INFLUENCE!
What is pop culture? Pop culture is define as: " what is popular at the moment in certain part of the world." The simpsons are nowadays an american pop culture that has spread around all the globe. Let's face it is an indirect way of keeping USA in the eyes of everyone. Several times people have wonder why the simpsons keep airing if they offend sometimes american culture and goverment. The answer is "america needs to be in the minds of everyone" So what other pop culture can we find around the globe?
What about UK?...
Music, they have many things but something that is in everyones library is Brit-Rock.[The ramones, The beatles, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Pink Floyd*, David Bowie, QUEEN and lots more] This has inspired not only musicians but comedians, and we can say society in general.
*About Pink Floyd. Back in the day when Adal Ramones had his "talk show" he had a very famous quote. It was something like this: "hijos de su pink floyd"
Mexico has some things to brag about. Tacos, one of the most common foods on the world(maybe not prepared at its best but delicious indeed. and how to forget "El Chavo del 8"
Japan gots Manga and Videogames, what more could we ask for?
Some of them may not be pop culture at all but you can get the point. We are influenced by everything around us. Some of it may be marketing and some political strategies, or maybe just coincidence. But for sure we know we will enjoy this parts of culture. So I think that at the end it is not a bad aspect but something to take care of carefully.
