Re: Yoshitsune (Japanese tv jidaigeki)

Marc Adler wrote:

aesthete8@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Aside from archaic terms like 'chichiue', isn't the dialog written
primarily for 21st-c. viewers?


Of course it is. Do you think the producers are stupid or something?

Well, there are varying levels of stupid. Their constant penchant for casting SMAP and other boy-band bishonen as the leads (to lure in the younger audiences) tends to be offset by the pathetic acting ability displayed by these same prettyboys -- thus earning shows derision and low ratings.

Tony


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