History ValuesDissonance / LiveACtionTV

* The ''TheDickVanDykeShow'' has Sally Rogers, who spends virtually the entire series trying to catch a husband, but failing because she is too foward and funny. An early episode, when she is talking brashly to Laura's meek cousin, has Rob opining that "any normal man would have punched her in the face." Yeesh.

* In {{Chuck}} Casey's role as "El Angel de la Muerte" and former agent in Latin America can be a source of a major ValuesDissonance for the Latin American audience. US interventions against democratically-elected communist governments have left some bitter memories in the people of Latin American nations, so putting a hero in that role can be quite jarring.

* In the very first episode of ''StarTrekVoyager'', Tom Paris asks Chakotay if he's going to "turn into an eagle" as some sort of "old Indian trick." This line is racist.
** It is, but it works for Paris, who for a while was the show's designated asshole.

* Similarly, the ''DoctorWho'' episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", set in 1913, deliberately use the mores of the time. Thus we have kind, sensible, eminently likable Joan Redfern matter-of-factly telling Martha that black women will never be doctors.

* More fun with Latin American ValuesDissonance! ''The National Geographic Channel'' show "Patrulla Fronteriza: Prohibido Pasar" (Border Patrol: Do not enter. I believe it's ''Homeland Secury'', but I'm not sure). A reality show about the patrols of the USA/Mexico border and their [[SarcasmMode heroic fight against the evils from the outside]]. Currently on air in National Geographic Channel ''[[WallBanger Latin America]]''. If you don't get it, just ask how many latinamericans have relatives living illegally in the USA

* In the very first episode of ''StarTrekVoyager'', Tom Paris asks Chakotay if he's going to "turn into an eagle" as some sort of "old Indian trick." This line is ''incredibly'' racist.

** [[http://www.beecareful.info/news/general/74447-channe-4-poll-reveals-70-per-cent-support-for-the-death-penalty.html A]] 2009 Channel 4 poll found 70% support for the death penalty in the U.K. but that that data is from people who watched a program about the hanging ofconvicted paedophile.

* ''AreYouBeingServed?'' has many, many examples through the 1970s of poking fun at the culture or speech patterns of foreigners that today seem shocking in their unabashed prejudice.

* Even ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' is not immune. Watch the ''Erizabeth L'' episode, where Italian director Luchino Visconti is revealed to be a Japanese imposter, and prepare to cringe not only at a drawn-out JapaneseRanguage joke, but at the sight of Terry Jones in yellowface; he then does it again in blackface, when he plays an African impersonating another Italian director, Michelangelo Antonioni.

* ''{{Skins}}'' has a somewhat... [[{{Understatement}} casual]] attitude toward teenage sex, which significantly freaks out the leftpondian audience; the Brits, on the other hand, view it as merely as an over-the-top if, at heart, accurate depiction.

** Shows dissonance of another kind, it actually did very well in Pakistan.

** Probably because europeans have had slaves of all ethnic groups

* The series two finale of ''{{Red Dwarf}}'' puts the crew in an alternate universe where Cat's equivalent is an evolved dog, played as a dirty redneck stereotype. At one point he calls Cat "boy," which can make for pretty uncomfortable viewing in America.

* In {{Chuck}} Casey's role as "El Angel de la Muerte" and former agent in Latin America can be a source of a major ValuesDissonace for a Latin American audience. US interventions against democratically-elected communist governments have left some bitter memories in the people of Latin American nations, so putting a hero in that role can be quite jarring.

* Many of the topics of ''{{Scrubs}}'' (racism, social castes, Latin American migrants...) fall completely flat in France, and probably in other European country as well. The fact that JD completely freak out when he utter the word "slave" near his black girlfriend is especially weird, and no one in their right mind will have thought of something like that here, despite the fact that most European country have a large history of slavery.

** [[http://www.beecareful.info/news/general/74447-channe-4-poll-reveals-70-per-cent-support-for-the-death-penalty.html A]] 2009 Channel 4 poll found 70% support for the death penalty in the U.K. but that that data is from people who watched a program about the hanging of a convicted paedophile.

* On that note, compare American and Japanese game shows. Popular American game shows like WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire and AmericanIdol offer a massively valuable prize to the winner (valued at $1 million in both of those examples) as an incentive for someone to win. The former even rewards you for only making it to a certain point and giving up before reaching total victory. Now look at popular Japanese game shows like IronChef and [[NinjaWarrior Sasuke]], which have no reward at all, but are still treated as SeriousBusiness by the contenders and viewers, who consider the glory of victory and the shame of defeat to be far greater motivators than cash.

* In the very first episode of ''StarTrekVoyager'', Tom Paris asks Chakotay if he's going to "turn into an eagle" as some sort of "old Indian trick." In certain regions (namely those where Native Americans still make up a significant fraction of the population), this line comes across as ''incredibly'' racist.

* A more general example, using the "death penalty" issue mentioned above: In American TV, someone who advocates the use of the death penalty may be a little more cynical and pragmatic than the other characters, but is usually credible and well-adjusted. In British TV, anyone who wants to "bring back hanging" is at best ridiculously behind the times — most likely, they'll want to reinstate corporal punishment in schools as well, along with other supposedly Victorian institutions. At worst, they'll be draconian and narrow-minded in the extreme. British police dramas sometimes see a few exceptions, with the investigators of a particularly horrific crime resenting the fact that even if he's jailed, the killer still keeps his life. Sometimes, in the case of clearly insane serial killers, KarmicDeath is employed if the writers honestly can't find a way to justify the murderer staying alive. In any other genre, though, capital punishment is viewed as a "step too far".
** [[http://www.beecareful.info/news/general/74447-channe-4-poll-reveals-70-per-cent-support-for-the-death-penalty.html A 2009 Channel 4 poll found 70% support for the death penalty in the U.K.]]
*** Given that that data set is from people who watched a program about the hanging of a convicted paedophile, one really should view any drawn hypothetical conclusions with scepticism.

** I wish I wasn't as lazy as I am or I would edit EVERY statement like that to tell you that IT IS ONLY A PROBLEM FOR THE VOCAL MINORITY WHO WATCHES FOX NEWS, MOST OF WHOM ARE ACTUALLY QUITE OLD ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY! MOST AMERICANS DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THAT SHIT. HAVE YOU SEEN US ONLINE AT ALL? MOST OF US ARE FANS OF TheDailyShow OR TheColbertReport (OR BOTH) AND ARE AS OPEN MINDED AS MOST FOREIGNERS. PLEASE STOP LUMPING US IN WITH THOSE FUCKING ASSHOLES.

* An interesting example showing change over the lifetime of the show is ''{{JAG}}.'' In early seasons, the presence of female pilots (or women in general) on warships was controversial; it was the subject of the pilot movie. Not only would this seem dated a decade later to the current audience, but female pilots and ship's crew eventually became totally unremarkable within the show itself.

* In the very first episode of StarTrekVoyager, Tom Paris asks Chakotay if he's going to "turn into an eagle" as some sort of "old Indian trick." In certain regions (namely those where Native Americans still make up a significant fraction of the population), this line comes across as ''incredibly'' racist.

* Here's a fun drinking game: Look up an old episode of ''TheATeam'' on Hulu and take a drink every time you see a ridiculous ethnic stereotype. These were mainly found in the form of the bad guys (usually either loud, raucous, stupid Hispanic bandits in Latin America or New York-ish gangsters in L. A.) and some of the A-Team's disguises. Hannibal's [[ContinuityNod most referenced]] comic disguise is a ChineseLaunderer and Murdock once had to disguise himself as a horribly stereotyped Native American warrior, complete with whooping. Since it's Murdock, part of you wants to laugh, and the other part thinks DudeNotFunny. While ethnic stereotypes may not be eliminated from media, such blatant examples would never show up on TV today, except in parody.

* In a [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]] episode that takes place on the Ferengi homeworld, Quark's livelihood is threatened by his mother's profit-earning behavior. In addition he is scandalized by the fact that she wears clothes and still resents that when he and his brother were children, she refused to chew their food for them.

* In {{Chuck}} Casey's role as "el Angel de la Muerte" and former agent in Latin America can be a source of a major ValuesDissonace for a Latin American audience. US interventions against democratically-elected communist governments have left some bitter memories in the people of Latin American nations, so putting a hero in that role can be quite jarring.

* In {{Chuck}} Casey's role as "el Angel de la Muerte" and former agent in Latinamerica can be a source of a major ValuesDissonace for a latinamerican audience. USA intervention against democraticly elected communist goverments have left some bitter memories in the people from our nations, so putting a hero in that role can be quite jarring