for a long time. I had to write essays about our shame and project weeks called "guild". So yeah, of course that makes me and every other German ashamed.
But looking at recent times I am ashamed about how Germany handels the people that are dependent on social welfare, the poor, the refugees etc. This is such a rich country. I think they could do a lot more.
26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?
I already got this question, so I'm just gonna copy the answer:
Yes, quite often I think. But usually as the bad guys.🤷♀️😆 But pretty much always from american actors that have clearly never spoken a German word in their life. Which is a bit annoying. But slowly it gets better with all the streaming sites bringing in actors from the original countries their character is supposed to be from
