Goin' Country
Posted by marshall Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:00:00 GMT
Indonesian TV is fun to watch. There's the low, low, low budget teen dramas, the "localized" American shows like "Indonesian Idol" and "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" (actually misnamed, as the winner gets a billion rupiah, or about $110,000), and the Japanese anime with Indonesian subtitles. But last night I saw something really crazy. The Wednesday night movie was "Leeches!", a wannabe horror movie about some leeches that get ahold of steroids and terrorize a college campus. It wasn't that interesting, so we changed to something far more scary: "Goin' Country". I can't say I've ever seen anything like Indonesians singing English country music with misspelled titles while line dancing. Even Miss Indonesia got up and sang "It's So Easy To Fall In Love". I don't know what's more frightening: the concept, or the fact that some of them were really good. Either way, "Leeches!" couldn't hold a candle to "Goin' Country" for pure shock value.
