[sdiy] Real cause of DIY death

[jbv]

Harry,

> LOL time to go WayOT   ;^P
>
> I do not completely agree with your take on the
> ethnic / foreign channels.
>
> They exist mostly to serve those who have those
> ethnic / foreign backgrounds and are living in
> a foreign (to them) country).
>
> For those viewers, ethno-centricity is EXACTLY
> the point.

Yes, you're right : most "ethnic folks" (I REALLY HATE
that word) are very ethno-centric, but nevertheless I
don't see any reason why we shouldn't have a look
at those programs to try to understand their way of
thinking the world they live in...
Besides, those programs aren't only limlited to news
from home : they also feature sophisticated comments
on international events, featuring different point of
views than those on CNN or ABC...
It's also often interesting to learn how those "ethnic"
folks view other cultures including your own : for
instance, a few months ago, on a french channel,
there were excerpts of a program from a TV channel
from Israel covering recent anti-semitic violences in
western Europe, and it was very "surprising" : it
looked like Jews were at war with the rest of the
population...

>
>
> Its only for brave souls (and few) who can try to
> mine the information from them.  I will admit that
> it is a rare Indian movie that I can watch (unless it
> is subtitled or dubbed, most aren't).
>
> On the music front it IS different... as a 'universal
> language' almost anyone could benefit...
>
> But in most cases, the ethnic folks are just watching
> old reruns, just like everyone else. YAWN....

so what ? what might be an old rerun for them can also
be a novelty for you, if you never saw that movie before...
I once traveled in Morocco and the local TV was playing
old egyptian movies featuring Farid El-Atrach... It was
awesome... And frankly, I don't mind watching reruns
of movies by Preminger, Von Stroheim, Fritz Lang,
Godard, etc etc

JB