The Irish have traditionally lived with Hollywood’s offensive stereotypes of what it means to be Irish.
Even if we had euros every time Hollywood portrays Ireland and its people in a tone-deaf manner, it could only cover half the cost of a children’s hospital, but the most egregious portrayal of La La Land’s “Oialand” That’s right.
The films are all set against the backdrop of fertile rural farmland, populated by cheerful locals, and no cities appear. In fact, Ireland has many cities filled with miserable people who have little knowledge of farming.
The family seems to consist of a brother with an accent from Belfast, a younger sister from Cork, a childhood friend from the Sounds of English, and a younger sister from Dublin.
We are not a “simple” people. Simple people, 10 years after paying too much for a house and going bankrupt, would now be blindly paying extremely high prices for it.
Not enough leprechaun stories. In fact, Irish people talk about it every waking moment.
“Top O the Morning to You.” What nonsense! Irish people would never say this unless they were condescending to the American dollar that the Irish tourism and hospitality industry exploits 24/7.
We are all drunk.
We’re all called Murphys. That’s not true. Some people change their last names after being abandoned by their drunken fathers.
A nun who fights crime. If he had one euro for every time Hollywood produced a movie about crime-fighting nuns, we would all be rich. Who can forget the action movie Nuns With Guns, in which Ernie and Sly play two FBI agents working undercover as nuns in the west of Ireland?
In fact, nuns cause more crimes in Ireland than they prevent.