Have most people in your country ever heard of... (cinema, places)

[mulatto]

I've red tintin books as a child.

[Acajack]

OK, so I have heard that Tintin, though not quite a flop, has been a bit of a disappointment at the box office in the U.S.

I went to see the movie here in Quebec in French over the holidays. It was a good movie overall (my kids loved it) but having read the books I found that most of the characters' usual comic wit (especially that of Capitaine Haddock) was totally absent from the Spielberg film.

Most of the funny parts were more slapstick-style than anything else.

[chielgirl]

I have a few Tintin t-shirts that are a few decades old.

[silfwer]

I´ve read books and seen cartoons with Tintin as a child. He´s a well known redhead in sweden.
I´d say above 90% of the Swedish ppl knew about Tintin since before movie.

[silfwer]

Originally Posted by MalaMan

I also want to join this "Have most people in your country ever heard of" game!!
May I ask if people know some TV shows and musicians from Brazil?

Anybody here has ever seen any Brazilian "telenovela" (soap opera) on TV?

I know that the Brazilian telenovela "A Escrava Isaura" (Isaura, the Slave), from the 70's, was very popular in communist China.

Has anyone seen "A Escrava Isaura" or any other Brazilian telenovela? Please don't confuse it with the Mexican telenovelas!

And do you know any of the Brazilian bands and/or musicians bellow:

- Tom Jobim
- Baden Powell
- Roberto Carlos
- Raul Seixas
- Cazuza
- Legiao Urbana
- Paralamas do Sucesso
- Ivete Sangalo
- Carlinhos Brown
- Chico Buarque
- Caetano Veloso

Never heard of anyone or anything in your post.

Know a lot of football (soccer) players from Brazil, thats it..
Also I love and highly recommend these Brazilian movies:

Cidade de Deus (City of God) 2002
City of God (2002) - IMDb

Cidade dos Homens (City of Men) 2007
City of Men (2007) - IMDb

[silfwer]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Here is another one - Saturday Night Live.

Is it well-known in Commonwealth countries or elsewhere?

In Canada, almost all anglos would know it and the target demographic would be able to recite a number of the most famous sketches.

Some francophone Canadians would have heard of it vaguely but few would pay much attention. Even among the ones who know some English it would be really rare to find a Québécois who can refer to famous sketches or characters from SNL.

You can see it on Swedish television, (Kanal9) but I guess its numbers aren´t that great. But I´d say most Swedes know about it.

[Acajack]

OK, here is another one:

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as "Sissi".

She lived in the late 1800s but her life was romanticized and glamourized in the 20th century in a number of ways, including three Austrian movies in the 1950s starring Romy Schneider. For millions of people, her "legend" lives on to this day.

What about you and your compatriots?

I have been to Vienna a few times and Sissi is a huge figure there. One might say she actually is one two "stars of the city", and shares the spotlight with a guy named Wolfgang Amadeus... you know.

There is Sissi-this and Sissi-that all over Vienna. But I have also often overheard many people in Vienna say "Who the f- is Sissi?" or "What's the big deal about Sissi? I've never even heard of her!"

Back home in Canada, when I have shown pictures or videos of Vienna to English-speaking Canadians, I referred to such and such a palace as "where Sissi lived", and I always got blank stares. Sissi who?

But when I tell French-speaking Canadians that I visited Vienna, just the name of the city seems to bring Sissi to mind immediately: "Vienna - isn't that where Sissi lived? Did you visit her palaces?". I don't even have to reference her - the name pops out automatically.

I am not sure that the movies and other stuff about Sissi have been popularized that much in English-speaking North America, though maybe I am wrong. I do know that in Quebec the Austrian movies (dubbed into French) with Romy Schneider are broadcast in prime time by a TV network every Christmas. It is pretty much a holiday tradition here.

Interestingly enough, except for France (obviously), Vienna is the one place in Europe where I have met the most fellow travellers from Quebec. I wonder if Sissi has anything to do with this?

So, is Sissi a somebody or a nobody for you?

[CairoCanadian]

I remember once catching a Sissi cartoon late at night during a patch of insomnia. I had no clue she was any more real than My Little Pony.

[Tenshi28]

Originally Posted by Acajack

OK, here is another one:

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as "Sissi".

She lived in the late 1800s but her life was romanticized and glamourized in the 20th century in a number of ways, including three Austrian movies in the 1950s starring Romy Schneider. For millions of people, her "legend" lives on to this day.

What about you and your compatriots?

I have been to Vienna a few times and Sissi is a huge figure there. One might say she actually is one two "stars of the city", and shares the spotlight with a guy named Wolfgang Amadeus... you know.

There is Sissi-this and Sissi-that all over Vienna. But I have also often overheard many people in Vienna say "Who the f- is Sissi?" or "What's the big deal about Sissi? I've never even heard of her!"

Back home in Canada, when I have shown pictures or videos of Vienna to English-speaking Canadians, I referred to such and such a palace as "where Sissi lived", and I always got blank stares. Sissi who?

But when I tell French-speaking Canadians that I visited Vienna, just the name of the city seems to bring Sissi to mind immediately: "Vienna - isn't that where Sissi lived? Did you visit her palaces?". I don't even have to reference her - the name pops out automatically.

I am not sure that the movies and other stuff about Sissi have been popularized that much in English-speaking North America, though maybe I am wrong. I do know that in Quebec the Austrian movies (dubbed into French) with Romy Schneider are broadcast in prime time by a TV network every Christmas. It is pretty much a holiday tradition here.

Interestingly enough, except for France (obviously), Vienna is the one place in Europe where I have met the most fellow travellers from Quebec. I wonder if Sissi has anything to do with this?

So, is Sissi a somebody or a nobody for you?

In Spain, people of a certain age would know her because of the movies. It's one of those things that is part of common knowledge for people above, say 40 or 50.

[TCAS007]

Originally Posted by Acajack

OK, here is another one:

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as "Sissi".

She lived in the late 1800s but her life was romanticized and glamourized in the 20th century in a number of ways, including three Austrian movies in the 1950s starring Romy Schneider. For millions of people, her "legend" lives on to this day.

What about you and your compatriots?

I have been to Vienna a few times and Sissi is a huge figure there. One might say she actually is one two "stars of the city", and shares the spotlight with a guy named Wolfgang Amadeus... you know.

There is Sissi-this and Sissi-that all over Vienna. But I have also often overheard many people in Vienna say "Who the f- is Sissi?" or "What's the big deal about Sissi? I've never even heard of her!"

Back home in Canada, when I have shown pictures or videos of Vienna to English-speaking Canadians, I referred to such and such a palace as "where Sissi lived", and I always got blank stares. Sissi who?

But when I tell French-speaking Canadians that I visited Vienna, just the name of the city seems to bring Sissi to mind immediately: "Vienna - isn't that where Sissi lived? Did you visit her palaces?". I don't even have to reference her - the name pops out automatically.

I am not sure that the movies and other stuff about Sissi have been popularized that much in English-speaking North America, though maybe I am wrong. I do know that in Quebec the Austrian movies (dubbed into French) with Romy Schneider are broadcast in prime time by a TV network every Christmas. It is pretty much a holiday tradition here.

Interestingly enough, except for France (obviously), Vienna is the one place in Europe where I have met the most fellow travellers from Quebec. I wonder if Sissi has anything to do with this?

So, is Sissi a somebody or a nobody for you?

She is well known in Europe but mostly with people 35 and older as we still remember her from the cheesy afternoon movies on TV

I lived in Vienna for 11 years and did not mean any people from Quebec. Most tourists are German, Italian, Eastern Europeans and Asians.

Not saying that you're wrong, just sharing my views. But maybe if you live in Vienna to work and don't have a fancy lifestyle, the city loses it's charm.