¨Let's call the whole thing off¨ is a lovely and funny song written in 1937 by George and Ira Gershwin for the fill call Shall We Dance and it is presented by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a roller skates dance.
I found this song very related to culture, because it is about a couple from different countries who spoke the same language but with varieties in pronunciation for some words. In a very lovely and funny way they expressed their misunderstandings while they were hanging around. A good example of this misunderstanding is in one of the refrains which says: (So, if you go for oysters and I go for oysters. I'll order oysters and cancel the oysters). In here, they were pronouncing the word ¨oysters¨ in different ways, so as a result they did not know they were referring to the same word.
They also showed how a couple case already closed get some troubles trying to understand each other. If you are able to see the film, or at least listening to the song, you will notice that Ginger was upset for those differences, and Fred was complaining about as well, but always trying to let those differences behind and keep their relationship working.
As soon as I heard this song, a remembered the movie The White Masaiour that our culture professor once brought for us, because I found it very related to culture relationships, as well. And what totally caught my attention from it was how funny it is and the lovely way they did it.
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