imron Posted October 28, 2012 at 10:40 AM Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 at 10:40 AM After Flying Pigeon's post in this thread, I started watching a few episodes of《谁在说》which can probably best be summed up as 'the Ricki Lake show with Chinese characteristics'. A small sample of episodes includes: Grown siblings squabbling over future inheritence Families that divorce but then continue living in the same house and the trouble it causes A young couple abducting their own child from each other to deprive the other parent of custody Parents trying to break up young couples in love Overall it can actually be quite fun (and sometimes moving) to watch, and great for picking up all sorts of useful everyday phrases and vocab. Definitely worth a look if you're looking for a TV show that you can just jump in and out of at anytime (i.e. no need to sit down and watch 40 episodes). It's mostly all subtitled, but some of the speech can be quite heated and fast, so it's probably not a good choice as a first attempt at watching native material. Anyway, it gets a thumbs up from me, and thanks Flying Pigeon for putting me on to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count_zero Posted October 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM That is one cheap-ass programme! Looks useful though. Heated arguments are always a lot more interesting to study than Dongdong and Jingjing talking about Peking opera masks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted October 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM It looks to be very useful for real, colloquial speech. This is how real people speak, and this is what they talk about. But I'm not a fan of talk shows like this. Perhaps some episodes are more interesting than the one I caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 29, 2012 at 12:29 PM Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 12:29 PM Which one did you watch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted October 29, 2012 at 01:58 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 01:58 PM The one where three daughters-in-law are fighting over mother-in-law's will. Lots of bla bla about who signed what, when, and whether it was notarized, and who gets 3/4, and who gets 1/4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 29, 2012 at 03:39 PM Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 03:39 PM That one got a bit better at the end when the elderly mother was reunited with her son that she hadn't seen for 4 years because his wife had forbidden him from visiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted October 29, 2012 at 07:19 PM Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 07:19 PM This is a great show. I've watched 2 episodes of the "Parents trying to break up young couples in love". Currently watching the final one. These issues are very relevant to current Chinese society. I find this show a bit easier than 锵锵三人行. It's probably in the same level as 非诚勿扰 but with more depth. Thanks imron for the thread. Letv has all the episodes: http://so.letv.com/variety/52286.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 29, 2012 at 10:02 PM Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 at 10:02 PM That episode started out well, but I found it didn't really have a satisfactory conclusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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