"Danny Wilde" <fuzakenbo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cuoqoe$69n$1@ml.accsnet.ne.jp...
> > They do make more money than I do, so if they're stupid, at least they
are
> > getting well-paid for it.
>
> So it's jealousy?

Jealousy?
That ain't working. That's the way you do it. Get your money for nothing and
your chicks for free.

> I agree that most of the programmes are trivial, and I don't know exactly
> why Japanese people like them so much, but even highly educated and very
> intelligent Japanese people like those programmes.

Intelligence and education are not proof against stupidity.

> TV shows in Japan are made under cutthroat competition for ratings by
> commercial television stations and the performers are very highly paid.

They can be quite clever at achieving their goal, which is getting you to
watch the commercials. Often in this group you'll hear people saying, "I
just spent an hour watching the stupidest show ever." That's exactly what
the TV execs want to hear, except they want to hear "I just spent THREE
hours..."

> such a TV show themselves. Also I wonder if they really understand
> everything that is said, or what Japanese people enjoy about the
programmes.

Often when we can't imagine ourselves doing a given thing, we doubt other
people are capable of it as well.

> I wonder what Japanese think of things like situation comedies, almost
> unheard of in Japan. If you think about the plot lines of something like
> "Frasier" or "Friends" seriously, they are actually very far-fetched.

The last American sitcom I enjoyed was Cheers, before Dianne left the show.

> there would be some Japanese saying how stupid our TV shows are. (Another
> mystery about Japanese people is why they don't like newsgroups.

Japanese generally have a different style of interacting with the Interweb
thingy than gaikoku. You'll find lots more Japanese posters on the bulletin
boards.


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Ryan Ginstrom
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