Continuing my journey of cultural enlightenment saw me seated in the seats of PJLA watching a standup comedy show by the 'Comedy Court' duo of Alan Pereira and Indy Nadarajah. Cultural performances have always depicted the evolving times in life of mankind. It had also helped to change the route of direction of progress of mankind.
In India, puppet shows were used to highlight the brutality of the colonists and incite the people to fight for self rule. In China, cultural performances were rendezvous for secret meetings to make plans for mutiny against the mean pompous dynasties. Hence, cultural performances are not always in praise of the Creator or in ecstasy of pleasures of love and life!
'Not Guilty' is a political satirical comedy composing of three sketches cleverly laced with song parodies. In the first segment, 'Who wants to be a Billionaire', they took jibe at a typical Chinaman bookie and the numerous loss invoking ventures by the ruling Government. The part that stuck on my mind is when the host compliments the participant (a B.K. Ma from Cheras, BK for Boo Kee@bookie!) for donning a batik shirt in the spirit of 1Malaysia to which BK cooly replies, "No-lah, just went to Genting to gamble, no time to change!" You see, in order to enter the casino, one has to be dressed in suit or batik. The true / false questions all involve government scandals!
In India, puppet shows were used to highlight the brutality of the colonists and incite the people to fight for self rule. In China, cultural performances were rendezvous for secret meetings to make plans for mutiny against the mean pompous dynasties. Hence, cultural performances are not always in praise of the Creator or in ecstasy of pleasures of love and life!
'Not Guilty' is a political satirical comedy composing of three sketches cleverly laced with song parodies. In the first segment, 'Who wants to be a Billionaire', they took jibe at a typical Chinaman bookie and the numerous loss invoking ventures by the ruling Government. The part that stuck on my mind is when the host compliments the participant (a B.K. Ma from Cheras, BK for Boo Kee@bookie!) for donning a batik shirt in the spirit of 1Malaysia to which BK cooly replies, "No-lah, just went to Genting to gamble, no time to change!" You see, in order to enter the casino, one has to be dressed in suit or batik. The true / false questions all involve government scandals!In the next segment, two lawyers (Loga and Singam - the roles that skyrocketed their success) at a bar, whining about basically everything in their lives especially the infamous Sodomy II trial.
The final sketch was the one that took the bull by the horn. It was a show of unabated bashing on the teachings of the The Obedient Wives' Club. Here, both our comedians dressed up to the nines as Malay ladies complete with head gear (tudung), baju kurung and the works to dwell into the secrets of the bedroom acts only to discover that the contended club's coordinators' husband is two timings with a new member who came to satisfy her soon to be husband! The acting was superb and I could easily identify with similar characters with similar mannerisms in our daily lives.
Interspersed between these sketches were parodies of songs like 'Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' on Bersih and its yellow Tshirt wearers; 'Old McDonald' on the NFC livestock scandal; 'Stand by Me' on their Viagra ideas.
Personally, I found the first sketch a bit draggy but Indy played a very good depiction of an everyday off the street typical Chinaman. Overall the show was rated 18SX for mature audiences with its offensive sexual innuendos (more downright, actually) and political ridicules which would make any dictator cringe. Well, it can be said that freedom of speech is very much alive and kicking as this duo have been churning this type of humor for 2 decades without any incarceration.
The final sketch was the one that took the bull by the horn. It was a show of unabated bashing on the teachings of the The Obedient Wives' Club. Here, both our comedians dressed up to the nines as Malay ladies complete with head gear (tudung), baju kurung and the works to dwell into the secrets of the bedroom acts only to discover that the contended club's coordinators' husband is two timings with a new member who came to satisfy her soon to be husband! The acting was superb and I could easily identify with similar characters with similar mannerisms in our daily lives.
Interspersed between these sketches were parodies of songs like 'Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' on Bersih and its yellow Tshirt wearers; 'Old McDonald' on the NFC livestock scandal; 'Stand by Me' on their Viagra ideas.
Personally, I found the first sketch a bit draggy but Indy played a very good depiction of an everyday off the street typical Chinaman. Overall the show was rated 18SX for mature audiences with its offensive sexual innuendos (more downright, actually) and political ridicules which would make any dictator cringe. Well, it can be said that freedom of speech is very much alive and kicking as this duo have been churning this type of humor for 2 decades without any incarceration.
it wasnt too draggy, just the first act. definitely worth much more than rm 43 !
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