But my main reason for watching dramas are the themes. I love romance desperately, and I love that a lot of dramas are about romance. That is something you don't really find in American tv (not including soap operas, which honestly I don't think compare at all with dramas).
yes, I absolutely agree.
I also think, as a non-Asian, things that would bother me in American tv are less likely to bother me in dramas because of cultural differences (for example, the way unmarried women in their thirties are portrayed).
Actually, I have given this a good thought , and yes – some of the things I would never ever accept in American TV I accept in Asian dramas, explaining it by cultural differences. But my sensitivity to clichés and stereotypes in Asian dramas seem to be rising with the years – some things I accepted easily 4 years ago but won't accept them now.
The weird thing about dramas, to me, is that they essentially were the beginning step to me changing my life around completely. I was never really interested in Asia prior to them, and now look at me! So I guess I also watched them for culture and language. I started studying Mandarin because of them, I went to Taiwan because of them, my life has utterly changed because of them. It's strange to say that, but it's true. Even though we all know the culture they show is whitewashed for the sake of the audience, they still show things that are so completely different from what we see in the west, that it's educational.
This is indeed a very good point – the same goes for me. I have always been interested in Asian cinema (as far as I can remember myself) and though my interest in the Asian cinema I have always been interested in Asia.
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yes, I absolutely agree.
I also think, as a non-Asian, things that would bother me in American tv are less likely to bother me in dramas because of cultural differences (for example, the way unmarried women in their thirties are portrayed).
Actually, I have given this a good thought , and yes – some of the things I would never ever accept in American TV I accept in Asian dramas, explaining it by cultural differences. But my sensitivity to clichés and stereotypes in Asian dramas seem to be rising with the years – some things I accepted easily 4 years ago but won't accept them now.
The weird thing about dramas, to me, is that they essentially were the beginning step to me changing my life around completely. I was never really interested in Asia prior to them, and now look at me! So I guess I also watched them for culture and language. I started studying Mandarin because of them, I went to Taiwan because of them, my life has utterly changed because of them. It's strange to say that, but it's true. Even though we all know the culture they show is whitewashed for the sake of the audience, they still show things that are so completely different from what we see in the west, that it's educational.
This is indeed a very good point – the same goes for me. I have always been interested in Asian cinema (as far as I can remember myself) and though my interest in the Asian cinema I have always been interested in Asia.