America was one of the biggest losers in this year's Golden Globe nominations

The Ringer

"The rise of global streaming services has meant that American audiences have gradually grown more exposed to content that’s not, well, American," says Alison Herman. "Combine that with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association—emphasis on the 'foreign'—as well as the monocultural ubiquity of Princess Diana and you have an unusually international slate of TV nominees. (Plus Emily in Paris, the biggest L for America of all. A clueless amateur influencer is truly the ambassador we deserve.) The Crown is British. So is Small Axe, its unofficial companion. Schitt’s Creek is Canadian. Normal People is Irish. Ted Lasso is set in the U.K. The Undoing features the most unbelievable American accent put to film. And Unorthodox, a strong performer in the Limited Series category, is largely set in Germany, performed in languages other than English. The film categories, too, feature some of this cross-pollination: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm once again sees a Brit expose the dark underbelly of his adopted homeland, while Minari was bizarrely counted as a Foreign Language film and therefore ineligible for Best Picture. Maybe the takeaway is less America’s relative weakness than the increasingly blurry definition of what’s American and what’s not."

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