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I'm guessing s/he's desperately seeking attention, so s/he's definitely getting it.

Love Like the Galaxy

If you're an anti-Chinese racist:


Modern White men in long capes flying around defying gravity....AWESOME, DUDE!!!!

Ancient Chinese men in long wigs flying around defying gravity...EEEW!!!

Unfortunately, not everyone can "get" everything.

Western cultural imperialism is the gift that keeps giving!

Oh, by the way...funny coincidence! My three-year-old niece said "eeew" (and made that same vomiting emoji face) just the other day because she saw something new & different that her still developing toddler brain didn't apprehend. So my sister (her mother) immediately let her know that what she did "wasn't nice!" My niece then quickly switched to a sad, pouting facial expression and uttered: "sowwee mommee!"

If a three-year-old toddler mind can develop a conscience, empathy and remorse, there may be hope for the colonizing mind yet...

CDL's role in TTEOTM was relatively well-written. The fact that a lot of the audience hated her (character) so much shows her great talent and potential.

Chen DuLing is giving a masterclass in acting!

Thank you!

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As far as what you know, apparently, isn't nearly as much as you think it is.

I am not a girl. I could be a genius though.

If you meant non-Bollywood South Asia, you should've said so.

Only 1/15th or not, Bollywood is the predominant entertainment industry in India and South Asia.

Per the constitution of India, Hindi is one of two official languages (with the other being English).

Irrelevant. Culturally speaking, Hong Kong (not to mention, Taiwan) is, has been and will be Chinese.

Feel free to point out these "contradictions."

1997.

Through the 1990s and into the turn of the 21st century, Hong Kong was #1 in Asian tv dramas.

After that, it was Taiwan...and then, South Korea.

In the 1990s through the early 2000s, plenty of Westerners saw Chinese cinema in high-brow art houses. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would be a classic example. And since when does China, unlike South Korea, need Western validation for anything?

You're talking about a particular genre in a particular context, so it's best not to generalize too much.

If Bollywood is as famous as you say it is, then why does South Asia have to "step up?"

Hong Kong is part of China.

By "always," you mean this generation.

During the Republican Era (between the World Wars), China had the most influential and successful film industry in Asia when the Korean peninsula was still a Japanese colony.

Up through the 1990s, Hong Kong (TVB) led the way with Asian tv dramas.

You're suffering from recency bias by comparing the Chinese and (South) Korean entertainment industries this way. It's only a matter of time before Chinese popular culture rises to the top again.

But, with bingeing, you wouldn't have the shared experience of watching the ongoing drama at the same time as (mostly) everyone else and discussing it with them.