Last week I watched Datin Ghairah at a friend's house on Astro First. Mental torture and abuse.
If we just take all the cliches at face value without thinking rationally about the real lives of everyday people this is what we can say about the rich as they are portrayed in the movie:
1) Orang kaya semua cakap slo-mo:
If you watch Datin Ghairah you will notice that Maria Faridah speaks super slow. As if she has been heavily sedated. And I don't have the faintest idea why. Sebab setahu saya orang kaya ni banyak bisnes (kalau mereka membuat bisnes lah seperti Datin Ghairiyah), jadi kalau banyak bisnes bererti banyak kerja yang perlu dilakukan dan segala percakapan lebih-lebih lagi di waktu business meeting adalah straight to the point and pronto-pronto-pronto sahaja. But she takes her own sweet time and you as the viewer will just have to claw yourself to the seat to stop yourself from throwing a hard object to the screen out of frustration.
But there might be several explanations for this kind of speech:
a) Lack of script to fill up the 1.5 hours of movie length. (Itu pun dah ada olahan pada skrip asal ye if you read the credits at the end of the movie)
b) Lack of intelligence for dialog memorizing hence the need to speak slowly so that the lines will come out easier.
c) Percubaan untuk mengetengahkan karektor utama sebagai seorang wanita yang cekal dan tabah serta tenang dalam menghadapi segala situasi. Beliau cukup kuat untuk menangani segala permasalahan walaupun terpaksa melakukannya seorang diri kerana suaminya telah lama meninggal dunia. Case in point: in one scene a group of bad guys tried to hijack their Hummer and kidnap her daughters. Nasib baik ada bodyguard/whackboy. Sebab drebar pun terus pengsan dan-dan tu jugak. Well anyway when she got the phone call from the bodyguard who reported about the terrible incident, all she could say was, ''A.p.a? A.d.a....o.r.a.n.g....n.a.k...c.u.l.i.k.....a.n.a.k....s.a.y.a...?...T.a.p.i...k.e.n.a.p.a....? O.h.h.h.....me.r.e.k.a...t.i.d.a.k...a.p.a-a.p.a...?...B.a.g.u.s.l.a.h....'' Without real expression. if it had been me receiving the news, being the cepat melatah that I am, I would have immediately run around in circles like a headless chicken in panic, lari setempat, kemudian panggil semua orang yang saya kenal dan bergegas ke balai polis berdekatan. Unless, of, course, I got the phone call that threatened the lives of my loved ones if I did so. In that case I'd contact the FBI. Dalam TV semua orang buat macam tu.
2) Anak orang kaya semua pakai seksi:
Dalam bilik, dalam rumah, dalam kereta semasa adegan penculikan, dalam kompleks membeli-belah, di tepi pantai, di majlis keramaian di tepi kolam renang atau di mana sahaja sekalipun, kod pakaiannya adalah spaghetti strap atau tube top atau sleeveless dress. Rasa-rasanya di Monaco pun para wanitanya tidaklah sampai sebegitu. Tapi entahlah saya tak dapat nak confirmkan hal ini kerana saya pun masih belum berjumpa dan bertemu jodoh dengan seorang lelaki kaya yang mempunyai rumah agam atau villa di Monaco untuk saya merasai kehidupan seorang rich and famous socialite.
Tapi masa kelas tuisyen pun nak pakai seksi-meksi tu buat haper? Sebab cikgu tuisyen abang Aaron ye?
3) Abang-abang polis semuanya tak pandai:
In this movie Aaron Aziz is a police officer who actually has to go undercover as a tution teacher to get closer to the Datin and her kids to solve a case. He has to teach secondary school Math to the two daughters. In one scene, he is having his class a) outside at the patio b) using a A3-sized white board (please be reminded they live in a three storey bungalow with probably 15 rooms inside) c) on the board it was only written ''2X2=4''. Eh please la. Kot iye pun boleh tak tulis formula yang panjang sikit? At least Theorem Pythogoras la. Dan para pegawai polis sekarang ni ramai yang sudah mengupgradekan diri. Ramai yang berijazah sarjana muda atau sarjana ok. Dan zaman sekarang ni bukan budak-budak sekolah sudah semakin pandai ke? Sudah belajar First Law of Thermodynamics atau advanced Calculuus sekurang-kurangnya? Ke itu bebudak MFI?
Begitulah sedikit sebanyak. Kalau tak percaya cubalah tonton di Astro First> Lepas tu kita boleh bincang semula.
Eh, aku tengah promote ke ni? Hahaha.
