Enjoying the JourneySpotlight Post: Tall Poppy Syndrome
November 19th 2008 06:30
Morgan Bell wrote on DeepPencil.com . . .
Tall Poppy Syndrome
It is thought to be a uniquely Australian phenomenon, to resent the success of others and attempt to cut them down to size, we call it Tall Poppy Syndrome, and it resonates through every facet of Australian culture.
When Australian exports make it big overseas in the fields academia or entertainment, they often find it difficult to return home due to the huge amount of criticism levelled at them. Our ex-pats like Germaine Greer, Robert Hughes, Paul Hogan, Mel Gibson, Clive James, and Kylie Minogue, seem to move away and never look back - nice place to visit, but hard place to live if you are doing well.
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Tall Poppy Syndrome
It is thought to be a uniquely Australian phenomenon, to resent the success of others and attempt to cut them down to size, we call it Tall Poppy Syndrome, and it resonates through every facet of Australian culture.
When Australian exports make it big overseas in the fields academia or entertainment, they often find it difficult to return home due to the huge amount of criticism levelled at them. Our ex-pats like Germaine Greer, Robert Hughes, Paul Hogan, Mel Gibson, Clive James, and Kylie Minogue, seem to move away and never look back - nice place to visit, but hard place to live if you are doing well.
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