Just the other day, my friend commented that during her midnight viewing of 'The Man of Steel', way too many toddlers were among the audience. Toddlers and midnight screening does not go hand in hand. Well, in Bolehland, everything goes 'hand in hand', 'hand in glove', 'ear to ear' and 'close one eye'!
Isn't midnight way past their bedtime?
Then you have a widescreen public announcement of putting the tone of the mobile phone in silent mode courtesy of Malaysia's favourite reason for obesity, KFC. Just five minutes into the movie, a joker would talking at the top of his voice about his whereabouts to his caller after an equally irritating ringtone of 'Gangnam Style'.
A typical scene in a philharmonic orchestra performance of international stature in the heart of KL... As the audience are cradled into bliss of cultural immersion, somewhere in the hall, an earth shattering techno music ring tone would shatter the serenity and the owner of the phone would rush out of the hall as if he is out to defuse a time bomb!
This similar scenario was seen in a charity dinner that I attended over the weekend. It was a modest Chinese 10 course dinner held in a modest hall with loads of history attached to the building. It was a precolonial building which had been refurbished recently and was a novel site to hold such an event. The catering was given to a small restaurant out-of-town in keeping with their cost cutting agenda and the idea to promote SMEs. Many of the performers were doing their bit of community service by performing pro bono.
The entertainment was wholesome -performances by inmates of the charity home, famous singers and 2 stand-up comedians.
This is where the ugly side of Malaysian manifest. Perhaps, ugly is too strong a word. Ignorance, aloofness, lack of foresight or lackadaisical would be more appropriate. At the outset, the organizers had promoted Kumar as the main attraction of the event. Kumar, a well known stand-up drag queen comedienne, is famous for her X-rated below the belt jokes, was belting away with her 18+ lewd jokes. And you were wondering about in the empty space in the front of podium? Toddlers! So much so that the performer in her own jovial way told the crowd to lock up the kids!
Isn't midnight way past their bedtime?
Then you have a widescreen public announcement of putting the tone of the mobile phone in silent mode courtesy of Malaysia's favourite reason for obesity, KFC. Just five minutes into the movie, a joker would talking at the top of his voice about his whereabouts to his caller after an equally irritating ringtone of 'Gangnam Style'.
A typical scene in a philharmonic orchestra performance of international stature in the heart of KL... As the audience are cradled into bliss of cultural immersion, somewhere in the hall, an earth shattering techno music ring tone would shatter the serenity and the owner of the phone would rush out of the hall as if he is out to defuse a time bomb!
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The entertainment was wholesome -performances by inmates of the charity home, famous singers and 2 stand-up comedians.
This is where the ugly side of Malaysian manifest. Perhaps, ugly is too strong a word. Ignorance, aloofness, lack of foresight or lackadaisical would be more appropriate. At the outset, the organizers had promoted Kumar as the main attraction of the event. Kumar, a well known stand-up drag queen comedienne, is famous for her X-rated below the belt jokes, was belting away with her 18+ lewd jokes. And you were wondering about in the empty space in the front of podium? Toddlers! So much so that the performer in her own jovial way told the crowd to lock up the kids!
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