Talk in French offers loads of cultural information about France and the French language, including topics such as verlan (a form of French slang) and how the French celebrate birthdays and Christmas.
Yes, since Lionel Essrog in "Motherless Brooklyn" first blurted out his love of Prince and Mad magazine, I've discovered the trick of dumping loads of cultural opinions into my work — "The Fortress of Solitude" was sick with them.
And, it turns out, it was much ado about nothing: to our communal chagrin and despite loads of cultural huffing and puffing, the network at the center of the storm not-so-quietly reinstated the offending duckmeister in a nanosecond, making clear we'd been played like finely-tuned promotional fiddles.
"Lucky Alan" is another turn again — back to New York City, and to loads of specific cultural references, though used differently now, I think, than in "The Fortress of Solitude".
There are so many neighborhoods with loads of character, cultural spots, historic landmarks, and new bars and restaurants to explore – the best way to see it all is by foot.
Importantly, they assessed the "Cultural load" of various cognitive abilities by taking the average percentage of test items that were adjusted when the test was adapted for use in 13 different countries.
The blogger ends by suggesting a Sri Lankan "localisation" of "Equus," which he says would require "a mind mending work of cultural transition loaded with insane economic and political risk".
The sense of community and of cultural zeitgeist, of a whole load of people paying attention to the same thing at once, is exhilarating.
The Dawn of Cultural Evolution.
