Thread: Jonas The hypocrisy of Jonas
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Old 19-01-2010, 10:03 PM #20
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Thank you, it was very interesting! Jante Law is typical for any small town I suppose.... but Jonas doesn´t strike me as small-townish... I think your interpretation of Jante Law applies to him better than the one in the link you provided.
Yes, it's more obvious in small towns. However, I think it's more like an ideal similar to "political correctness", but cultural. Interviewing scandinavian athletes must be boring indeed. Everyone is so terribly "quite pleased". Jonas is a mystery though. In an old interview on Youtube he looks real shy. In fact, his mother talks more than he does. I think he's struggled to become more self-confident and those over-act from time to time.
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