In the article, “Globalization and the Public Cartographies of Vietnam Idol”
by Long Bui, a key term that is mentioned is geocultural. At first, I defined
geocultural as cultures based on geographic location. According to the text,
the word geocultural reinforces cultural racism. The cultural racism towards
third world countries occurs due to their struggle to reach the status of the
first world countries. Since Vietnam Idol was inspired by popular Western
talent shows, I believe Vietnam idol is suppose to be a representation of this
country trying to adhere to the status of the first world countries. But the
interview in the article about Vietnam Idol mentions how the show will not
be exactly like the Western versions due to different cultures which produce
different personalities. I thought this reason is self-contradictive because
even though the Vietnamese culture is still prominent in the show, the show
as a whole still seems to be trying to prove that Vietnam is at the same level
as the United States and Britain which in turn shows the Vietnamese culture
is trying to be like Western Cultures. Vietnam Idol seems to be trying to
become mainstream and trending which is related to the theme of popular
culture. Vietnam Idol is not a subculture because the show is trying to
uphold to the status of popular Western shows and is not trying to be original
in its own culture.
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