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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: What do Palestinians see on TV?
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:06:39 -0400
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On 3/12/2025 11:54 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2025 at 7:28:48 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/12/2025 6:24 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>   On Mar 12, 2025 at 3:20:12 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>>   On 3/12/2025 4:14 PM, Rhino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>     Have you ever wondered what kind of TV programming is offered in the
>>>>>     Palestinian enclaves like Gaza and the West Bank? It turns out that
>>>>>     instruction on how and when to beat your wife is a regular topic there,
>>>>>     as we see in this video:
>>>>>     
>>>>>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJYhwtn5wcI [11 minutes]
>>>>>     
>>>>>     Yes, even misogyny has rules, as we see in this video.
>>>>
>>>>   Perhaps this why USAID finances foreign versions of 'Sesame Street'.
>>>   
>>>   Instead of just over-dubbing the 40 years of shows we already have in Arabic
>>>   and saving the taxpayers millions of dollars.
>>
>> I don't know that dubbed 40-year-old shows would appeal to Gazan kids.
> 
> Why not? At least 90% of the characters on the show are puppets, so there
> wouldn't even be lip-synching issues.

I suppose it's possible that those dubbed old shows happen to be exactly 
suited to today's Gazan kids, but I'm guessing we could do better.