The wonders of the world... Dramas that end!
WARNING!!!
This may get a little sappy, because the subject of this entry is TV Drama, and why it is so lame...
I don't mean just the "As the World Turns" standard stuff. I mean most of it. And why we are being left behind. I think.
As I desperatly try to keep a hold on what little Japanese I have learned, I come up with the following idea. I already watch anime, and i have taken lessons in Japanese. I should watch the anime with the Japanese audio and use the english subtitles to help teach myself the language bit by bit, until I can take another formal class!
The idea sounds like it has merit. And i remember what little Japanese I have learned, but another discovery came accross from an unexpected angle.
Their idea of a soap opera is way better than ours, cause they have ENDINGS!!!
Yes people, not just in the Far East, but apparently, most soap operas and TV Dramas of foreign soil actually stop after 1 or 2 seasons. They end it and start another one!!! This is bloody brilliant!!!
Think of it, no more endless backstabbing, returns from the dead, and full season dreams. No more overextending sorry plots just to get to the season finale and starting some other absurd idea. Just end the frikin show!!
As an arts major, i feel its my duty to say this. If we are pumping out such sorry directors, writers, and screenplaywrights that we have to keep our current stories going indefinately for fear we may actually have to depend on fresh ideas, ill give my freakin Arts degree back. If we can afford to pay 54 bucks for a new game every year like we do for most sports games, shouldn't our cable fees go towards more creative and fresh content?
How many times do we have to force the housewives and Mr. Moms of america to watch this crap before we realize that will spill over into our kids, then they will think thats what america wants, cause they were exposed to that nonsence so early in life when they were at home. Let that crazy bitch drive of the pier and stay dead. A month down the road, make a new show, and give that same woman another role! She gets another paycheck, we get something fresh, and the world is a better place.
It can be done, Ive seen my share of Japanese Drama now to know it could be done. Ive seen the same actor in 4 different dramas now. He does a good job. He can play more than one role. If he can do it, why cant our actors? Or are we going to outsource those jobs too?
AAh, crap, im done.
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posted by Xenocore at
8:23 PM
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Man. Still with the too-many-newlines thing. WTF? Why I gotta scroll so much?
Anyways - it's not that people are being forced to watch it. You, like I, are capable of reasoning and independent thought. But, do yourself a favor and give up on 99% of humanity, because in general they are worthless cattle. Remember - Wizard's First Rule - People are stupid. They believe what they want to believe.
They are led to watch shit, to consume, and they willingly follow. They are comfortable in their little lives, being spoonfed ethics and morality from shows like Law and Order or the West Wing. Or getting mouthfuls of pseudo-science from equally atrocious crap like CSI. They don't want to be exposed to anything new, because that would be different and scary.
Do you know what I think is partially responsible for this?
The institutionalization that we are all subject to under the American public school system.
It may seem crazy, but the book that link points to makes sense to me on so many levels.
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