Trump mocks puerto rico accent11/22/2023 ![]() ![]() If the writers pick someplace off the beaten path instead, you've got Aliens in Cardiff. See also Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe for Anime and Japanese TV, Britain Is Only London for UK productions, and Hong Kong for Chinese-language equivalents. Indeed, outsiders who are aware New York is also a state are often surprised that an obscure place such as Albany note "Where's Albany?" is the state capital people tend to assume the state of New York is governed from the city of New York. It is worth pointing out a lot of NYC streets aren't actually filmed there more than one California studio (and some other studios outside the US) has a dedicated NYC backlot.Ĭompare Fulton Street Folly, the localized version where everything inexplicably happens in Lower Manhattan because it's relatively easy to film there, and New York Is Only Manhattan, which describes the tendency to ignore the Outer Boroughs in fiction, let alone the rest of New York State. ![]() Also helping matters is the fact that New York is a major hub for business, finance, politics, culture, etc., which makes it that much easier to set stories of all sorts there. Very close to every single ethnic, racial and religious group is represented to some degree or another on the streets of the five boroughs, and nearly every language spoken on Planet Earth can be heard there. Further justification for this is New York's diversity. Of course, this is Truth in Television in many ways being the most populous metropolitan area in the United States (and among the most populous in the world), interesting events do indeed happen there far more often than in other locations, and there are many more fun and engaging activities within walking distance, which can be appealing to writers since characters sitting around doing nothing isn’t particularly good television. The preference is especially obvious when characters speak about specific parts of New York casually, when they always assume they’ll be able to find something to do near them, or when any group of people naturally includes a Jewish person in other “places”, towns usually consist of about ten “distinct” spots, activities are extremely lacking, and Jews are a tiny, tiny minority. Not to mention easier for them to write about convincingly. Unless Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe.Īt the very least, New York is where a great many writers live, or come from (either there or Los Angeles), which makes it more interesting to them than anything elsewhere. In other words, everything is better with a side helping of Big Applesauce. If you can't possibly get the show to happen in New York, have at least one main character (and as many minor ones as possible) be from New York, and continually harp on about how much better New York is than wherever the setting takes place. If an original, successful series is set in Las Vegas, its Spin-Off will be more successful if set in New York. The rule seems to be that if a series or movie proposal does not require another setting ( Kirk's Rock, for instance), it should be set in New York. And, of course, beware the Mage in Manhattan. Has The Plague or a Zombie Apocalypse broken out? The epicenter is in Harlem. Is there a mysterious gigantic cavern hidden just beneath the Earth's surface, wherein the Precursors created all life on Earth? Check in the Queens Midtown Tunnel again. Looking for The Leader of a secret den of werewolves? He's probably chowing down on a burger at the Times Square McDonald's. A magical gateway between worlds? Look in the Queens Midtown Tunnel, or perhaps Central Park. The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny? Madison Square Garden's got your front-row seats. Is there a neighborhood full of world-class martial artists with superhuman powers? It's in Brooklyn. Is an Alien Invasion in progress? Watch for UFOs landing in Queens. New York City is the place to be for characters in American fiction. ![]()
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