Entertainment: Philippines

Do Filipinos know the early days of Philippine TV Entertainment? There are 3 stations that provide entertainment, it can be Game Shows, Noon Time Shows, Cartoons, Drama/Actions, and even News. Yes, I really love watching TV. This hobby makes me happy everyday, especially when I'm bored.

I usually watch local shows. Me and my family are only attached to one station, and it was GMA 7. Because GMA was entertaining when it comes to their shows. They are complete with their entertainment techniques, and they know what the Filipino wants/tastes in any shows. They always have new style and making new trends. Actually, I don't know more about the other stations, but all I know is, the shows of the other station are copying the style of GMA. 

Why I choose the network of GMA? Is there any connections with Korean Dramas? Besides of watching local shows, I am attracted into Korean things, like, songs and dramas.

Philippine TV, let's say the two stations, GMA and ABS-CBN, aired Korean Dramas. And that's why Filipinos now are influenced by Korean culture. The first Korean Drama I watched is Jewel in the Palace which GMA aired. That was the time I'm attached to Korean dramas.

Before I totally forget, What is Philippine Drama? What is Entertainment?

According to Wikipedia. Philippine drama (also known as teleserye , teledrama , and P-drama) is a television form of melodramatic serialized fiction. It is rooted from two words: "tele", which is short for "television," and "serye", a Tagalog term for "series" and "drama" for drama.

Entertainment is an action, event or activity that aims to entertain, amuse and interest an audience ("audience" can consist of one or more people). The audience may have a passive role, as in the case of persons watching a play or opera, a television show or a movie, or active, as in the case of a video game.

Entertainment in the Philippines has greatly gained advantage by the television and cinemas. It can be noticed that every day, there are so many people attached to their TV just to get their daily happiness of entertainment. In effect, it is clear that the everyday lives of all Filipinos are influenced by TV shows and TV personalities.

Aside from that, some Filipinos entertain themselves by watching films produced both locally and Korean. Because Philippine TV aired Korean dramas many times, directors and producers in the Philippines do their best in order to have a unique and touching film concept that will capture the hearts of many Filipinos. That's why they come up to the idea of having a Filipino version of Korean dramas.

I can say that, Korean dramas really influenced the Philippine TV to make their series popular with us. And most Filipinos are really attached to Korean culture. That is why some Philippine TV decided to have their own version of Korean dramas.

Exercise 1 - Formal Language

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As I was surfing the net to read some posts about Koreanovelas. I came across to this article on How Koreanovelas Changed My Life posted by wenasadorra. She's not a Korean, actually she's a Filipina, a pure Filipina that Korean things are included in her life now. Dae Jang Geum is the first Korean Drama she watched and her first window towards understanding Korea beyond its name. She never imagined being deeply attached to Korea and its culture through something she thought would just be her regular past time. I have seen growing interest by Filipinos toward Korean dramas.

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Posts about Koreanovelas can be read by someone while surfing the net. An article called How Koreanovelas Changed My Life which is posted by Wenasadorra. A pure Filipina that all Korean things are included with Wenasadorra. The first Koreanovela that the writer watched is Dae Jang Geum and that experience is the way towards the understanding Korean beyond its name of the writer. Being deeply attached to Korea and its culture is never imagined by Wenasadorra thought would just be her regular past time.

Koreanovelas: Can change your life

There are some simple questions I like to know:

• Does Koreanovelas change your life?
• How it was changed?

And as I looked for an answer to my questions, I came across in this article. It stated here that some Filipinos are most likely fond and attractive to Korean culture. Some of Filipinos are living in Korea, some are attracted to their culture, and some are using their products and accessories. Everything about it is part of their life now. 

Wenasadorra and Jang Geum in Minsukchon, Yongin, Korea

This article on How Koreanovelas Changed My Life posted by wenasadorra can tell some of her experience with Korean things. She's not a Korean, actually she's a Filipina, a pure Filipino that Korean things are included in her life now. Dae Jang Geum is the first Korean Drama she watched and her first window towards understanding Korea beyond its name. She never imagined being deeply attached to Korea and its culture through something she thought would just be her regular past time.

And beside the questions I asked for, these are some questions I still looking forward to have an answer.

• What if Korean Dramas will not aired on Philippine TV?
• Would you still find a way to watch it?
• Have you experienced without watching it?

Hope I'll be able to answer my questions that I'd like to know more about, for the topic I chose.

‘Still largely unfamiliar’

But the study found that “traditional Korean culture and language are still largely unfamiliar to Filipinos.” Me too, I still don't know more about Korean culture but I really love the things about it, like, Korean songs, dramas and even accessories. I could spend my money buying those pretty stuffs, I could learn to speak their language, and I could adapt their culture.

If I were to give my own conclusions on this article, most Filipinos probably can't live without the Korean things. So they intended to get into Korean things for them to adapt their culture. Some of them use/buy pretty stuffs from Korea, watch their dramas, and listen to their music. Some of Filipinos today are now attached and attracted to Koreans. They never think to be like that, thought would just be their regular past time.

See link below: 

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/109439/filipinos-attracted-to-korean-culture-k-pop-koreanovelas

Filipinos love Koreanovela

Why Korean dramas are more titillating than Filipino dramas?

What are the things or reasons why we Filipinos addicted to watching Korean Dramas? Why Korean entertainment attained a great success worldwide, especially in the Philippines? Well, I guess, getting into a Korean drama world may seem like entering into a Wonderland. A fan like me find a piece of reality in that Fantasy.

As I looked for an article about the topic I'm supposed to write, I saw this article entitled Korean dramas on Hulu: Why I'm addicted, I wonder why some people watch and become addicted to Korean soap operas. It says that at first you will hate Korean dramas until you watch it and make yourself realize that it is really fascinating not only because of the actresses and actors who plays the part/role of the character and has a catching looks but of the story that could be done in real life.

As I was surfing the net, I saw this 6 Reasons Why I love Watching Korean Dramas/Series. In this article, it says that the Filipino drama's story really happens in life and has also the same themes all over again so that the watchers is no longer interested in watching it while the Korean drama's story is rarely happens and I realized that there are simple experiences in our lives to be seen in the TV and hits our heart slowly.

Just like what the writer of the article said, "Most Korean Dramas have their stories and episodes well-planned before they start shooting. Too lengthen the episodes, I believe, rarely happens. Since there are also a few characters, viewers can easily go with the flow of the story. Unlike our local shows, there are many subplots, and when it happens, a new character comes or a character dies/disappears. The story becomes complicated and sometimes too draggy, that most of the times it lasts for a year."

I agree with this statement of the writer "So when Korean Dramas (we call it koreanovelas) are aired in the Philippines, and become a hit, local shows started shortening their air time" yes, it is true. When the Philippine TV aired some Korean dramas, the local shows become unwanted. That's why there are now a lot of Filipino people who are addicted in watching Korean dramas.

Korean Drama of Early Days

What is Korean drama? Have you asked yourself where does Korean dramas came from? What is the Cultural life and History of Korea? These are the questions that are bothering me.

I never put any attraction to Korean dramas and culture, until I get addicted watching it. Korean dramas for me came from Korea. And I don't know more about it, so I looked for an answer to my questions and I came across in this article that says everything about the Early Days of Korean Drama.

"Korean drama had its origin in the religious rites of prehistoric days. During the Shilla Kingdom (57 B. C. -935) dance movements and musical accompaniment were developed into a kind of drama called Ch'oyong." stated in the article I read.

The Ch'oyong was not a drama by the definition itself. Ch'oyong is a traditional Drum Dance of Korea. "The Drum Dance of Ch'oyong derives from the second dance of a two-dance suite that is said to have originated during the reign of King Hon'gang (r. 875-886), the forty-ninth ruler of the Silla kingdom." The dramatic elements that followed a narrative story line are included, it was also made up of a set of dramatic dances. Dancing with music has always been included in Korean classical shows of all kinds regardless of their official theme as dance or drama.

The Sandae drama of the Koryo Dynasty (918-1392) contains more defining dramatic elements than the Ch'oyong. It was performed on stage by masked actors following a script with a story and occasional spoken lines. Dances and songs dominated the play. The sandae was further developed during the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910), when it became one of the official functions of the court. Eventually, it lost royal patronage and became an entertainment for the common people. This most representative of Korean classic dramas found wide popular acceptance, as the subjugated masses of agrarian Korean society found solace in the humorous, satirical mask dramas that ridiculed the privileged class--Buddhist priests and the yangban aristocrats.

In my point of view, without the prehistoric days of Korea, or even their culture. There would never be a Korean drama created today. The old fashioned of their drum dance tradition was made up of dramatic dances, that they used to create a classic show. And they started to create a drama, that filled with emotions to touch the heart of the watchers.