I agree. I hate to say it, but MOST Americans are uninformed and couldn't care less about what's going on here and haven't got a clue about the outside world.
I'm not a fan of Paltrow and Madonna disgusts me, but it is true that the average guy on the street in the UK is more interested and eager to know about news topics of the day.
Very true about the rest of the world being better educated and informed. Sadly, what she refers to as intellectual conversation is probably just as shallow. Muddy waters appearing deep to shallow people.
Kind of like all those Muslims slowly taking over the place. When a person is a foreigner living in another country, it would be natural to seek out what the native people think. If you are from there, you are not as interested because you have a grasp of what people think around you. I do not believe most Americans do not know what goes on around them. There are just more Americans than British and a lot of people living here illegally that haven't a clue.