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Originally Posted by Columbine
Something that's occurred to me though, is that probably people enjoy asian dramas because they can cherry pick out the ones that are actually good. If you can do that even with western TV, suddenly the whole lot seems much better. Nyororin, conversely, just gets whatever is actually on TV right then, which I imagine involves a lot of pap.
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I think it is a combination of this and of not actually understanding the language. If you don`t know the language, you only get a translation done by someone at the bottom of the screen, so you don`t get the full force of the corny lines and pitiful acting. Some of the dramas I have heard praised like mad outside of Japan are ones that have the absolute poorest acting - which totally ruins whatever story they might have.
I guess if you`re only reading the story, you don`t have it ruined by people who sound like they`re reading from a card just off camera and who are in every other drama and on every other television show doing the exact same crappy acting.