The best thing about being English is that you're automatically the hated enemy of every self-consciously ethnic white group in America. The best thing about being Cornish is that you're kind of Celtic but still a hated Englishman. And the best thing about growing up in Cornwall but having been born outside London is that you're not authentically anything: to the Cornish you won't be local but your grandchildren might stand a chance if they behave, to the English you're laughably rural and to Americans you're routinely confused with Liverpudlians.
There was some film set in Ireland with Jeanane Garofalo where a character made a point of saying "this is the real world, too, not some quaint fantasy fairyland" and I could relate to that. Otherwise undistinguished, though.
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Date: 2011-03-19 03:07 pm (UTC)There was some film set in Ireland with Jeanane Garofalo where a character made a point of saying "this is the real world, too, not some quaint fantasy fairyland" and I could relate to that. Otherwise undistinguished, though.