This week I watched season one episode 4 of the Netflix original Go! Live your way. It is a show based in Argentina about Mia, who got a scholarship to go to a boarding school for the arts. I would like to describe it as your basic teen show, but with more singing. My high…
Month: March 2021
Shtisel: A look at a culture different from my own
I recently watched the show Shtisel on Netflix. The show is about a family in Israel and their life. The show highlights the life of an average Israeli citizen, and it opened my eyes to the cultural difference between the U.S. (my home country) and Israel. for starters their food was a lot different from…
Paradise Corner
I found a show called Paradise Corner on YouTube. I watched the first episode and used English subtitles because of the Russian language in the show. The main character, Vera, found herself a new job in a mansion, however, her real job was looking for a lost friend who once worked there. While watching Paradise…
Sakura Quest
For this week’s blog post, I watched an episode of Sakura Quest. Sakura Quest is a Japanese Anime. It follows the story of five girls who work in tourism in the small town of Manoyama. Manoyama is a real place in Japan, filled with farms and mountains. The main character starts out in the busy…
Subtitles: Watching Chinese Drama
This week I watched an episode of Chinese Drama on youtube. The Chinese Drama was called Boss Let Me go. In this drama I noticed many things that stood out to me that are different then shows we are used to or culturally used to. The cultural aspect that stood out most to me is…
Mariposa De Barrio
Mariposa De Barrio is a Netflix series that follows the life of Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera. I have watched this show before with my roommate and have fallen in love with it. My favorite part of watching the show is that it gives me a chance to pick up on the Spanish language. Jenni Rivera…
Cultural Aspects of a Russian TV Show
I watched the first episode of the Russian Tv Show which is a crime drama called Fury. I watched the episode on YouTube with English subtitles. The show’s cultural aspects are it is a crime drama that takes place in a typical Russian city. The main character is a cop that is portrayed as a…
Subtitles
This week I watched an episode of a show in Spanish called “Extra”. The seemed to be a sitcom seeming inspired, in my opinion, by the American show “Three’s Company”. I didn’t see too many differences in culture in this show. I did notice that the characters in the idealized Americans. The two main female…
Post 6 – Subtitles
I had quite the cultural experience after watching the Spanish sitcom “Extra” . The show revolves around 20-something year old girls, Lola and Anna, who share a flat in Spain. They have a neighbor named Pablo who is very much interested in Lola, while she only finds him to be a nuisance to her day….
Under the Riccione Sun
Have you ever watched a television show or movie that was not in English or your first main language? This week I watched an Italian movie off Netflix. I was able to add the subtitles in to be able to better understand what is going on. I suggest you give it a try! I didn’t…