Malaysian TV is something else. Malaysia's a multi-cultural country - a melting pot of Malays, Chinese, Indians, Indonesians, Philippinos and smatterings of all sorts. The UK is fairly similar. However here, on RTM (Malaysia's BBC equivalent), there are programmes such as the news and children's TV in all of the languages and not always subtitles in Malay. It rankles with the Malays: this is Malaysia, not China or India.
Then there are the soaps. I thought you couldn't get much worse than Emmerdale or Coronation Street...
The overuse of slow-mo zoom0in face shots at 'dramatic' moments, the awful soundtrack, the generally appalling acting, and lots and lots of crying. Always crying. That's before you get into the incredible plot-lines.
A favourite here on the lodge is Bakekang (Philippino). General summary: Bakekang (B) ('ugly' lady) lives in the slums and has illegitimate twins Kristal (K) and Charming (C). K is beautiful, C is 'ugly'. To deal with financial crisis B sells C to an evil lady who treats her like a slave. K on the other hand gets into the TV industry where she competes with Lorraine and her bitch mother Valeria. This is the setting for the drama... It's frustratingly addictive.
In Philippino TV they only employ beautiful actors so if they need to cast someone as 'ugly', they slap on a big nose and false teeth!
Another TV oddity: It's completely normal on a primetime music show for not only the band and backing vocalists, but also the star singer to sing from sheet music on a music stand.
My personal favourite: shampoo ads featuring fully veiled muslim girls as the stars...
Then there are the soaps. I thought you couldn't get much worse than Emmerdale or Coronation Street...
The overuse of slow-mo zoom0in face shots at 'dramatic' moments, the awful soundtrack, the generally appalling acting, and lots and lots of crying. Always crying. That's before you get into the incredible plot-lines.
A favourite here on the lodge is Bakekang (Philippino). General summary: Bakekang (B) ('ugly' lady) lives in the slums and has illegitimate twins Kristal (K) and Charming (C). K is beautiful, C is 'ugly'. To deal with financial crisis B sells C to an evil lady who treats her like a slave. K on the other hand gets into the TV industry where she competes with Lorraine and her bitch mother Valeria. This is the setting for the drama... It's frustratingly addictive.
In Philippino TV they only employ beautiful actors so if they need to cast someone as 'ugly', they slap on a big nose and false teeth!
Another TV oddity: It's completely normal on a primetime music show for not only the band and backing vocalists, but also the star singer to sing from sheet music on a music stand.
My personal favourite: shampoo ads featuring fully veiled muslim girls as the stars...
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