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Originally Posted by Columbine
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.
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It sounds like for you the problem is not that the American dramas are too realistic and gritty, but you are looking for something more uplifting, which your television stations are not programming.