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Not surprising. I'm from Germany and all my mother watches these days are Korean dramas on Netflix. She tells me that, in contrast to Western productions, the
by davidkuennen 3y ago
Not surprising.
I'm from Germany and all my mother watches these days are Korean dramas on Netflix.
She tells me that, in contrast to Western productions, they show more feelings and are less "cold" when interacting with each other.
- yamtaddle 3y agoMy wife watches these, especially the historical dramas (which are often some variety of portal fantasy). > She tells me that, in contrast to Western productions, they show more feelings and are less "cold" when interacting with each other. This reads as pretty extreme over-acting, to me. Think, the very most over-the-top acting from '40s and '50s US film musicals. But, how much your actors should be acting and how much they should be ACTING! is a matter of taste, I suppose.
- davidkuennen 3y agoIt certainly is a matter of taste and I agree on the over-acting part.
- stevenwoo 3y agoMy small sampling of Kdramas informs my opinion that most directors instruct villains to overact, with the worst offenders being Japanese favorable characters in historical periods of Japanese occupation of Korean peninsula ala Mr. Sunshine, Bridal Mask where when a character has a heel turn or heel-hero turn and changes acting style immediately.
- tooltalk 3y agosampling bias.
- npsomaratna 3y agoTHERE CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH BRIAN BLESSED!
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThe historical dramas are typically called costume dramas. I’m kind of burned out on Chinese costume dramas, especially Empress of China after the CCP took out the cleavage. These days I prefer the Japanese indie rom coms when on a trans pacific flight with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and American options available. They just feel less produced and more authentic than the Korean rom coms (but of course, they are produced to be like that).
- second_brekkie 3y agoAhah I'm British and it's all my mum watches too. Shes a gentle soul and there are some very genteel K-Drama that don't include sex, violence, rude jokes or dark themes. Which is quite hard to find in UK and American programmes these days.
- davidkuennen 3y agoYes, that's it. They just want some feel-good stuff to watch and I fully support that. :-)
- rayiner 3y agoI love watching Korean and Scandinavian stuff on Netflix. American stuff moves way too fast for me in terms of pacing.
- wgerard 3y agoHah, that’s funny because the German netflix series are some of my favorites! Dark, Babylon, How to sell drugs online, and 1899 (RIP) are all fantastic series.
- sho_hn 3y agoWhat shows like Dark and a good Korean drama have in common is that unlike many Western shows, they don't run past their prime and outstay their welcome. Korean dramas by default are 16-20 eps and end there, and if they're done well, stick the landing and provide a satisfying ending to a complete, pre-planned narrative arc, which Dark also managed to pull off. No Lost syndrome there.
- FalconSensei 3y ago> a good Korean drama have in common [...] they don't run past their prime and outstay their welcome For me, it doesn't feel like it though. I got tired of k-dramas (and I usually watch the 16 episode ones, instead of 20), because it feels that around the 12~13 episode mark they throw in an unnecessary twist or something, just to get to the 16 episode mark. I do feel like they would be miles better if they usually aimed for 12~14
- epolanski 3y agoGive a shot to Deutschland 1983, still one of my favorite shows. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4445154/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4445154/
- bhupy 3y agoAdditionally, I've found that they're a bit less risqué than Western productions and that creates broad appeal. Crash Landing on You was a heartwarming (and cheesy) story told in a very "PG" way. It not only appealed to me, my wife, and our friends, it appealed to my modest Indian in-laws.
- tpm 3y agosame for Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha or Our Blues
- epolanski 3y ago> they show more feelings and are less "cold" when interacting with each other May I speculate that asian cultures are simply more prone to that due to their languages and possibly culture? Anime content may look stereotyped in some sense, but I've interacted with enough Japanese citizens to know that they emphasize a lot the emotional aspect in their verbal (through tones) and non-verbal communication.