The best shows ever……

And the idea is about either you are telling or showing

Many undeniably different things occur to say to compare our TV series to US TV series that you probably know yourself. Some say that the idea lays in either you tell the story or show the story. Let’s see what is going on with this. But just to put on the attention, it is not about things from US or from Indonesia but it is about good shows and not very good shows served on TV.

Let’s start from our DRAMA TV series that so-called sinetron. Well I guess I shall not mention the titles in case I make some offensive opinion come up (hell I don’t wanna deal with Hotman Paris SH). Just we can see that they (sinetron) have the same pattern or plot of the story. It will tell about one nice stupid poor little girl loves one good rich handsome guy, with one little b*tch who loves him too. With all nasty manipulation, cruelty and anger beyond normal (nearly demon) followed, the b*tch becomes the shadow of relationship built by the poor little princess and that rich handsome prince. I mean, c’mon people it totally sucks! The story, the characters! Besides, instead of showing their emotions and what is happening, they tell them through the monologue that is dumb. They express anger with nasty facial expression like they widen their eyes, smile in cruel way that is OMG disgusting. Maybe they think that we (the audience) are not smart enough to catch what they mean. So they have the obligation to extremely clearly tell their emotion and the plot in that nasty way. Oh please….

And see what I can tell from US TV series. You are treated as a real watcher that will understand the story, emotion, scene in the show. They just put one little touch to express or to show what every character feels and what the story is about, but it’s there and we (watchers) are able to catch it. They play with facial expression but they turn off the exaggerating mode. Just with one little touch they make everything remarkable. And that’s showing is all about.

Maybe our sinetron makers ought to learn a lot more to make a good show. And if they change (to be good), I and you also will put our time to watch and maybe to be proud of our sinetron. Won’t us?

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers is the recent book I have finished reading (several weeks ago, actually). It is going to be nice to have some talks about it. Well, it tells about Morel’s family, about how they grew up (with all the problems included). Tells about the first time Walter Morel met a woman who later became his wife. It tells about the marriage that was sweet at first few months then sacrificing at the rest of the time, though they could work on it somehow. And it is told that they had three sons; William, Paul, and Arthur and one daughter Annie. To read this book means to follow the story of the family.

D. H. Lawrence successfully described the emotional experience amongst the members of family especially the mother and the sons, how they cope with the feeling matters amongst them. Lawrence vividly portrayed the intense feeling between the mother and her sons that somehow is savere, something like deep sadness and affection, all at once. The term of such unique affectionate intimacy of relationship is called Oedipus Complex (say thanks to Mr. Freud for that). No, I ain’t explain this unique feeling deeply (I ain’t acting like a phsycology student). It is just based on what I read before this, it leads to what Mr. Freud stated. And maybe those things are the attraction that makes me keep turning pages of the book.

After all, if you guys find yourself belong to feelers, I reckon this book to enrich your emtional experience. And for those who are thinkers maybe it can make you little more sensitive hehehehehe. Well, here, I am just trying to say that this book is worth reading, classic but still it is.