Waris Jari Hantu
the title is the name of a Malay film from Suhaimi Baba, the same director who brought the Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 1 and 2. Read about the review in Berita Harian (online obviously, am at NZ) but never got myself to watch it, even when a freind of mine told me the whole show is available in Youtube. Watched the story in YouTube today. Great show, who says Malay films are all about trashy KL romance?
Guess it’s Suhaimi’s style to explore all these mystical aspects of the Malay society. If i am not wrong this Harimau Saka (i dun know, weretiger perhaps?) thing should be considered syirik. but its good that the show did not get axed or anything. Its what makes the show intersting anyway.
apart from seeing the tiger, another theme in the show is about transexualism. These ‘pondan’s are a visible minority in the Malaysian society. Rusdi Ramli did a great job in portraying one. being ridiculed by people, having the courage to do a sexual reassignment surgery (like felicity huffman in Transamerica) and face his family. Guess its hard to be a women trapped in a man’s body. the confusion and self-hatred and denial can be overwhelming.
I guess my favourite character is Azean’s Tok Wan, who i think if i am right a kind of witch doctor, who of course is half tiger half human, or can change form from human to tiger (hence the term i coined weretiger). pretty much the departure of her usual Datin role on other TV drama. Heard about her breast cancer surgery from mum the other day (thanks mum for keeping my updated with the celebrity gossips). hope she is doing fine.
anyway, good show, going to continue with six feet under next (last season, yippie!). working later.
Oh happy mid autumn festival folks, eat mooncakes but remember the calories count! haha
