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Wait...there's a difference between Hollywood and the real LA? You don't just make it when you hop off the flight?

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00:00 This is "We Need to Talk About America."

00:02 - The show where first-generation comedians

00:04 - Break down life in the USA.

00:06 - On today's show, we're talking about

00:08 - Entertainment.

00:09 - Hollywood.

00:10 - Social media.

00:11 - Curious what your algorithm on your TikTok is.

00:14 - Oh my God, okay.

00:14 Sherry, what is wrong with you?

00:17 (laughing)

00:19 - I think America's like entertainment

00:21 because everything sucks and they need to like

00:23 take their minds off of how much everything sucks.

00:25 Entertain yourself, 'cause if you're laughing,

00:27 at least you're not crying or whatever.

00:29 - Yeah, I definitely think immigrant parents

00:31 learn a few words from American pop culture

00:34 'cause they'll say weird things once in a while.

00:36 Holy moly, like what?

00:38 - Other countries outside of the world

00:41 have a different perception of America

00:44 because they only see what they see in movies

00:45 and stuff like that.

00:46 They come to America, they think everyone's gonna be fit

00:49 and beautiful and buff and everybody's a celebrity,

00:51 but nah man, a lot of people still ugly out here.

00:54 - Entertainment here in America has definitely

00:56 kind of painted this false picture.

00:58 For me, I think people need to remember

01:00 that LA doesn't equal Hollywood, you know?

01:03 It's like we have that side, we have the celebrity side,

01:06 and then we got the real LA, you know?

01:09 I always meet people who come to Hollywood

01:10 to pursue their dreams, be a movie star.

01:13 They become a Starbucks barista for six months.

01:16 They feel like they failed.

01:17 They move back to Oshkosh, Wisconsin

01:20 and say, "Oh, LA's so fake."

01:22 Nah bro, you just suck.

01:23 - You have these blockbuster dreams

01:26 and then you gotta tone it down to an indie budget.

01:28 - I do like the symbolism of Hollywood, of hope,

01:33 and your dreams can come true here.

01:36 You go to LA and you go for it, you know what I mean?

01:39 - I just try to emulate what I saw on television and movies.

01:43 I wanted to be an American, so I'd watch American Pie

01:47 and it's like all these kids are trying to have sex

01:50 and they're doing all these crazy things.

01:53 I live among mostly Vietnamese people.

01:55 We weren't even allowed to leave the house.

01:56 - My parents did love Nollywood movies, and they still do.

01:59 They watch a lot of movies that were actually made

02:01 in Nigeria, really great movies.

02:03 A lot of times the acting was a little bit different,

02:05 just very, it was always like, everything was a big deal.

02:08 You know?

02:09 "You didn't put peanut butter on my bread!"

02:12 You know, it was just a lot, it was just different.

02:15 But some were pretty, pretty fun to watch though, for sure.

02:18 (upbeat music)

02:21 (static)

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