Indian dramas
It's one am, Ana reaches for the controller to turn off the TV when a random Indian drama episode number 73852 comes on. Ana sits right back down...
Despite the awful plots, overly done makeup and closeups accompanied by ear bleeding music, I continue to torture myself by religiously occasionally watching Indian dramas. Either they are depressing to the extreme or full of people hating each other. Almost always, there's a sub-plot to make sure the couple in love don't end up together.
Yet, they are so damn addictive. I find myself hurrying to the internet each time a new drama airs on SET (India's popular Hindi television station broadcast from the UK) to make sure I don't miss out on any of the episodes, even though I have a good feeling how the story will come together at the end. The sad thing is, they never really do... end I mean and that only fuels my curiosity.
My latest addiction has been a show called Kuch Toh Log Kahenge (direct translation: People will say something). I haven't watched it since I arrived in cow-town and as soon as I got net access, what did I do? After checking my updates and responding to my Facebook buddies, I'm streaming Kuch Toh Log Kahenge. Sadly, Mar doesn't share my same enthusiasm for these ridiculously cliched soap operas. The following conversation will tell you why.
Mar: Why is it that in these Indian dramas the parents want their daughter to marry like the richest person they can think of but when she falls in love with a DOCTOR on her own (who might be a maximum of six years older than her) it's a problem?!? She's not a child, btw.She has her own career and is grown up. But they still complain about her being with someone too old for her... wtf?!?!? And so a manipulative aunt forces her to come clean with her father about their relationship... cause god forbid they take their time to actually figure out if it's going to work.
Me (excitedly): OMG! You're watching that ONE! It's so popular that mom, dad and I watch it all the time. You should have seen the episode where he asked her out for lunch. *snicker*
Mar (sarcastic): Not LUCH!!!! 0_0
Me: LOL. I love how you analyzed the whole thing in like minutes.
Mar: OMG! He's out for her virginity... Literally under ten minutes. It would have been faster, but there were about six minutes of ominous music and close ups.
Me: The closeups are Oscar worthy in Bollywood, ya know. Are they trying to break them up?
Mar: No. They're forcing her to tell her dad, who will obviously force them to marry. If it's not about breaking them up, it's about forcing marriage. Holy Hell.
Me: Oscar worthy plot.
Mar: LOL. Obviously. Marrying older men should only be decided by every other family member who has nothing to do with the relationship.
Me: Gosh, Mar. Don't you know anything about the Indian marriage dynamic?
Mar: I'm outta here.
Me: Goes back to the net surfing for the episodes I missed. -_-