Eid 2010... A celebration for the Victory of Muslims for completing a month of religious activities and fasting. A controversial event this year as Malaysians debate on whether the "1 Malaysia" slogan, founded by the PM is appropriate for the mentality of Malaysians or not. This Aidilfitri, shows that we're just not ready...THE CONTROVERSIAL COMMERCIAL
Ramadhan opened with a controversial TV3 commercial of Eid Celebration. The 1st time it aired, Malays from all around the country jumped up in horror at the appearance of a Malay Santa Claus carrying children on a Trishaw (ye lol NO reindeers) to a field that looks like Eden with a lot of technology.
(if vid fails to play, visit this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO1e6KXO88U)
I don't see how the Malays saw this commercial as a negative impact. I dont praise it either. I just think it's lack of ideas with too much technology. The Santa Claus part? i think it's more like an ET scene where the kid put him on his bike basket and flew around. I dont see how this could be considered controversial. But after complaints and people making too much of a big deal out of it, TV3 decided to cancel the commercial and made a public apology. Kudos TV3!~ (Epic fail for a 1 Malaysia commercial attempt)Not meaning to take sides here, i personally think that what TV3 tried to potray was a magical celebration of Eid adopting some traditions from othe celebrations such as christmas, Deepavali etc without meaning any harm. Nothing religious about it, just makin Eid general for all the races to celebrate together to support the 1 Malaysia slogan. But I'm guessng Eid is still a sacred day for Muslims and it's not appropriate to be commercialized. Whatever it is, people can believe whatever they want and respect each other's opinions :)
p/s I still think it's an adoption from ET xD
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