Criticism is one of those tasks which almost everyone can perform and this easy task gets easier when it comes to entertainment industry of Pakistan. A lot can be looked down upon, Humor, scripts, Poor camera work, presentation especially in terms of wardrobe selection, editing and almost everything. With the passage of time as a society we have actually become indifferent about our local entertainment media as we are too much busy with foreign electronic entertainment which is supposed to be better in every aspect and this is where a confusion starts.
There is no doubt about technical advancements which we notice in foreign presentations but this difference has never been the reason for criticism upon local media. We find our theatre and cinema vulgar (and T.V also because it broadcasts stage plays) because women dance and comedians crack jokes based upon Gender and unlawful relationships but what about western and Indian Media? Are they any different in this regard?
Let’s consider few of the popular shows on Cable these days for instance Friends, Desperate House wives, Nip N Tuck etc or consider Saturday Night Live. We watch all of these which offer any thing but what any civil society can digest. Stories based upon people living together without marriage, Humor based upon physiological elements and wardrobes suitable for this environment. In case of western media, Language keeps us from relating ourselves to that environment but what about Indian media where women look and speak like our women but go wild like western stars and they not only act but dance as well in such cloths which are not allowed for our stage performers but still these Indian and western presentations are followed and appreciated whereas similar explicit content is criticized and banned under Pakistani labels.
If something is objectionable on any grounds than those objections should also be raised upon western and Indian T.V and Films. There is a Censor board for our movies but is there any censor board for Indian and English movies? And if such movies escape from censor because these are smuggled than why are they not removed through raiding the shops?
Above mentioned arguments are not to justify shallow levels of creativity but to point out prevailing hypocrisy which exists because as a Nation we are suffering from various Inferiority complexes which probably have been developed due to living on Aid and Loans and mainly because we never really discovered our heritage and roots and just followed what others were following.
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