Danny Wilde wrote:
> 
> "Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message 
> news:4210A33D.E98CA565@yahoo.co.jp...
> 
>> ... ask why people would argue against
>> the existence of stupidity in Japanese programming.
> 
> 
> Actually I don't understand what people mean when they say a TV 
> programme is "stupid" or talk about "the existence of stupidity in 
> Japanese programming". Indiscriminate application of the word "stupid" 
> to Japanese television shows a limited articulacy and perhaps indicates 
> much more about the  intellectual level of the people applying it than 
> the programmes they are commenting on.
> 
> Do the people who label TV programmes as "stupid" mean the contents are 
> trivial, or banal, or that only a limited amount of intellectual effort 
> is required to understand them? Or do they mean that the people who make 
> the programme are incompetent, or inadequate? Do they mean that the 
> programme is boring? Do they mean that the TV programmes don't deal with 
> any serious issues, that they're too lightweight? Do they mean that the 
> programme is factually incorrect? Do they mean that watching the 
> programme is a waste of time, because the programme is so lacking in 
> entertainment? Do they mean that the performers on Japanese TV are 
> stupid? If so, who is stupid and why? Do they mean that the programmes 
> are fake? Which programmes, and why do they believe this? Or do they 
> mean the programmes are made with a different cultural perspective, or a 
> different sense of humour, than their own, and thus are "stupid"? Do 
> they find the programmes repetitive, uninspired, formulaic?
> 
> Let's all try to say something more articulate than "Japanese TV is 
> stupid", in case we who rashly label the entire output of Japanese TV as 
> such, end up looking far more stupid than the thing we're seeking to 
> criticise.
> 
> Bye for now.
> 

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