Area 77

I don’t want to make fun (haha), but it’s been a long time since Kuwait TV 1 has made quality content other than the news. I’m at my brother’s apartment and his wife was cruising the channels looking for a series that she doesn’t remember where it reruns. She stopped at one where a guy had a big 20 KD bill stuff on the front of his dishdasha. It was Abdulaziz Al Msalam on his KTV 1 Ramadhan show, Misk O Ambar.

The idea for the episode was genius. It was a commentary on how the Kuwaiti people treat money. The part we stopped at was how women spend large amounts of money on clothes and designer products that look like normal low priced, not cheap, things that are just as good. A female TK bought two jeans that were over a hundred dinars each.

Then there was Elham Fathala, also as a 20 KD bill, with a woman browsing a supermarket. The 20 KD bill was begging her to use her to buy expensive things and made fun of the woman’s clothing. The woman defended herself by saying that her bag was real leather and that she doesn’t care what random people think about her.

The next part was a man that donated a 20 KD bill, Al Msalam, to an old woman that was begging. Later the woman got up and left, with the 20 KD bill telling about the good things that she can do to use the money efficiently. It turns out that the it was a man in womens clothing who even had a nice car with a little boy in it. The 20 KD bill then started yelling at him and telling him that the 20 KD could have been given to a real old woman and other people that truly needed it.

Back at the home of the supermarket lady, the 20 KD was still grilling her to spend but the woman said that she’ll put it her son’s savings box for his future needs like going to college and getting married. The 20 KD went to the savings box where her kids (5 KD, 1 KD, and 1/2 KD) were.

Anyway, my point is that the idea was great and it came at the right time when lots of people are glued to the TV. I don’t know if the program has a smart message to the Kuwaiti people in every episode. I’ll start watching it. It’ll be great if someone records the episodes and puts them online.

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