There's just something more special about K-dramas than Pinoy dramas. What do you think is the reason? | via philstarlife
South Korea also has funding from the government and the private sector. In the Philippines most of the funding for movies comes from private pockets. Once it was the studios – LVN, Sampaguita, Premier Productions. But those ran into labor problems and closed. Now we don’t seem to be doing so well. I try to catch some local series but often after about 20 minutes I shift because I’m bored.
I think maybe it’s time for us to look for scriptwriters who know what the Filipino really is. What heavy influences formed our culture—Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, American? What are the concrete signs of these influences on us? How religious are we? Once we were heavily Catholic, thanks to Spain. What introduced Iglesia ni Kristo? How does our system of beliefs weave into our lives? What are our morals? Our deference to the rich, the leadership, those we consider superior no matter how wrong.
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