Living with Lydia

Lydia and her kids have relocated to Singapore to start life anew. They must live in a house along with an unrelated man and his son. The two adults argue over everything.

LIVING WITH LYDIA is billed as Singapore's best attempt at a Hollywood sitcom. Specifically, The Brady Bunch meets The Nanny. Paper-thin plots, cardboard sets and every line is spoken in a loud shrill voice. The actors must yell to be heard over the blaring non-stop laugh track.

The one and only thing going for this show is that the teenage daughter is very cute and every episode she wears a small T-shirt and sexy short-shorts.

LIVING WITH LYDIA is a forced and exaggerated Singapore sitcom with perhaps the world's loudest laugh track. Yet, production went beyond one season and it is widely syndicated around the world. My, oh my!

Not being Asian, it wasn't until my wife started watching Living With Lydia on AZN cable that I realized just how biased television is in the US. This is actually pretty funny, although in a 70's or 80's sitcom format. That's not bad, and can be refreshing to watch a show, get a laugh, and not think about it too much.

What I really enjoy about LWL is that it depicts a modern family in Singaore that any American family can relate to, and it's all English. Consider the amazing fact that despite representing a very large portion of the US population, there has NEVER been a single US television show (comedy or drama) starring an Asian cast. Only one Hispanic show (ever). As much as I complain about Black stereotypes on TV, it wasn't until LWL that I actually realized how much an Asian presence is TOTALLY missing in the stuff pumped out of Hollywood. That is a disgrace. Too bad Lydia wasn't on US broadcast networks. I think it would actually do well for a mass audience.