p.ramlee's messages

p.ramlee movies never fail to make me laugh, even when ive already watched it for maybe the umpteenth time.

but now that im older, (and probably wiser. ececeh, perasan rase macam nak sepak diri sendiri), only i realized the hidden messages behind his movies. how it reflects the malay dilemma (takde kene mengena dengan buku tun Mahathir); several instances:

1. in pendekar Bujang Lapuk, when Pendekar Mustar asked why sudin's job is so darn hard (kira bulu beruang ke ape ke), he said, "nak buat macamane, dah nasib badan.."; reflects how malays can be complacent that it sometimes affect the "pembangunan bangsa melayu".

2. this movie baru perasan kat this particular scene nampak sangat ape p.ramlee nak sampaikan, in seniman bujang lapuk; when the jaga (sikh guard) was grumbling how sudin was rude, P. Ramlee said, "bahasa kan menunjukkan bangsa kita",

3. and another part when a guy asked the sikh guard what the three bujang lapuks were up to, he said, "diorang mau cari kerja la", and then the guy laughed and said "muka macam tu pun ada hati nak jadi film star ke", and then the sikh said something that caught my attention, "sama-sama bangsa pun nak dengki, macamane lu punya bangsa mau maju, ini hari die punya rezeki, esok lusa lu punya rezeki, sama-sama makan la".

perghhh..gile la. kalau orang tak tangkap benda ni, aku pun tak tau nak kata ape la. memang terbukti melayu ni memang ada perangai macam tu, tak boleh nampak orang senang sikit dari die, mesti nak dengki, ape pasal pun aku tak tau. sampai ade yang nak guna ilmu hitam la ape la (tak leceh ke buat bende syirik mcam tu, dah la busuk,lepas tu kene laknat Allah plak tu).

faliq, i know we've debate about the malay issue before this, but we have to agree that malays do have a problem. i dont know exactly how to point to the core of this matter, but we have a problem. and i think the reason being why we are still doing okay is because we're given the crutches to stand on by the government (like what Tun Mahathir said).