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07-04-2016, 05:42 PM
Films being renamed to sound more British is as gloriously awkward as you'd expect
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LONDON — It's surprisingly easy to make a well-k**wn film sound more British.
Just add in something about rain, tea, Brexit or anything that implies a general sense of overly apologetic awkwardness and you're halfway there.
SEE ALSO: Inside the organisation that rates everything Britain watches (http://mashable.com/2016/05/08/how-films-are-rated-uk-bbfc/)
This was the challenge set by the hashtag #MakeAFilmAwfullyBritish (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MakeAFilmAwfullyBritish&src=tyah), which started trending in the UK on Sunday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/04/make-a-film-awfully-british-hashtag/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Unsurprisingly, one recurring theme was Brexit jokes.
The miserable weather also had a mention or two.
Mostly, though, there were a bunch of jokes about the core staples of British culture.
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LONDON — It's surprisingly easy to make a well-k**wn film sound more British.
Just add in something about rain, tea, Brexit or anything that implies a general sense of overly apologetic awkwardness and you're halfway there.
SEE ALSO: Inside the organisation that rates everything Britain watches (http://mashable.com/2016/05/08/how-films-are-rated-uk-bbfc/)
This was the challenge set by the hashtag #MakeAFilmAwfullyBritish (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MakeAFilmAwfullyBritish&src=tyah), which started trending in the UK on Sunday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/04/make-a-film-awfully-british-hashtag/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Unsurprisingly, one recurring theme was Brexit jokes.
The miserable weather also had a mention or two.
Mostly, though, there were a bunch of jokes about the core staples of British culture.
More about Brexit (http://mashable.com/category/brexit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Uk (http://mashable.com/category/uk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Funny (http://mashable.com/category/funny/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Hashtag (http://mashable.com/category/hashtag/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Britain (http://mashable.com/category/britain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1467636532 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1467636532)
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