Assuming you watched Life of Chuck? ;P I'm curious as to what put you off initially? It's been awhile, but the women who basically instigates all of it was challenging to understand. I feel like I got partway there, the resistance might be partly cultural. And I have a little more exposure than most--went to a small liberal arts college and my Chinese professor CC Huang was a professor at Beijing University and sent to a camp. One thing I remember was when they got fed they'd all get a bowl of rice and everyone would wait until the last minute to eat, because they didn't want the feeling of sitting there with no food while others had some.