I grew up in Japan watching and loving comedy and variety shows. I didn’t watch much of them when I lived in the states and also since becoming older and consuming more international content, I get a lot of the criticism that foreign residents have about Japanese shows (like that famous rant post about the kenmin show). But after moving back here and starting to what more Japanese tv again, I continue to love most of Matsuko shows, especially 月曜から夜更かし and マツコの知らない世界. My anecdotal evidence suggests that the international community also seems to think Matsuko is funny even if they generally don’t enjoy Japanese tv otherwise.
So am I right to think that? What are your thoughts? I get that one might need a fairly high level of conversational Japanese to fully get her sense of humor but just curious! I guess since she was on a bit of a hiatus recently and the tv options felt a bit lacking without her, I’ve just been thinking about her a bit lol
ETA: would be great to hear from Japanese people too, not just the international community!
by slammajammamama