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Goodness Gracious Me
1998 · TV series · 25 min episodes · 3 seasons
Created by Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Anil Gupta
Sketch show exploring the conflict and integration between traditional Indian culture and modern British life. Some sketches reversed the roles to view the British from an Indian perspective, and others poked fun at Indian stereotypes.
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The tone of this comment reminded me of an old sketch from the British sitcom "Goodness Gracious Me", with the Indian patriarch outrageously claiming everything was invented in India (”Superman? INDIAN!”): https://youtu.be/4GC_Q2YKNR0?si=vzA-zAGcde6HZyzv
More seriously, it's a theme as old as mankind. For example, Ugo Foscolo in "Dei sepolcri" (1806):
"Non vive ei forse anche sotterra, quando
Gli sarà muta l’armonia del giorno,
Se può destarla con soavi cure
Nella mente de’ suoi
[...]
Sol chi non lascia eredità d'affetti
Poca gioia ha dell’urna; e se pur mira
Dopo l’esequie, errar vede il suo spirto
Fra ’l compianto de’ templi Acherontei,
O ricovrarsi sotto le grandi ale
Del perdono d’lddio: ma la sua polve
Lascia alle ortiche di deserta gleba
Ove nè donna innamorata preghi,
Nè passeggier solingo oda il sospiro
Che dal tumulo a noi manda Natura"