Americans as naked gladiators? :spin Indians as blissful beauties? :biggrin2: Those were the images — exaggerated a bit for dramatic effect — that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton evoked Monday in a question-and-answer session with university students who probed her thinking on a range of topics — some personal. It was a classic Clinton moment, engaging in what she calls public diplomacy to argue that Americans have more in common with people around the globe than is often suggested. She blamed the media — not just the news but also entertainment — for distortions. "If Hollywood and Bollywood were how we all lived our lives, that would surprise me," she said with a tone of understatement. "And yet it's often the way our cultures are conveyed, isn't it? "People watching a Bollywood movie in some other part of Asia think everybody in India is beautiful and they have dramatic lives and happy endings. And if you were to watch American TV and our movies you'd think that we don't wear clothes and we spend all our time fighting with each other." The crowd roared. What do you think, friends? It is a generalised notion for everybody to form an opinion about people or place, through media.. Don't we think Cinema heroes are the real heroes and the villian in the movies are bad guys.... in their real life, which sometimes proved wrong.. Such is the power of media.. sriniketan
