Why do people watch TV? They are full of mind numbing crap. Even though there are some (few) good shows, they cannot outweigh all those craps. Whenever I see someone watch TV, he is either watching the crapful sinetron or the fake live music show. I always wonder how most people can watch sinetron for more than 3 seconds without having severe migraine and the urge to brick the TV. The bad beyond belief acting itself is infuriating enough, add to that the terribly awful plot that has more holes than a fishnet and you start having murderous thoughts of which some are directed at people who tuned to the channel but mostly at the cast and especially at the pun*abis. That’s how dangerous sinetron is. It will turn you into a psychopath if you hate it or a zombie if you love it. I think getting rid of the pun*abis is a public service and anyone who does it should be awarded with Bintang Maha Putera or whatever-its-name.
Sinetron was (still is) crappy enough to turn me away from TV but then came the fake live music show. Dahsyat or busyet or whatever. The whole point of the show is… none. They just gather a crowd and put fake musicians in front of ‘em. The fake musicians would then lip-sync their crappy songs and then the crowd would go hysterical, and companies line up to buy the commercial timeslot. The result? Fake musicians and companies get the exposure they want, the crowd get to see their idols, networks get lots of commercial, everybody’s happy. Except for me. This kind of show only promotes fake musicians and singers who can’t ever perform live. Lip-syncing singers are not unusual, but lip-syncing musicians?? What happened to the Indonesian music scene that lip-syncing are tolerated and even endorsed?? I remember watching Korean TVs back in the late 90′s and early 2000′s. Most Korean performers are groups, either boyband or girlband and they dance while lip-syncing their songs. Looking at them I felt proud of Indonesian musicians who always sing live on TV. Little did I know that we would turn out that way too. And the Koreans are singing live now…
I stay away from the crap that is TV now. I have lived without it ever since university and the only time I miss it is whenever a big sports event, such as the Olympics and World Cup is being held. Other than that, I don’t miss it at all. Why would I miss crap?? And others pity me for having no TV. What an irony. I pity them for selling their soul to the pile of crap and being a slave of it.
Note: I know I use the word “crap” a lot. It was intentional. That’s how crappy I think TV has become.
well, when you have nothing else but tv for entertainment, can’t help it.
Comment by nico — April 13, 2011 @ 06:54 |
soalnya nonton tv itu hiburan yang paling gampang sit.
baca buku, nonton film bermutu, dengarkan musik — semuanya butuh “usaha”, misal mikir mau beli atau pinjam buku atau film apa, cari musik yg bagus, dll. paling ga pake usaha ya duduk di dpn tv dan nonton apapun yg disajikan kan?
soal knp bisa pasrah nonton “crap” tanpa muncul hasrat membunuh, yah… tingkat kepasrahan dan kecuekan orang berbeda2 sit
baru dgr yg fake musicians itu. maksudnya gmn? misal band tapi nyanyinya lipsync gitu? keyboard, gitar, drum nya juga pura2 main doang?
Comment by anastasia — April 13, 2011 @ 09:04 |
@nico: yes, we can. Just turn it off and go to sleep. :p
@tata: nah itu dia bu tata, TV itu bikin mati otak karena gak pake mikir. Memperbodoh bangsa!!
Kalo yang acara musik, aku gak tau sih musiknya juga pura-pura ato gak, soalnya liatnya cuman sekali-kali pas kalo makan siang di warung misalnya. Nyanyinya sih dapat dipastikan (hampir) selalu lipsync.
Comment by minhafelicidade — April 13, 2011 @ 12:41 |
despite setantron gives so many bad influences, our people still love it… we can’t neglect that
I also couldn’t think of it clearly when I saw my fam (mom and aunties) watched the setantron… they really enjoy and get the excitement from the acts and the story…
just like boys enjoy and get deep into the video game…
Comment by dzaia-bs — April 13, 2011 @ 19:22 |
because our people love drama, drama and tears..ckckckck….if the story is more unrealistic, they more love it…and they only watch and shallow the sinetron, eh setantron kalo kata jaya
btw,it’s true korean groups are indeed singing live but they always play the backtrack so loud to the point we are not sure when they are singing or mumbling the songs
Comment by qonita — April 13, 2011 @ 22:16 |