meanwhile in blighty. a new "mr men" animated children's show has re-designed the villainous mr rude character as an impolite, unhygienic, farting frenchman. this is excellent. mutual antipathy is the traditional measure of anglo-french relations. it is wholesome to see them restored. (francophilia—especially of the highbrow type displayed by julian barnes—has no place in the public realm. that's letting the side down. offside, sir.) anyway, good show channel 5.i wonder if we'll ever see a rag-headed "mr evil"?
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Meh. Whatever. They still can't stop eating out of the hand of a cute girl with a French accent. The bloody fools.
(The fact that girls like me swoon all over cute redheads with a British or New Yorker accent has no relevance to this topic. At all.)
Depends if the Daily Mail gets a say or not.
francophilia is harmless in private. practice it myself. especially with proust and pissarro.
it seems that most public demonstrations of francophilia are, in the case of edward vii for instance, directed by either nob or stomach. for these types the attraction of france will always be food and sex.
still i think those two countries are most essentially themselves when at loggerheads with each other.
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