The Ulterior Motives

Ever wonder why most of Indonesian people suck in creating innovation? Well, wonder no more as I reveal the reasons why Indonesian are lacking creativity. Here are the reasons why:

If you see in the local television, you’ll discover how large sinetron title quantities with zero quality. This sinetrons copy the story of another drama from the other countries such as Japan or Korea. Here are some lists:

1. Siapa takut Jatuh Cinta (SCTV) –> copied from Meteor Garden –> Taiwan Drama
2. Demi Cinta –> copied from Endless Love –> Korean Drama
3. Liontin (RCTI) –> copied from Glass Shoes –> Korean Drama
4. Cincin (RCTI) –> copied from Beautiful Days –> Korean Drama
5. Pelangi di matamu 1 –> copied from Hoshi no Kinka –> Japanese Drama
6. Pelangi di matamu 2 –> copied from Kamisama mou Sukoshi Dake –> Japanese Drama
7. Ciuman pertama –> copied from Itazura na Kiss –> Japanese Drama
8. Jangan pisahkan aku –> copied from Endless Love –> Korean Drama
9. Cinta sejati –> copied from Stairway To Heaven
10. Atas nama Cinta –> copied from Stairway To Heaven
11. Cinta 100 Hari –> copied from 100 day with Mr. Arrogant –> Korean Drama
12. Istri untuk suamiku –> copied from Chori Chori Chupke Chupke –> Indian Drama
13. Buku Harian Nayla –> copied from One Litre of Tears –> Japanese Drama
14. Benci Bilang Cinta –> copied from Princess Hours –> Japanese Drama
15. Penyihir Cinta –> copied from Magician of Love –> Taiwan Drama

Not only that, now there are TV medias who broadcast the same typical story with other TV medias but with different titles.

Most of these titles are religious sinetron type where the most typical story is about a bad guy, messing up with other people, got ill with an uninidentified disease (usually skin disease so we disgust him more), and die afterwards. Or a good guy, bullied by other people, raise his hands to the sky asking "Why the fuck do you torture me, God?", and then the bad people become good because of the good guy’s nature will.

Still not enough? Well, now we got TV shows which are adopted from other countries. Fear Factor, Super Deal, Famili 100, and much more.

Nowadays, Indonesian horror movie adopted a Japanese girl onryo (Japanese term for vengeful ghost). Usually it has long black hair with white long dress. But what the hell, America also copied ghost stories from Japan recently.

However, I’m not saying that all Indonesian media are plagiating. There are also some media that try their best to present an orginal masterpiece such as Nagabonar Jadi 2 or Soe Hok Gie. Let’s give a round applause for the genius producers and directors who can make this happen. *Clap**Clap**Clap*

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