Drama vs. Melodrama

[Deleted member 93348]

I can’t really differentiate the two that well, but here’s how I see it:

Drama: Bob and Jill fight over text messages. Bob slams the door outside, starts the car, and Jill restrains herself from throwing a picture frame. Jill sits on the dining table, alone. They don’t talk for a week but still do their jobs. Then, they sit together in the living room at dawn. The kids wake up and hug both in bed. Tune in next episode.

Melodrama: Bob and Jill fight over text messages. Jill slaps Bob, and he throws the picture frame only to miss. Their screams worsen enough to awake the kids, and they hear regrets about marriage and resenting God. They see two cars revving outside.

Bob tailgates Jill past the speed limit, and a truck gets in the way. Bob screams her name, running outside in the rain. Police sirens drown the area, and he screams in tears while cradling her in his arms. Cue the credits rolling with Coldplay’s The Scientist.

The fact that I needed two paragraphs for the melodrama story is kinda telling. It could possibly work if given more context. Maybe these wackos have legit reasons to go past the speed limit, but still. If you wanna tug more heartstrings, at least make them feel human.

What do you think?

 

[JayDirex]

Drama vs Melodrama

In a drama, the conflict a character faces is realistic. The conflict arises through a logical and reasonable series of events.

In a Melodrama, conflicts are exaggerated and intensified to elicit stronger emotional responses from the audience.

Drama: my mom is in the hospital and I don't know how I'm going to pay these bills.

Melodrama: OMG, if i don't buy a birthday present for Ken then I know he'll never ever look at me again in third period. Oh boo hoo ?

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Damn...so that freakin' afternoon drama in one of our channels is melodrama.

Or are the writers just being stupid?

 

[JayDirex]

Damn...so that freakin' afternoon drama in one of our channels is melodrama.

Or are the writers just being stupid?

Mom, no!!!!

Technically this is drama but we all know this fails the believability scale.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Mom, no!!!!

Technically this is drama but we all know this fails the believability scale.

Yeah, if you want drama memes, you can check out our afternoon dramas.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Drama = Philippines. Melodrama = USA.

 

[Deleted member 93348]

Damn...so that freakin' afternoon drama in one of our channels is melodrama.

Or are the writers just being stupid?

Teleseryes have this weird magic where some can write coherent drama with real stakes, and even an amazing climax. But all others just copy the “family fued” trope without doing anything with it. Funny that my nation already has its own Family Feud gameshow, but that’s at least a bit more entertaining.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Teleseryes have this weird magic where some can write coherent drama with real stakes, and even an amazing climax. But all others just copy the “family fued” trope without doing anything with it. Funny that my nation already has its own Family Feud gameshow, but that’s at least a bit more entertaining.

Eh, Philippine teleseryes are famous for being mediocre, since everything happens in a day (just an exaggeration, but the idea is everything goes too fast that quality is always thrown out the window).

 

[Deleted member 93348]

Eh, Philippine teleseryes are famous for being mediocre, since the everything happens in a day (just an exaggeration, but the idea is everything goes too fast that quality is always thrown out the window).

Yup, pretty much. Also, I realized that BL-esque shows exist here, lol. One of the more recent ones follows every yaoi trope in existence page-by-page. It’s interesting in the accuracy department, but kinda unimaginative. Still, I’m surprised they got all the tropes right.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Yup, pretty much. Also, I realized that BL-esque shows exist here, lol. One of the more recent ones follows every yaoi trope in existence page-by-page. It’s interesting in the accuracy department, but kinda unimaginative. Still, I’m surprised they got all the tropes right.

Well, many of the writers employed by networks here are members of the LGBT. The only reason that we see less lesbian/yuri-esque shows is because of the audience (mostly moms and 30-ish ladies).

HS/College ladies often consume Korean shows, even those in the Class D-E.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Drama = Philippines. Melodrama = USA.

Drama = Philippines, Satire = USA, Melodrama = Europe

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Satire = USA

 

[SakeVision]

melodrama is drama's more flamboyant, artistically inclined sibling whom no one in the family takes seriously

 

[RepresentingCaution]

"Corny" comes to mind when I think of melodrama.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

For me, 'Murica is a carricature of the entirety of the western capitalist tradition

 

[NobleTalon]

LMAO

 

[TheEldritchGod]

Maximillian Melodramatic.
Ah... the classics.

 

[SakeVision]

Drama: my mom is in the hospital and I don't know how I'm going to pay these bills.

Melodrama: Ep 999 #Coma

My mom is in the hospital and I can't afford her bills. Suddenly, just as I'm working alone on a night shift at the gas station, I get a call that she's in cardiac arrest. Worried, I drop my job and run to the hospital. Upon arrival, I learn that mom is now in coma. Suddenly, my aunt arrives, and face slapps me, blaming me for not paying for mom's treatment earlier.

Just as I'm recovering from this shock, I get a call from my boss. While I was away, the gas station was robbed. Twice. The boss wants to fire me now.
Suddenly, mom wakes up from the coma, and convinces the boss not to fire me. I have a tearful reunion. Mom asks me about red mark on my face, and I tell her aunt slapped me. Mom starts arguing with the aunt, and bitchslaps her. Then aunt bitchslaps mom in retaliation. Mom falls in coma again.

At the end of the day, my mom is still in the hospital, and I still can't afford her bills.