Saying that "Americans" want happy endings" sounds like something a high-schooler would say. Lumping Americans into a unified mass is simplistic.
Americans aren't "jingoistic" when it comes to exploring other cultures. I know many Americans who regularly watch French, German, Russian, Italian films. I have even seen a film from Macedonia. It's true that most Americans, like any audience, prefer movies in their own language. It has nothing to do with nationality. There are people all over the world who watch movies more for "diversion and entertainment". It's not fair to lump avid movie fans, American or not, into this category.
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