<p>Is it good to use this? I’ve read that using examples people don’t usually know about is a big plus. Is using media from Japan or India/Pakistan a good or bad idea?</p>
<p>As long as you (a) explain and develop the example, and (b) show how it proves your thesis, any kind of example is OK. There are no specific instructions to graders to give higher scores to literary/historical/foreign/unusual examples. There might be a subconscious bias towards them, but I can’t say for sure.</p>