Before I first met non-Chinese Asians, I had no idea how influential Chinese historical dramas are in the region. Not to exaggerate or sound too nationalistic, but a significant number of Asians I've met have watched Chinese historical dramas. Nowadays on Youtube, one can usually find dubs/subs in Vietnamese, Thai, Khmer, and sometimes Korean, Hmong, Japanese etc. for Chinese historical dramas. But very seldomly Tagalog.
I find it interesting that the Philippines is different in this respect among ASEAN countries. Is the Philippines too Westernized for Chinese historical dramas? For example, John Woo's 2009 movie "Red Cliff" is shown in all East & SE Asian countries in two parts -- except for the Philippines. In the Philippines it is shown as one part like in Europe. Also, a simple wikipedia search for the most popular Chinese drama reveals:
Again, one glaring omission among ASEAN countries. Can someone explain? I'm just curious.
PS: After some digging, found this, LOL:
I find it interesting that the Philippines is different in this respect among ASEAN countries. Is the Philippines too Westernized for Chinese historical dramas? For example, John Woo's 2009 movie "Red Cliff" is shown in all East & SE Asian countries in two parts -- except for the Philippines. In the Philippines it is shown as one part like in Europe. Also, a simple wikipedia search for the most popular Chinese drama reveals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Pearl
It is popular in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and even Thailand.
It is popular in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and even Thailand.
PS: After some digging, found this, LOL:
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