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 think this stuff is like 90% of the fiction programming on Indian TV. When I was growing up in the 80s, it wasn't so dominant. There were other kinds of shows like detective, law, medical etc. Sitcoms still seem to be around but look much worse.
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That's the free market for you. When you have endless bandwidth to fill, you make do with the laziest shit you can.
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wonder if there's an economic theory of this... state monopoly tv often produces better programming under some conditions...
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The alternative theory is that pre 91 Indian TV was catering to the rich or educated middle class. But now the dominant Tamil channel TV viewer is the small town housewife since the rich/educated/middle/urban class is watching Western TV. Producers are just maximizing ROI. Wdyt?
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Very interesting take. That could be true, hard to grok for people like me who don't view TV this way. Perhaps video games have a similar effect in the US. The market for a `metaverse` might be larger than I thought.
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This has actually been my theory as well, and extending even to sitcoms like Friends where really nothing happens. It’s right there in the title. Simulated friends. There’s a reason that show us huge globally.
This theory offers an explanation for why two superficially similar shows Seinfeld and Friends are different. Seinfeld is clearly a performance, while Friends is clearly far more personal.
"I love how they show that in Seinfeld" vs "I hate how Monica does this thing".
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