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Originally Posted by Nyororin
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.
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Mmm, that's true. A lot of the ones I hear raved about (by non-japanese people) are adaptions of manga/anime as well, which is pretty much why they're raving.
I think I'm at the stage where I can pick up when the Japanese is cheesy and unnatural, and to me bad acting is pretty bad wherever, but yeah, that must either fly right over the heads or else be very easily forgiven by of a lot of viewers. I seem to have avoided the worst of it so far I think...
Having said that sometimes I watch things exactly -because- they are cheesy and plot-stupid like how some people watch endless reruns of Friends. Like if I work friday night, I know it's going to be full of angry drunks and it's going to suck big time. I could come home and watch whatever's on TV to chill out, but it's likely to be a depressing documentary, a screechy reality show or an equally morbid cop show, which just isn't what i want really. So I watch some Jdrama about dogs or a farm or high school sports or something and yes the whole show might be -incredibly- dorky and ham-acted but that's exactly what cheers me up.