Ugly Americans In The Film By The Whitman Brothers

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Stereotypically, Americans are viewed as closed-minded, self-centered, and materialistic. On the other hand Americans can be independent, innovative, and driven and determined when completing the task at hand. Unfortunately, some of the negative characteristics of Americans outweigh the more positive characteristics. The term “Ugly Americans” (or Americans behaving badly) is suggested a great deal throughout the film by the Whitman brothers. From the time the Whitman brothers arrived on the train they immediately became a nuisance. It started off by simply just irritating the steward who collects the train tickets. Each brother had his own obsession whether it was locating a power adaptor, getting high off of Indian cough syrup, buying a

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