Comment by BlueTemplar

3 months ago

Friends is great, but still pretty advanced as English learning goes, with fast speech, and lots of slang and US/90s specific references.

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djtango  3 months ago

I guess so but it also has slower lines too especially for comedic delivery. The cultural references are good (now dated because Friends is 20-30 years old) because after learning a language, cultural references are next when it comes to fully being able to converse

throwawayq3423  3 months ago

But it's also highly visual. I forget where I saw it, but someone showed people an episode of Friends without any audio, and they could still understand the plot based on the overly dramatized physical communication.

  • djtango  3 months ago

    I'm not surprised. It's extremely accessible in ways I wouldn't necessarily find engaging anymore given my very scarce time for watching media but that kind of accessibility is perfect for a show in a desired second language

    • throwawayq3423  3 months ago

      Also the humor is very...basic. My theory is a show like Seinfeld with it's double and triple meanings didn't get popular abroad, but Friends and How I met Your Mother did.

      I think the simplicity of the humor is the reason.