Local Media

Was really busy the past few weeks, inspiration to blog kinda died of after awhile, but i got fresh inspiration off facebook!Alright here goes....

I used to watch local drama a lot, then we would call them the 7pm or 9pm shows and discuss about the characters and plot. I grew up, found greater interest in sci fi, liked english less and advertisements less too.

Hello people, I didnt say local media suck, their genre just didnt appeal to me.

Lets explore a few reasons why mediacorp do what they do:
1)Singapore Population : 5 million

See, with such a small domestic market,it is hard to have so many different things going on at once, everyone would most probably stick to a few channels. Hence most likely you get the normal drama shows, where its more heartfelt cause it appeals to most people.

2)Talent Pool

Lets face it people, you said it yourself, u are sick of every malay citizen winning the singapore idol etc,etc. I actually dare say that singapore actually is more talented then most country, why? More hardworking( or pushed), more competitive envrionment, u get the best brought out in you.Small country = lesser people = naturally smaller talent pool.

3) Singapore focus

In the past, singapore had to develop itself, hence it put a lot of emphasize on technical education, so that people can work in industrial areas, those people are our parents, they learnt it the hard way, study hard, good job = stable living, this thinking exists till today. I am under that influence too, maybe a few well to do parents have their kids learn piano, but if the kid were to pursue piano as a career, how many would agree?

4) Our expectation, comparison

Every artist, went thru critism, they handle it and come up better then they were.Lets see what u compare people with, Local artists with INERNATIONAL Artists, Local Football with EURO football, you see the the HUGE contrast ladies and gentlemen? yes thats what our aspring atheletes and artists have to face everyday, the good old singaporean critism.

No, im not asking u people to support the local media, I still dont plan on watch local drama. Im just warning those of the next big thing, people said singapore didnt make it, we become one of the most competitive country, and as you can see, we are one hell of a competitive state, i actually think we want to win in EVERYTHING, so let the art schools build up, and see how things goes, dont say i didnt warn you guys :)