ArniA:
My honest opinion about cdrama is, it could probably become very popular across the world, but it's growth and development is stunted and prevented by Chinese government policies. You see this in pretty much every aspect of cdrama.
I don't watch contemporary cdrama, because there's too much of propaganda, but historical cdrama is much better, which is probably why majority of the popular cdrama globally are historical.
I often wonder, what Chinese culture would look like if not for regulations and such.
Korea has a similar culture, but (South Korea) has much more creative freedoms. Just that small difference means that S-Korea (50 million people) is much larger globally in entertainment than 1400 million people are.
So, I imagine what would China be capable of if the freedoms were the same as in S-Korea.
Well, the censorship thing has been mentioned a lot of times since we conducted this survey. I agree with you that there is propaganda in contemporary cdramas for it is indeed important for the government to show what they want the people to know. However, I do think in recent years there are realistic dramas coming out regarding the country or focusing on normal families, which to some extent demonstrate Chinese culture. I am also wondering what Cdramas would be like without too many restrictions since there is a long way before we get there.
ShotaSidePart:
1. Which country do you come from?
United States
2. Why do you like watching C-dramas?
They make the best historical dramas; beautiful designs (sets and costumes) and amazing story-telling
3. What genres of C-dramas do you like?
Historicals
4. What are your favorite C-dramas? (no more than 3)
The Untamed, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms, Nirvana in Fire
5. What aspect do you think C-dramas can improve?
Remove the ban on all lgbtq+ dramas (HUGE lover of the bl genre)
6. Does it change your opinions towards China after watching C-dramas? And if yes, could you specify the changes?
Not really. I can separate the issues going on with China ie their policies and the arts they produce. If anything, I just do not watch their dramas as much as other countries.
I feel like openly talking about LGBT is still like a tatoo in our society. We do have activists advocating for more attention but for most Chinese who are rather conservative, they simply cannot accept these special sexual preferences (i do not mean to offend). So our views towards this polarize. Maybe the thousand-year history of banning this kind of "abnormal" sexual orientation affects Chinese deeply and some people just don't want to admit being abnormal and cannot understand themselves. I guess the socially wide acceptance comes from more people's accepting themselves.
MTH123:
OCHAIRISH, when is your survey going to be closed? I really think you should post a request for surveys on Chinese-forums.com. kisskh forums are very new by comparison, so they aren't as active. Chinese-forums.com is a more active forum and a great place to go for almost anything Westerner's are looking for, related to China. The people there are much more helpful than anywhere else, too. So, you should get many helpful responses there.
it could be tomorrow or the day after it actually and we are already writing the closing summary. We have received responses from other platforms too but I have to admit that they are not as helpful as the comments we got here, so maybe we are not going to post this survey on Chinese-forums.com. However, for personal interests, we group members do want to start some kind of discussion there after successfully closing this project. (it is really a pity that we got to know this website this late.)
However, for personal interests, we group members do want to start some kind of discussion there after successfully closing this project. (it is really a pity that we got to know this website this late.)OCHAIRISH:
I really hope you and your group go there! :) You've probably already seen that it covers a wide range of topics related to China. As far as I can tell, it's the best and most active forum for this.
