They don't just trivialize women, they trivialize India, Indian society and family. These soaps portray Indian families and society in the most exaggerated and ridiculous ways. People are shown being neurotic in their customs and beliefs, dead stupid in their trust of others or pure evil beyond belief. They completely lack sincerity and realism in their portrayals of all characters.
I won't blame the makers for it though. The problem lies in the audiences who completely lap up this nonsense and beg for more. Shows that are different or try to illustrate a point have very low ratings and cannot compete. Yash Raj's shows on Sony were refreshing and no one was trivialized in these shows. However, they were eventually canned. Even shows that start off with a good concept are forced to take ridiculous turns to appeal to soap audiences or get canned.
Originally posted by: Escapist
<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Oh no..desperate Housewives is a bit too much...it more on the sexuality side the feelings n emotions and everyone and then kissing n all...at least indian soaps are spared of those...and I'm not against kissing and all but hell I can imagine how it would be on indian telly wood...again some drama would be added to it...
Don't you think so ??
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Originally posted by: return_to_hades
They don't just trivialize women, they trivialize India, Indian society and family. These soaps portray Indian families and society in the most exaggerated and ridiculous ways. People are shown being neurotic in their customs and beliefs, dead stupid in their trust of others or pure evil beyond belief. They completely lack sincerity and realism in their portrayals of all characters.
I won't blame the makers for it though. The problem lies in the audiences who completely lap up this nonsense and beg for more. Shows that are different or try to illustrate a point have very low ratings and cannot compete. Yash Raj's shows on Sony were refreshing and no one was trivialized in these shows. However, they were eventually canned. Even shows that start off with a good concept are forced to take ridiculous turns to appeal to soap audiences or get canned.
The story lines in Desperate Housewives are ridiculous too since it is a comedy 😆
Indian TV does go to extremes too and the women are potrayed as jealous, evil and suspicious.
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