SBS’s “You Who Came From the Stars” has been gathering attention even after ending last month.
On America’s weekly newspaper, the Washington Post, the issue released on the 8th of March featured an article about the drama on the first page, titled “Chinese officials debate why China can’t make a soap opera as good as South Korea’s”.
In the article, it mentioned several problems China had been facing with government corruption and economic slowdowns, yet the highest topic of interest seemed to be “You Who Came From the Stars”.
It also mentioned how the fried chicken industry had shown a sharp increase in sales due to a particular scene in the drama, to the point that a pregnant woman in China had craved fried chicken and beer quite frequently late at night.
This article made it on to the first page of the Washington Post due to the fact that it addressed one of China’s weaknesses: despite that China was the biggest country in Asia, and despite that it’s culture was the root of many Asian countries, why couldn’t China produce such successful dramas like Korea, or animations like Japan?
It was reported that this huge popularity of other cultures’ media has hurt China’s pride and have put them in a potentially risky situation.
You can read the Washington Post article here.
Source: Yonhap News
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