You know, there seems to be this trend on Malaysian television. For some reason, Malaysian movie(or series)-makers seem to think that whiny-voiced gay (and here I mean homosexual, because "gay" has another meaning that most people seem to have forgotten) guys are funny.
I wonder why, actually. I myself find these portrayals exaggerated and really annoying...and unlike any actual Malaysian (or gay guy) I have come across before. (and aren't they insulting as well?)
In which series did I see this? There was Alvin Wong's character in Mr. Siao's Mandarin Class, and more recently another character in the Crossings series (played by Xavier Fong).
I think that this is how some Malaysians are trying to show that they are "open" to the gay culture. But I doubt that it's the right way...
Anyone else has thoughts on this?
(Oh...and the most recent episode of Crossings had several transvestites prowling the streets. I thought they'd be arrested if they were to do so openly in KL?)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
You live in KL, drive casually at night in Chow Kit or Jalan Pahang area, you will find those pondans in business in the dark. Lurking at your car, to find out whether you're a lady or man. If the latter, they'll approach you for the service. It happens in real KL, ya know. It kinda scary being in these streets.
ReplyDeleteAnd whiny-voiced men do exist. Even in my institut. You might think it's exagerated, but that's the fact. It's not a candy to the eyes, I tell you. it's even disturbing and you feel like rolling your eyes at their back.
But what to do ? *holding to "individual differences"thoughts*
Well, not being in KL, I guess I "missed" these whiny-voiced men. Not that I have anything against them if they prefer to do that (or if their voices are naturally high), but I think that doing that in TV shows would still be insulting. Not all gays have whiny voices...
ReplyDeleteBut those "pondans in business", do they go around in the daytime? That's what happened in the TV show, and that surprised me because I thought I had read newspaper articles about transvestites being arrested... (or was because they were doing something else illegal?)