To me this show, shows that being American is all about having family, friends, a job. Not all characters in this show are blessed with each of these. For example "Hide" has a mother that doesn't take very good care of him, but eventually he ends up moving in with "Eric's" family and soon becomes part of the family. So even if your birth family isn't part of your life, you are always part of some family, doesn't matter if your blood related or not.
This show is based on the 70's so the characters look like casual Americans, except of course, "Fez" the foreigner of the bunch. He still dresses the same as the others in the group but he doesn't look like everyone else. Besides for Fez almost everyone else featured in this show are Caucasian.
"That 70s Show's" focus is on the kids, these kids mostly sit around in "Eric's" basement, smoke marijuana, and then find different things to do around their town, regardless of the risk of trouble. "Eric's" dad "Red" is a hilarious character spending most of his time being angry at the kids and tormenting them, and calling them dumb asses, and threatening to shove his foot in foreign places.(sorry if inappropriate, but true)
They all live in a suburb in Wisconsin. That is what makes this show so interesting it's based out of the Midwest which all of us can relate to, going to school in Wisconsin or living in Wisconsin.
I am not sure what someone with no experience with the U.S. would think about this show. It may send the wrong message. This is a concept I never have thought of before. What would we think watching a french television show, would it be difficult to understand? I wonder about this but I really can't imagine what That 70s show says to someone not familiar with the U.S.
question: Have you ever seen a television show from another country? If so, how was it different from US shows, was it hard to fallow, do you think you took away a completely different message than what the show was intended for?
Hmm... can't say I've ever seen a tv show from a different country before. I don't think I would be very interested in watching one, mostly because I probably wouldn't be able to understand it. This could just be a bad assumption, but I wouldn't waste my time watching something I can't understand. I have watch movies from other cultures, or in other languages and it's hard to follow and understand what the movies are about. I don't think I concentrated long enough to understand or get the wrong message from a movie because it's too hard for me to follow and understand what's going on so I loose interest very easily!
ReplyDeleteI have seen some Japanese game shows where they put people though these ridiculous obstacles that were almost impossible to get through. When the contestant would inevitably take an epic fall the audience would laugh hysterically. It almost seemed cruel. I definitely don’t think this was the intended message but it was how it came across.
ReplyDeleteI've never watched television shows from other countries, but I saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire and that movie focused solely on Indian culture and I know many of the actors in the movie were actually from the slums of India. I didn't think it was too difficult to follow but it was in English and I had read the book and knew the story. I guess it wasn't that different from our movies. It seemed a little more amateur maybe and focused on the poor people and injustice they encountered. Many of our movies focus on rich people, but there are definitely some about the hardships of life too.
ReplyDeleteI honestly have not, but I am sure that it would be a pretty different experience for sure. I would be willing to do so. Anyone know any good shows?
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