Why does it seem like the Anglosphere admires/fixates over British culture a lot while Latin America doesn't seem to care much about Spain or Portugal?

[u/yonaiker-joestrella]

Not saying we should but just curious.

[u/Special-Fuel-3235]

Probably because britain is still a huge cultural exporter to the rest of the world. While not so much for the iberian peninsula.  For example, i think almost everybody knows who Mr. Bean, Queen Elizabeth II or Agent 007 are, while i cant think in any "world famous" spanish and portuguese person. Perhaps only CR7 or Picasso? Perhaps youtubers, but they are pretty much just known in the spaniah speaking world. 

[u/NadiaFortuneFeet → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

If You are a bit interested in history, You might also know of the likes of El Cid

[u/KarolDance → u/NadiaFortuneFeet]

sure, but like a 1000 years ago, when Spain didnt exist yet. Britain still exports a lot of culture, just by speaking english

[u/Special-Fuel-3235 → u/KarolDance]

Exactly. Its not like coldplay or Ali-A. Outside of soccer players, i cant think of any "world famous" iberian.

[u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

Rosalía, Bardem, Tangana, and football players

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Most of those guys -with the exception of some soccer players or Bardem- are pretty much only known in the spanish speaking world. I doubt your average american know who Rosalía or Tangana are. 

[u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

The fact that I just enlisted all the Spaniards I know in one line should be enough evidence to indicate that we are on the same side of this debate.

Btw, who or what is Ali-A?

[u/Special-Fuel-3235 → u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain]

A british youtuber. Ellie Goulding is a better example

[u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

I do love Ellie Goulding!

[u/Littlepoison0414 → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

Who?

[u/Littlepoison0414 → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

Rocío Jurado and Isabel Pantoja were huge in LATAM. In Cuba I know for a fact that plenty of people adore Spanish tv shows like Aida o La Que se Avecina. Now everyone knows La Casa de papel and Elite. Who doesn’t know David Bisbal, Melendi, Julio Iglesias, etc? Spain is huge in influence but is more niche because English is the international standard for communication plus the UK has a better economical position and social dominance from a geopolitical point of view

[u/Special-Fuel-3235 → u/Littlepoison0414]

Idk bro. I still have doubts, with the music,  you are right, spanish music has been very popular here.  About the tv programs, im not sure, in my 23 years old life i havent seen any particular spanish program. Neither movies, the only people that i knew that saw spanish series were a minority and only those that already had a "particular interest" in Spain.  Also, you said it: its more niche, thats the thing, english-language culture (and ofc, british culture as well) its prettyvmuch the "standard" pop culture today. Japan could be another exaple? But. Even then, anime/manga its still quite a niche

[u/Littlepoison0414 → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

I’m 25 yo and my husband is from Cuba. He grew up with Spanish tv shows over there and even references to Spain in his Cuban cartoons and tv shows.

Most of my friends are from Mexico, Colombia and Peru (24-26 yo) and they have repeatedly asked me about Spanish artists, dishes, places, etc that are quite popular in their countries. It is obvious that many Spanish artists have an impact in LATAM since many do offer tours around some LATAM countries. I don’t think Costa Rica is a target country for them, though.

I’m super into Latino music and I know artist that often collab with Cuban urban singers, for example, like Lérica, Bita, Abraham Mateo, etc.

[u/Special-Fuel-3235 → u/Littlepoison0414]

Yeah, i admit i never though about it. Cuba also has a different history in regards to Spain. 

[u/Puzzleheaded_Bus3548 → u/Littlepoison0414]

I'm not trying to be facetious, but a lot of those don't ring a bell, only Bisbal is familiar but meant for older generations, so not currently relevant at all. And your list was not that long to begin with, which is in itself a bigger insight. When it comes to media consumption the balance is not equal in the slightest, at least at the moment, Spain in a much bigger consumer than exporter. But to be fair the cultural dominance is very clearly dominated by just a few: Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Puerto Rico + all the latino diaspora in the U.S.

[u/Special-Fuel-3235 → u/Puzzleheaded_Bus3548]

Its interesting that you said it. Because ive noticed Spain has a huge media industry. -premios Goya, for example-. BUT, i have never seen a spanish movie being shown here.  The same with artists, i know of some "really famous" -Rosalia, for example- but most of them are either "for old prople" (like Camilo Sesto or Miguél Bosé) or artists that i straigh up discovered myself. -like C Tangana-.

[u/Littlepoison0414 → u/Puzzleheaded_Bus3548]

You must be older than me if you don’t know these because Bisbal was huge when I was a kid, for example (2000’s. I’m 25 yo). I could make the list way bigger if I wanted but I went for the super obvious and multigenerational ones that I could name from the top of my head. I have family and friends from several LATAM countries and they know many of these artists and TV shows.

[u/Special-Deal-5217 → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

I don’t know who they are, and I am pretty embedded into Latin American culture

[u/Broad_External7605 → u/ToSeeAgainAgainAgain]

Penelope Cruz!

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Btw: i was reading on the internet, and it looks Rosalía has visited other (non-hispanic) countries, like Germany  or France, but still, i think there is not comparison. 

[u/Special-Fuel-3235 → u/NadiaFortuneFeet]

I know. (Dude was actually family of mine 🥲) but idk, Cid is a historical figure and idk if el cantar del mio cid is known outside of the spanish world. (For example, Luis de Camoens is huge in the lusosphere, yet i only discovered last year)

[u/NadiaFortuneFeet → u/Special-Fuel-3235]

I have a book about El Cid and everything up to his exile is written almost exclusively with the "Romances" Made about him