Guess What? Muktiwibowo<\/p>\n
Elvis sang Are you lonesome tonight -- again. This time he was
\nspotted at Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center during a
\ncommemoration for the late Indonesian theater and movie director
\nArifin C. Noer last weekend.<\/p>\n
Well, actually it was Indonesian Elvis' impersonator
\nMuktiwibowo in basic Elvis garb -- a black shirt with three
\nbuttons on each cuff, a standing collar and black pants known
\nhere as cut bray.<\/p>\n
He came to the discussion to share his experience as Arifin's
\nhigh school mate in Cirebon, West Java, in the late of the 50s.
\nMuktiwibowo said that in 1958 he helped Arifin stage several
\nplays, including Anton Chekhov's The Wedding.<\/p>\n
"I assisted him with the music. At that time, we played LPs to
\nillustrate the scene. And it was my job to play the LPs,"
\nrecalled Muktiwibowo, who joked that Elvis looked like him.<\/p>\n
They previously played in a music group together.<\/p>\n
"But, we always put Arifin at the back because he couldn't
\ndance," Muktiwibowo recalled.<\/p>\n
"Later we separated because Arifin moved to Yogyakarta to
\nstudy theater, and I moved to Jakarta to specialize on Elvis,"
\nthe Elvis's impersonator who lives in a house he has dubbed
\n"Elvis Mansion" said.<\/p>\n
Today, living the legend is still his business. From one event
\nto another, Muktiwibowo keeps singing Elvis' tunes and dressing
\nlike the King. (als)<\/p>",
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