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Indian Food is praised worldwide and celebrated in countries like the UK and Germany. Americans, why do all your comedy shows rag on Indian food? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by tetris11@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 53 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I'm American and I can't think of a comedy show that makes fun of Indian food. Can you name one of them so I can check it out?

I'd say most medium to large sized cities in the US have Indian restaurants, so it's not so unusual.

[–] Harpsist@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Big bang theory.

Rag "you're talking about a subcontinent that hasn't had a solid bowl movement..."

[–] prowess2956@kbin.social 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that a comedy show?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Technically yes

[–] shani66@lemmy.comfysnug.space 2 points 11 months ago

Enough of your wild theories, we are trying to answer this question need in reality

[–] jaidyn999@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

Where Sheldon tells an Indian woman how to cook curry ? Ok.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 11 months ago

Friends did, Big Bang Theory does all the time, but yeah pretty much every yank comedy contains some negativity towards Indian food. I don't watch much comedy, but it seems to be a meme in their shows.