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Originally posted by Meridae'n
Eg. of TPS... see above (sorry Bund, but textbook)
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well,
this is... sort of...
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Originally posted by bundy
also, he did make it big in the US before he made it here... sort of felt like we were forced to like him since he was suddenly hailed as such as a success, even though we hadn't been given the time to make up our own minds.
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but this isn't...
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Originally posted by bundy
i think another problem some aussies may have with big steve is that he is just too damn ocker... and since he's so famous overseas, he just perpetuates that 'over-the-top' ocker persona that crocodile dundee stuffed down the worlds throat back in the eighties.
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its not tall poppy syndrome to dislike someone for seriously damaging Australia's reputation overseas.
but hey, what would our society be without a good healthy dose of Tall Poppy... we'd be a carbon copy of somewhere else...