Tavia said -
One thing I wonder is if there's a difference between UK and Europe here. I'm supremely unknowledgeable in this area, but I've seen a lot of European films which are incredibly visual and fairly low on dialogue.
oops yes, you are absolutely right. It was reflex to lump Britain in with Europe on this, just because I tend to on everything, but in fact I guess the traditions are quite different, in terms of film. TV I don't really know.
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Alison wrote: [ that British TV was possibly dialogue-heavy because of the theatrical tradition. ]
I'd put it down to BBC Radio, myself. As JMS wrote, if you can listen to a TV programme from the other room, and still know what's going on, that's not TV, that's radio. I'm sure theatre relies heavily on the visual, too, if only from the actors' body language and expressions.
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