There has been a little controversy about these words by Jesse Eisenberg (the star of "The Social Network") in Conan O'Brien's show on TBS, about his visit to spanish show "El Hormiguero" [Google Translated Version]:
Jesse: Yes, it was not like this. First, speaking in Spanish. But it's not like being here with you that you are so kind to the guests and treat them with respect.
Conan: They were not kind to you in talk show?
Jesse: I really do not know, because I do not speak much Spanish. They tell you before entering the program, "Have fun." You go and you realize that is impossible, because the program is apparently designed to humiliate the American guest. They show stupid pictures of you, and somehow they laugh at you. Then the audience laughs, and you listen to the translation and realize that yes, they are laughing at you. But you do not have time to answer, because they have moved to something else in Spanish.
Conan: Why are they so pissed off with us?
Jesse: Yes, it was not like this. First, speaking in Spanish. But it's not like being here with you that you are so kind to the guests and treat them with respect.
Conan: They were not kind to you in talk show?
Jesse: I really do not know, because I do not speak much Spanish. They tell you before entering the program, "Have fun." You go and you realize that is impossible, because the program is apparently designed to humiliate the American guest. They show stupid pictures of you, and somehow they laugh at you. Then the audience laughs, and you listen to the translation and realize that yes, they are laughing at you. But you do not have time to answer, because they have moved to something else in Spanish.
Conan: Why are they so pissed off with us?
Jesse: I dunno, I think it's because Americans do not teach their children foreign languages, so we do not know what happens in their programs.
Conan: It's cultural revenge, we will bring your biggest stars on television and humiliate them.
Jesse: Yes. Ungrateful for what they did in the Second World War, we sent planes and ships to help them ... I'm sorry (laughs)
There is in fact a number of people (where I am included) in Spain that hate this show and agree with Eisenberg that they laugh at their guests (check this Facebook page), but the reasons he gives are just ridiculous and show a total lack of culture, because Spain just didn't take part in WW2. The main problem of "El hormiguero" is just that they think they are so funny that they just don't care about anything else. I don't think they want to humiliate anybody, they just think that being with them is so cool that anybody has to have fun, and it is true that they don't care if you actually understand their jokes or not. It is just a problem of miseducation, talking about cultural problems, about "revenges" and other nonesenses, just shows that Eisenberg is not better than them.
Conan: It's cultural revenge, we will bring your biggest stars on television and humiliate them.
Jesse: Yes. Ungrateful for what they did in the Second World War, we sent planes and ships to help them ... I'm sorry (laughs)
There is in fact a number of people (where I am included) in Spain that hate this show and agree with Eisenberg that they laugh at their guests (check this Facebook page), but the reasons he gives are just ridiculous and show a total lack of culture, because Spain just didn't take part in WW2. The main problem of "El hormiguero" is just that they think they are so funny that they just don't care about anything else. I don't think they want to humiliate anybody, they just think that being with them is so cool that anybody has to have fun, and it is true that they don't care if you actually understand their jokes or not. It is just a problem of miseducation, talking about cultural problems, about "revenges" and other nonesenses, just shows that Eisenberg is not better than them.
