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Every time I visit India, my parents are watching a new Tamil soap that looks exactly the same as the previous one afaict. It's always a story about an extended family that stands around saying apparently shocking things to each other, eliciting dramatic reaction shots.
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I can follow along just well enough to tell that it's always utterly tedious interpersonal drama and intrigue among people who apparently have no real lives.
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These things go on for hundreds of episodes, but air multiple times a week, so they wrap in a few years. Cheap to produce. You just need a house and a bunch of people capable of overacting and over-reacting. Occasional slaps and shit.
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Hindi is the same, but I'm glad they don't watch Hindi ones because I'd understand too well to be able to tune it out. Tamil is just tough enough for me if I turn on my computer it turns into background noise.
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Similar to Mexican telenovelas I think, though from what little I've sampled, those tend to have more sex and violence. I've also watched some Korean, and those are the only ones I've actually liked. I think because they tend to be workplace-based.
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I will watch a Korean series next - “It’s OK if you’re not OK” but I saw half the first episode and it’s quite intense in a good way, and am working through a US sitcom/romcom series, on Netflix, and have to finish that first. … +
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I’m learning that in romcoms the guy who likes romcoms and is sensitive is always hiding some selfish traits and is never good enough for the leading lady. The real deal seems to be a guy that is like the Marlboro Man without the cigs.
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