Cultural melange (08.03.2009 Linguistics, Kenya)

I am not quite sure what to make of the culture melange that produces the following: at a dingy restaurant, in a small, dusty windblown town in the north of Kenya, the TV is on showing Mexican soap operas (Tormenta en Paraiso - Storm in Paradise) dubbed in what sounds like Chinese accented English. Yes, is seems outsourcing has even wormed its way in to TV dubbing.
Of course all of the Kenyans are watching intently as mariachi dressed Mexicans, with hats as big as Veracruz, pants as tight as my wallet, moustaches as dodgy looking as Pablo Escobar, ride around on horses and drink tequila.
It is all a little bit too much for me, time to pull the brake on the globalisation train before it gets out of control !!!
 

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