Asian dramas are getting popular these days; lots of people from different nationalities are watching it. From the title, by "other people", I mean non-asians. Don't get me wrong, I'm no racist. But, it just grinds my beans when I see a insulting comment that shouldn't be there. For example, on crunchyroll, I read a comment of this caucasian girl criticizing Ariel Lin on ISWAK..like she's ugly or "she can't act" (btw I knew she was caucasian because of the picture she posted on her profile) I know we can post any kind of comment we want on youtube and stuff, but that's the kind of thing that ticks me off!! It's another reason why I hate English subtitles and people uploading series on youtube.. Because youtube is free and with english subtitles, anyone can watch it! Sorry, it’s just me ranting my rage in this thread. I've got a couple of friends who feels this way too... In fact, let me tell you what happened in my class. There were these two Vietnamese girls yelling "YEAH! KOREAN DRAMAS ROCK!! KOREAN GUYS ARE SOO HOTT!!" and this Korean guy in my class heard them and he sounded really offended when he exclamed, "What?!??! now Vietnamese people are watching MY country's things?!?!?" So yeah, what’s your opinion on "other people" watching asian dramas? great? bad? don't care? Feel that I'm just another selfish and racist jerk? I want to know your opinion because I feel that I'm not the only one!!! If I am alone on this one, then I'll really feel like a racist jerk!!
I think everyone is entitled to watch what they want and if they watch another countries dramas, good for them at least they have the broad mindedness to check out another counties culture, instead of being ignorant and still making comments everyone is entitled to their opinions in the end, so if people have something to say against or for the dramas, its up to them, i can say western actors are ugly and suck too or that hollywood movies suck or that western actresses are hot, its up to me in the end
I mean it's fine that other ethnicity are watching Asian dramas and movies. You should be happy that our culture are getting the attention it is getting right now. But I do agree that sometimes it annoy me when I see people on the street with Asian things on them, I feel like most of the people are doing that just because its the trend.
I don't care and...we also watch movies and series from the States and other countries, so what gives us the right to think caucasians have no right to watch the Asian dramas?
I agree with Taxloss. The whole point of making a drama series is to sell as many as possible world wide right? Plus, we also insult actors and actresses from other places, in our own way. But if they didn't like it, they shouldn't buy it and watch it.
it's normal for other people to watch other dramas...eg i love to watch japanese, korean, thai drama...nothing wrong right? in fact we should be glad that other people are interested in local dramas... more people watch it means it's definitely a good news for producers... i think the korean guy is just plain selfish lol...
honestly i do have an opinon about it i think it's freaking harlarious it makes them look like "wannabe fobs" HA HA HA sorry i have a few friends that are like that and over the years it's kinda well, makes me look down at them cause this girl i know, she's OBSESSED about japan to a point she tries to correct american born japanese people about facts about japan or correct their pronouncation or if (any of her japanese born friends) say something, than it must be the truth to the end of the earth, and whatever they like/love she loves too, even when she doesn't know what it is to the point one day she's like "Aiya" and i said to her, "dont say that, your not chinese" she's like "so, japanese people say it too" and i'm screaming in my head "YOUR NOT JAPANESE EITHER"
hahaha i have no problem that the people are watching asian dramas. Thats one thing but when they start acting like they know everything about the place and correcting others... thats when i get a little ticked off. You could say they are wannabes but stil...
Just because there are a few ignorant ones out there doesn't mean that we should say no, they can't watch our shows. Agree with dim8sum and taxloss. Some of us watch western shows and give our own comments like we know about their culture and all. So what? They didn't make a big fuss about it. We should be open-minded and broad-minded as them. If they can accept criticism as well, I don't see why we can't. I say the OP should just relax and don't take it to heart so much. Anyone and everyone has the right to make comments, and if he or she is going to care about some stupid comments made by anyone or everyone, then that would be very stressful to him/her.
lol no problem at all, look at the korean box office, transformers rules it lols so yea i don't care. just like music i listen to music of tons of culture and i don't even understand most of them so what lols, i think everyone has the right to give their opinions on entertainment cause entertainment is kind of a universal thing, that's why subtitles are so popular these days lols. To the OP if you don't like their reviews and criticism don't take it cause if those affect your perspective and opinion on the shows or whatever that means you probably don't understand the shows yourself.
it's ur thinking that causes more ignorance in this world. there is nothing wrong with ppl watching something that is not of their race. if u believe like that, then u should not watch anything on tv because that is made for white ppl to watch. freaking piss me off. instead of complaining about it, look at the bright side of it. ppl are recognizing and gaining interests in ur culture. if anything it helps to give a better understanding into someone else's life. as for the white girl commenting on ariel lin, that's her opinion. i'm sure she's not the only person (white, black, yellow, red, orange) that thinks ariel lin is ugly. for the same amount of ppl that like a celebrity, about double dislike them. i'm sure there are white actors that u dislike as well.
My my, we have a few ignorant one here don't we. I love watching different types of dramas and movies from all around the world. Should I stop watching movies with subtitles because these people feel so offended with their language being translated to foreigners like me, I don't think so. People could watch whatever they want to watch. And if your so offended with English subtitles, stop typing in English kiddo.
lol, don't want to provoke lee-lee on a bad day, no, no,no, especially in the rant forums lols. remember that thread had to be closed the other day lols -whistle
hey! i am a nice girl! i just can't tolerate dumbassess, idiots and morons. i only yell at ppl when it is needed. somebody has to knock some sense into them.
some people are just eased to answer in their own opinion. Like dim8sum taxloss and babyrain, we are all human and we are bound by our own minds. We all have different wills and different ways of thinking. Some people are just narrow minded and some aren't. Think about how many others like you are are out there angry about the criticism. Don't feel bad about feeling this way, you most likely arent the only one. Instead, learn how to accept others and understand your place in society. Maybe you can change the ways of what other people may think. Go ahead, there are so many possibilities.
