The face of our TV

For years, Indonesian has accepted the prolonged unreal reality shows, the over hyperbolic so-called sinetrons that goes on for years, the dry dim-witted comedy, and the over exposed privacy raiding infotainments over the justification of public demands and rating. People believe that these kind of shows, and only these kind of shows, that Indonesian would enjoy.
For years, we unconsciously underestimates our people's intelligent by saying that our people only understand dry slapstick humor and over exaggerated stories. We continuously tell ourselves that we don't need nor want nor able to absorb entertainments with better qualities.

I say, it's time to stop using public demand as an excuse to prolong these shows with bad qualities.

It has been proven that our society is capable of smarter shows. Imported TV shows with decent qualities such as F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Heroes or Sex and The City have a decent number of fans in Indonesia. When we finally celebrated democracy by the showing of Republik Mimpi (Dream Republic), there are many who became loyal audiences and enjoy the wit and satire provided by the show. When we started to respect our identity and finally got the luxury of enjoying a smart comedy in Bajaj Bajuri, people couldn't stop talking about the show night and day.

Of course, the rating of these shows remain low, and little of them survived our TV. Than, people put the burden on the so-called uneducated. They believe that people from that part of the society don't have the capability to understand these shows, and these people are those who watch TV the most.

However, let me remind you, who created the uneducated. If we blame it only to Indonesian poor education system, than we are wrong. We learn through every aspect of life, that's why a high school graduate like Bill Gates can be so smart and successful. I believe that not only our schools and universities, but also our medias such as newspapers, TVs, or radios that educate us.

If we keep justifying these stupid shows because the uneducated like them, than it will remain so. By it, I mean the stupid shows will remain stupid and the uneducated will remain uneducated. The number of uneducated and the quality of our TV shows are mutually inclusive. One can't happen without the other. It's hard as hell to better our education system, might as well educate our people with other system. Name, media.

Say no more to stupid singing contest who sell the drama more than the singing quality. Say no more to stupid sinetrons with circling plots, bad actors, and sleazy characters. Say no more to stupid comedies who assume that our audience will only laugh if someone is physically hurt. Say no more to infotainments who talk about divorce and dating like they are the most important things in the world. Say no more to the assumption that Indonesians are stupid.


Have a good one everyone
-me

Quote of the day:
"There are only two kinds of characters in Indonesian sinetron: those who are stupid and those who are evil."
-me