[KineJapan] TV-drama Ashita, mama ga inai

[Peter Larson]

This sounds like a great show. I'll have to check it out.


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Saito Ayako <frannyandzoey at infoseek.jp>wrote:

> PS the most disturbing part I found in the show is that the producers,
> including the writers directors, had the child actors play those awful
> characters. It seemed to me almost child abuse. Just to watch 20 minutes
> was a torture. AS
>
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> From: frannyandzoey at infoseek.jp
> To: kinejapan at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:29:39 +0900
> Subject: Re: [KineJapan] TV-drama Ashita, mama ga inai
>
>
> Dear Eija,
>
> I saw the first 20 minutes of the first show and it was just awful (the
> situation and the dialog was too unrealistic, performance is too
> exaggerated), so I changed the channel.  All I could see was
> scandalization. I didn't see any sincere attempts to tackle the problem. I
> was appalled and found the whole premise so offensive and pretentious that
> I couldn't keep watching. When I heard the show was under serious
> criticism, I could totally understand it. I think it's one of the typical
> commercial attempts to stir up controversies but really I didn't find any
> critical mind at work in the show, and I had no intention to watch it
> again.
>
> Ayako Saito
>
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> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:10:42 +0200
> From: eija at helsinkicineaasia.fi
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: [KineJapan] TV-drama Ashita, mama ga inai
>
> Sorry to sidetrack from cinema to TV drama, but I was wondering if anyone
> living in Japan now has seen this drama titled 明日ママがいない and what are your
> thoughts on it? Seems like an interesting case of the network pulling there
> PR down because of criticism of the show.
>
>
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/01/national/trite-tv-drama-about-childrens-home-misses-a-chance-to-edify-and-entertain/#.UxLza3lq4XU
>
> Eija
>
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