notreally
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Has anyone seen this? I recorded it because I like his Europe show, and although he is kind of nerdy, I like to see all the places he goes. Anyway, Iran is kind hard to get into, so I thought I would take look at Rick Steve’s version. He does a little history lesson on Iran and is very kind to them, keeping it non-political as much as possible.
However, when he actually talks to the Iranians……. So embarrassing. He changes his voice to some really weird child like version of his own voice, complete with some weird little accent that he doesn’t even have. I think he thinks he is communicatingwith a deaf person or something, but even then it is insulting to deaf people. All the people he spoke with speak perfect English almost. Many with hardly even an accent, but he completely dismisses this.... even after he has spoken to many of them and sounds like he is trying to communicate with a 7 year old that doesn't speak english.
It is hard to explain, and you kind of have to see it. But I could tell the Iranians were looking at him like he was a complete douchebag. i had to turn it off because it was making more tense than a curb your enthusiasm episode.
However, when he actually talks to the Iranians……. So embarrassing. He changes his voice to some really weird child like version of his own voice, complete with some weird little accent that he doesn’t even have. I think he thinks he is communicatingwith a deaf person or something, but even then it is insulting to deaf people. All the people he spoke with speak perfect English almost. Many with hardly even an accent, but he completely dismisses this.... even after he has spoken to many of them and sounds like he is trying to communicate with a 7 year old that doesn't speak english.
It is hard to explain, and you kind of have to see it. But I could tell the Iranians were looking at him like he was a complete douchebag. i had to turn it off because it was making more tense than a curb your enthusiasm episode.
