Talk:Manuel (Fawlty Towers)

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In the Catalan TV3 channel, Manuel's origin was changed from Barcelona to Mexico. Most Catalans are offended with Manuel as being Catalan, and don't like the eclectic Swedish I'm from Barcelona band because it remains them of Manuel's true Catalan origin.

This is nonsense. Manuel was indeed a Mexican with a strong Mexican accent in the Catalan dubbed version, so most Catalans don't know he was from Barcelona in the original one. So they can hardly feel offended. When they get to know it, they are simply surprised. And the comment about the band... well, I wonder how many Catalans will have ever heard anything about that band. I wonder too where that comment of Catalans being offended is taken from. Some Catalans might not like a 'very Spanish' character as a representation of a Catalan (which could rather be a Catalan speaker and be called Manel, the Catalan version of Manuel). But British knowledge about Spanish diversity was rather weak at that time. (Nowadays it's not much better, but there's much more access to info, at least) --Purplefire 16:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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I'm Catalan myself and I've saw Fawlty Towers many times in DVD (in English with subtitles, Catalan and Spanish (Castilian)). I agree with Purlplefire about the weak British knowledge about Spanish diversity. Catalonia has is own history, language and culture and Manuel (who is brown-skinned, short and says 'olé' and dance 'Fandango' music) seems to be an Andalusian immigrant stereotype rather than a Spanish stereotype. There are a lot of Andalousian immigrants in Barcelona and the mistake of identifying an Andalousian as a Spanish stereotype for a foreign is possible, but not for a Spanish or Catalan. On the other hand, Manuel says he's Spanish, not Catalan (I guess British don't know the existence of the Catalonia region). About the ‘paella’, it’s funny because in Spain it’s known to be a Valencian common dish, not an important typical Spanish dish (www.adhochoteles.com/hoteles/hotel_monumental/valencia/guia_valencia_en.html). So, as has been said, in the Spanish dubbed version Manuel is an Italian (who can't speak Spanish properly) called Paolo and in the Catalan dubbed version is a Mexican (who can't speak Catalan properly) called Manuel. The Swedish band is unknown in Spain or Catalonia.(Toni from Sabadell (Barcelona province)) (please correct my English) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.32.59.40 (talk) 22:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

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