have you ever been inspired by kuwaiti TV show or a movie?

have you ever been inspired by kuwaiti TV show or a movie?

Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Musaed in Short Articles, media

think about it, we watch a lot of western movies about fantasy, about a dream come true, about real life figure, about not losing hope, about national pride… and many more, the idea here is to inspire people, to make them go beyond what they can, to plant the desire to achieve. you watch a movie like “applo 13″ and you feel so proud to be an engineer, you watch “thurteen days” and you want to be a politician, the team spirit which you find in “remember the titans” make you want to work with others, and of course beating all the impossible odds in “Rocky”.

my point here is not just list some of my favorite movies, but to reflect this on what we see in our Kuwaiti work. you see when I watch Kuwaiti production, all I see is crying, yelling, screaming, fighting, stealing, dying, cheating, drinking, whoring, drugs, bastards, devoice… you get the idea, nothing to aspire to. quite the opposite, you feel so depressed and crushed after its all over.
some might argue that these are real issues going on in Kuwaiti society, but is that all? there are tons of issues in the western society, but they still prise the good.
Kuwaiti production content with 30 seconds TV ads that suppose to inspire and motivate people, well thats good, but not good enough. we do have great stories to tell, and I’m not talking about an interview with someone to tell them, but a full a production. we do respond to a good work and a good story, we want to be inspire to be better, to build this country again, to be number 1 again. to achieve again, to have a pride again.
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  1. Ali Al-Ali

    28. Jan, 2009

    Hello,

    The good thing about our TV shows that it’s make most of the kuwaiti’s move on to check others TV shows like for e.x:(lost , Prison Break).

    Ali

  2. 1337

    28. Jan, 2009

    Musaed,
    first i wanna say hello, and how you doin’?

    second, you are comparing TV soap opera to Hollywood movies… there’s absolutely no Comparison

    third, yes i agree with you, it’s like repetitive subjects in our soap opera.. and that’s really sad. It makes me feel that we live in Las Vegas or Hong Kong, and it’s really effects kuwait citizens’ reputation.

    overall, really interesting subject, and i think you should present a Podcast about this matter( if you haven’t already, im still listening through the episodes)

    - 1337q8.

  3. Um Manaf

    28. Jan, 2009

    i felt national pride when i watched saif il 3arab lol .. o 9a7 kalamik bes mu ghal6atkom el sharha 3ala ili etab3ooon lana fe wayed ;)

  4. Um Manaf

    28. Jan, 2009

    ghal6atkom = ghal6at’hom ;p

  5. Deera Chat Family

    28. Jan, 2009

    Ali:
    i totally agree

    1337:
    with regard to your second point, im arguing the subject matter on which we based our productions on, in that prospective, it does not matter if it is a soap opera or a movie. but i totally agree that it does make you feel like you are living in a trashy place, which is not true

    Um Manaf:
    that is a good point, if the audience show rejection to this type of shows or at least have the means to voice their opinion it would have been a different story

  6. Deera Chat Family

    28. Jan, 2009

    check out this Episode
    http://deera-chat.com/2007/09/14/ramadan-tv/

  7. Ali

    29. Jan, 2009

    u didn’t mention Primer … thats an inspiration to be an engineer

  8. ahmad.TV

    30. Jan, 2009

    sa7 kalamek, i agree 100%, kella mashakil o sraakh lelasaf shagoona shag

  9. Dalal

    29. Aug, 2009

    I don’t like recent Kuwait TV Shows, they suck!

    and like You said it’s full of Yelling, Screaming,Fighting..etc

    Actors and Actresses coming out are not that good!!

    it’s like giving them a Script asking them to know it by heart

    and just let it out!

    I just like old Kuwait TV Shows. they’re fun and worth

    watching !

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