Frankly, I've watched a lot of Taiwanese dramas. Ask Chris (Caterpillar Killer), my mom, Joey, Sydney, KTBrooks, or anyone who I've gone to Chinese school with and they will tell you... I've made more people watch Taiwanese TV who never would have watched it than Jackie Chan has movies made. I must say, I love them.
The ones I am writing about are these: Hana Kimi, It Started With A Kiss, Fated To Love You, and SMILING PASTA (of course).
They all are very telling about Chinese society and how love is viewed. Mostly, these dramas are about how men are awesome, smart, powerful, and gifted. The women are portrayed as always needing assistance, helpless, and pretty dumb. Love that relationship, right? No wonder everyone over here really wants a boy, rather than a girl...
At any rate, here is PHOTO TIME::
Migrant workers in Nanjing:
National Palace Museum (in Taipei, Taiwan):
Me, at the American Chamber of Commerce Charity Gala (Shanghai):
Natalie!! I just saw the link to your blog on facebook and had to comment on this particular post. I wrote a paper for Fan Ke's Anthro class last year and wrote about the EXACT SAME shows!!!
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hahaha, there's nothing wrong with Smiling Pasta. When it comes to soap operas not from the United States and not involving friends Smiling Pasta > Degrassi which, in the grand scheme of things, sets Smiling Pasta pretty high on a lot of lists...
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