Telenovela series

Telenovela series

From Tiras

I am surprised to learn that the members of the House of Representatives (DPR) want to stop the airing of telenovela films on the private television stations. In fact, we like to watch the films -- most of them from Mandarin and Latin America, which contain morality, romance, and humor, with fairly good acting of the film stars. Moreover, the dialogs are dubbed into Bahasa Indonesia, a language we know best. It is only a simple thing. Why are we not allowed to enjoy such a simple thing? We don't understand Mandarin or other foreign languages.

Why don't we stop import of foreign fruits? And leave telenovela films alone. Aren't our own fruits good enough to eat? We should think of making attractive film dramas which are competitive against foreign films?

Give us the chance to enjoy just a simple thing like telenovela films!

MUHTAR RISMAN

Ciamis, West Java