Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Datin Diaries and "diaries" like it

I was all over TV channels a couple of nights ago searching for a good programme when I paused at the channel that showed Datin Diaries. As you would expect, the show displayed plenty of yelling, pointing, harsh language, eye-rolling, smirking, and no respect none-so-ever with the elderly or the husband, before it ended with credit roll superimposed on scenes of the actors and actresses dressed in white as if they were as pure as angels.

So sick!

I was saying to myself, “What the hell is wrong with these people?” My wife, who heard me, said, “You haven’t seen “Natasha” and “Sembilu Kasih”. They are all the same". The sensation that movie makers seem to enjoy producing is that of broken family and love-overules-syariah. I wonder if the same sensation is enjoyed by the Malay viewers.

Are these shows fiction? Or portrayal of the reality of today’s Malay?

Either way they shouldn’t be shown. Millions of Malays, adults and children are watching. If they are fiction, viewers will absorb the scenes and subconsciously adapt the lifestyle. If they are the reality of today’s Malay, then we are in deep trouble. No wonder the country is getting hotter and hotter. Global warning is not just caused by greenhouse gas, it can also be caused by sins.

Wallahu’alam

p/s
Heard actor Jalalludin Hassan has been conferred Datukship. And for what? For touching another woman? His wife should’ve been given more honour as she’s been “enduring” the sickening movie scenes!

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