what with the global koreanovela
craze, I decided that I might be better off watching Chinese dramas with subtitles since i might pick up more of the nuances of the story if i understand a bit of what the actors are saying instead of relying totally on subtitles.
I noticed that most modern chinese telenovelas would portray a rich successful Chinese guy owning a super large group of companies. Usually there would be an ” office entrance scene” where the lead actor would enter the corporate office, it would usually be a big shiny building and there would be at least a dozen suited up “greeters” , at least half a dozen ” special secretaries” who will be either following him or waiting for him.
I never really bothered much thinking about it and just enjoyed whatever telenovela I’d be watching. Sure I found it funny but chalked it up as a cultural thing. I’m used to watching American tv shows and movies and it just wasnt what I was used to.
So Im now watching a chinese telenovela entitled “Our Love”, it gets the job done of destressing me from work. So as usual, 1/4 into the episodes, I see the “offic entrance scene” and it suddenly clicked! I wonder why I never thought of it before!
Going back to Chinese History, China was for years and hundreds of years always been under an emperor. then the short Republic before the Cultural Revolution/ Communism.
I guess the years and years of being having emperors and all those pomp and circumstance is ingrained in Chinese culture.
In the portrayal of the successful man with all the poseys, the chinese subliminally goes back in time where the emperors ruled the country.
I see it now in every episode of whatever Chinese drama i am watching. How some rich grand dame would just suddenly slap the help and act as if its acceptable, how in every fight and back stabbing, it is always just a “misunderstanding”, how the masses act helpless and the rich act as lords.
It goes back to the backstabbing in the harems ( or maybe i watch too much cdramas!), the helplessness of the peasant class and the power of the ruling class. I really dont know the current chinese society so this is just my opinion!
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