From Mr Brown (maybe should be under Smile and Laugh thread??):
Shin Min Daily News conducted a survey among 30 people to find out what they think of local Chinese drama serials.
This comes after Minister Lee Yi Shyan commented yesterday that local dramas lack depth with characters that communicate too little and fight too much.
Half of those surveyed said that they would rather watch drama serials from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
One of those surveyed, Mr Huang (age 29) pointed out that local drama serials are stale and lack fresh ideas, unlike Hong Kong dramas that always seem fresh for him.
Ms Zhou (age 24) feels that local drama serials lack originality and often copy storylines from overseas dramas. Ms Zhou points out one example of drama serial "Mrs PI", which she feels is similar to the Hong Kong drama "The Family Link" which aired in 2007.
The survey summed up eight major reasons why local audiences are turning away from local drama serials.
1. Stale and dull storylines.
2. Poor acting by the younger generation of actors.
3. A lack of originality and resemblances to Hong Kong drama serials.
4. Some actors have a poor command of Chinese.
5. Predictable storylines that lack twists and turns.
6. Poorly scripted lines.
7. Lack of good looking idols to turn drama serials into "idol dramas".
8. Slow and draggy storylines.
To these findings, Mediacorp's senior executive Chen Guo Ming states that viewership figures for local Chinese drama serials indicate that they are still very popular.
Viewership figures show that the recent nine o'clock drama serials are still attracting around 900,000 viewers every night.
The controversial drama "Love Thy Neighbour" garners an average of 920,000 viewers making it the second highest rated drama this year after police drama "C.L.I.F".Source: Shin Min Daily News, 13 October 2011
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