for Beyonce's I AM...TOUR live in MALAYSIA
Because you might never know which idiot decides to make a scene and try to call the whole concert off! The concert is scheduled to be held at Bukit Jalil on Sunday and even before this, a lot of hooh haah has been made by numerous parties with regards to the R&B diva and her sexy image.
As soon as the date was announced, PAS Youth called for its ban, citing that “This performance is not suitable for Muslims as her skimpy attire and behaviour onstage are immoral and lead to unclean behaviour. We oppose the holding of such concerts and we will take action to prevent such a concert from taking place in Malaysia.” So predictable.
Then, the National Union of Malaysian Islamic Students (PKPIM), echoed the call for the banning of the Beyonce concert, raising its doubts that the singer would adhere to the guidelines pertaining to the attire, appearance and behaviour of performers.
This makes me wonder - "What's wrong with all these people?!!"
I mean what could skimpy clothing and sexy dancing do to the people who attended the concert? Let's face it, this is the 21st century where you walk down the street, you see ladies clad in skimpy clothing, ultra-short skirts, plunging neckline, and puffing that cigarette. I don't see any parties arresting them or trying to put a ban on people wearing skimpy clothes?!! So why do we ban these International Artistes from performing live here? (not forgetting that we can still watch their sexy moves on MTV) What's the big deal?
After the entire hullabaloo on the ARTHUR'S DAY celebration in Sunway Lagoon, featuring the Black Eyed Peas, life goes on for those who attended the concert. No one attempted to kill anyone or rape anyone and certainly crime rates did not increase the day after due to the influence from the Hip Hop concert sponsored by Guinness. What say you?
The Culprit
You see, the guidelines for filming and performance by foreign artistes are administered by the Central Agency for the Application for Filming and Performances by Foreign Artistes or Puspal, which is attached to the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry. The guidelines may be clearly written or stated but the implementation is vague and arbitrary (which is not something new).
From what I can understand is that, as long as the organisers & artistes adhere and conform to the rules and regulations, they are allowed to perform. But what I could not understand is that how could the permits be retracted if any of the parties (such as you know who) oppose the concerts?!! How can that happen? Just because some idiots think Avril Lavinge is too sexy (huh?!!), doesn't mean the rest of us do!
Recently, the agency reinforced the regulation that liquor and tobacco companies are forbidden from sponsoring entertainment events (which has always been there but not practiced). This has resulted the AKON's concert to be cancelled after it was known that it was sponsored by Chivas. So when the ARTHUR'S DAY celebration was approved, it stupefied the many local concert organisers because BEP is sponsored by Guinness. And another major issue is that they decided to ban Muslims from attending but soon after it received international media attention, suddenly it was alright for everyone to attend.
So, what I am trying to say is that, it is unfair to have double standards in approving these events. If the guidelines are there, just adhere to them so that the organisers and us, the ticket payers don't suffer! And usually the dressing by artistes is not a issue unless someone decides to make noise about it! We are already so left behind from major concerts by big artistes simply because we have "stupid" rules and "idiots" in the board of approval. This is why Singapore is still the preferred venue, my dear people. Singapore has 70 live concerts last year and Malaysia has 20. Well done! (in sarcasm tone)
If these practices continue, there will be no big gig that would like to come and perform here! And who do we blame when the revenue for tourism goes tumbling down? Why perform for a bunch of orang utans whom can't take some tank tops and short skirts while we can perform for humans in a neigbouring country, wearing what we like and singing what we want?
Although I received offers for some free tickets, I wouldn't be going because I am no fan of Beyonce and I wouldn't like to see her clad in some "baju kurung" while singing "Single Ladies".
For that, I rest my case.
As soon as the date was announced, PAS Youth called for its ban, citing that “This performance is not suitable for Muslims as her skimpy attire and behaviour onstage are immoral and lead to unclean behaviour. We oppose the holding of such concerts and we will take action to prevent such a concert from taking place in Malaysia.” So predictable.
Then, the National Union of Malaysian Islamic Students (PKPIM), echoed the call for the banning of the Beyonce concert, raising its doubts that the singer would adhere to the guidelines pertaining to the attire, appearance and behaviour of performers.
This makes me wonder - "What's wrong with all these people?!!"
I mean what could skimpy clothing and sexy dancing do to the people who attended the concert? Let's face it, this is the 21st century where you walk down the street, you see ladies clad in skimpy clothing, ultra-short skirts, plunging neckline, and puffing that cigarette. I don't see any parties arresting them or trying to put a ban on people wearing skimpy clothes?!! So why do we ban these International Artistes from performing live here? (not forgetting that we can still watch their sexy moves on MTV) What's the big deal?
After the entire hullabaloo on the ARTHUR'S DAY celebration in Sunway Lagoon, featuring the Black Eyed Peas, life goes on for those who attended the concert. No one attempted to kill anyone or rape anyone and certainly crime rates did not increase the day after due to the influence from the Hip Hop concert sponsored by Guinness. What say you?
The Culprit
You see, the guidelines for filming and performance by foreign artistes are administered by the Central Agency for the Application for Filming and Performances by Foreign Artistes or Puspal, which is attached to the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry. The guidelines may be clearly written or stated but the implementation is vague and arbitrary (which is not something new).
From what I can understand is that, as long as the organisers & artistes adhere and conform to the rules and regulations, they are allowed to perform. But what I could not understand is that how could the permits be retracted if any of the parties (such as you know who) oppose the concerts?!! How can that happen? Just because some idiots think Avril Lavinge is too sexy (huh?!!), doesn't mean the rest of us do!
Recently, the agency reinforced the regulation that liquor and tobacco companies are forbidden from sponsoring entertainment events (which has always been there but not practiced). This has resulted the AKON's concert to be cancelled after it was known that it was sponsored by Chivas. So when the ARTHUR'S DAY celebration was approved, it stupefied the many local concert organisers because BEP is sponsored by Guinness. And another major issue is that they decided to ban Muslims from attending but soon after it received international media attention, suddenly it was alright for everyone to attend.
So, what I am trying to say is that, it is unfair to have double standards in approving these events. If the guidelines are there, just adhere to them so that the organisers and us, the ticket payers don't suffer! And usually the dressing by artistes is not a issue unless someone decides to make noise about it! We are already so left behind from major concerts by big artistes simply because we have "stupid" rules and "idiots" in the board of approval. This is why Singapore is still the preferred venue, my dear people. Singapore has 70 live concerts last year and Malaysia has 20. Well done! (in sarcasm tone)
If these practices continue, there will be no big gig that would like to come and perform here! And who do we blame when the revenue for tourism goes tumbling down? Why perform for a bunch of orang utans whom can't take some tank tops and short skirts while we can perform for humans in a neigbouring country, wearing what we like and singing what we want?
Although I received offers for some free tickets, I wouldn't be going because I am no fan of Beyonce and I wouldn't like to see her clad in some "baju kurung" while singing "Single Ladies".
For that, I rest my case.
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