Canadian Asian comedy...what do you guys think?
https://youtu.be/LXnd8Q7ksOw?t=80
What do you guys think? :)
Now I know what a Ddong Chim is.
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man, this show has potential. too bad it is Canadian produced. such a small market that this show will go no where fast. sad really!
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Lots of Canadian shows make the move from Canadian broadcasters to American broadcasters. Flashpoint CBS, Rookie Blue ABC, Motive ABC, Orphan Black BBC America, etc. Even though the majority of them air in the summer as fillers, some exposure is still some exposure.
I really really like this show. I'm a huge fan of comedy. I used to be a huge fan of MADTV for its offensive humour and was saddened when it's reincarnation was so PC that I didn't laugh and just found the show unwatchable. Kim's Convenience brings back some of that offensive slightly-racist humour that pushes the envelope.
yea, thanks for the heads up btw, I am Canadian, but never heard of the other show.
I am also like MADTV for its outrageous jokes. Politically Correctness has ruined most comedians and most comedies. it seems these days the only way to venture out of the PC is either become like HBO or Netflix, where censorship is non existent or minimal.
PC is the child of censorship and I hate censorship with a vengeance.
Never? CBC shows ads of Kim's Convenience (like ads on YouTube) whilst other shows are running. This was actually how I got into the series.
shareIt got the attention of NBC News.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/kim-s-convenience-canada-s-first-asian-sitcom-family-finds-n684466
It feels a lot like Corner Gas and the comedy is great although none of the members have spoke Korean so far like the grandma does in FotB. Comparing KC to FotB, I definitely prefer KC.
sharethey have spoken Korean and they can speak Korean, except for the Chinese dude that plays the son.
Too bad they didn't get a complete Korean casting.
Pretty much all of the time it's in English, rarely do they speak in their own language which is a touch KC's missing from the point of a family of immigrants. Yeah, some parents who're immigrants decided to not teach their child their own language (this alienates them when they'd visit their and their parents country) though that doesn't apply to the majority.
shareactually, I finally watched more of the show and found a lot of Korean being spoken. especially, when the cousin visits. btw, the Grandma speaking Mandarin on Fresh off the Boat is kinda strange and out of place most of the times.
But yes the new generation of Bananas growing up in the western world faces alienation not only from the whites, but from their own cultures, which is quite sad.
Don't know if you are Korean or Chinese, but I speak both Mandarin and Korean, which is quite useful especially in international business.
They rarely speak Korean in KM, but with newer generations it's 'normal' that they teach their kids the current language they're residents in.
But yes the new generation of Bananas
The what generation? Bananas?
alienation not only from the whites
They basically face alienation from anyone because if they can't speak the two languages then they can't communicate. I'll tell you a story:
I was in Portugal a few months ago as I'm Portuguese and visited a Chinese store, when I couldn't find the item I wanted I asked the employees and none of them could speak Portuguese. I then tried to communicate with them in Spanish and English and they didn't know either of the two. The couple had a kid but he only knew Chinese so.. yeah.
Left the store pretty disappointed by how terrible the customer service was.
If I could describe their level of knowing the language then it'd be "basic" at the very least but that's just not sufficient when running a shop.
Don't know if you are Korean or Chinese, but I speak both Mandarin and Korean, which is quite useful especially in international business.
No, but I wish I'd have learned Japanese in my younger years as it's a very fascinating language due to Japanese animation, films, the country and all.
Nowadays, kids in the west learn two languages: The one they learn at school and the one they're taught by their parents of origin. Times surely could change for the better by making kids learn more than two. share