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" John Lydon has said that the US version of Skins is not as good as the UK original. The Public Image Ltd frontman presented the &amp;#039;Best TV Show&amp;#039; gong to the E4 drama at last night&amp;#039;s Shockwave NME Awards. Lydon told NME: &amp;quot;It was alright to meet Skins, I&amp;#039;m really pleased it did [win] because I&amp;#039;ve seen the uproar created in America. The American version is really naff and yet there&amp;#039;s this huge outcry. &amp;quot;It seems to be almost political now that anything from the Brits is going to be offensive, rude and vile. It really isn&amp;#039;t, it&amp;#039;s reality.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;But then again the English kids act it so much better. There really is a difference. Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept. &amp;quot;Something went wrong there. But I like the English show, I do. It&amp;#039;s like Emmerdale Farms (sic) on ecstasy, it&amp;#039;s totally alright.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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