Kid: Lots of people are committing suicide, others were poisoned after eating tiwul...
Man: That’s good, it’s a sign the country’s improving... it means poverty rates are going down!
Kid: Lots of people are committing suicide, others were poisoned after eating tiwul...
Man: That’s good, it’s a sign the country’s improving... it means poverty rates are going down!
Exhaust: Bank Century, Lapindo disaster, racial, religious & ethnic conflicts, judicial & tax mafia, migrant workers, Yogyakarta gudeg, tiwul food poisoning.
Man: Don’t forget about the other side Mr...
Signs read: Politics, Economy
Corruption-collusion-nepotism, law enforcement, migrant workers beheaded, marginal...
Man: We’re not just going into the same room again are we?
Crowd: We won, we won...
Man: So when will we win against them? (jacket reads corruption)
Man: A monarchy? No way!
Kid: How right you are lord
Man: It’s not in accordance with the constitution!
Kid: It’s truly so your majesty
Man: It’s not in line with democracy!
Kid: Blessed be my lord
1st Man: Everything’s covered in dust...
2nd Man: But not the promises made to us, right?
Dentist: You’ll need lots of checkups Mr! So you don’t get toothless too quick and have them replaced by false teeth!
Government: It’s impossible to have a monarchy system
Man: What’s this, another ‘eruption’
Woman: We’ll be furnished with cell phones remember...
1st Man: And if the employer asks for them?
2nd Man: The legal protections don’t connect do they? (a play on tulalit, bad phone connection)
Gayus: Happy here, happy there, happy happy everywhere...
Bakso seller: Mr President! Was it in the interests of Indonesian-American relations or for the sake of... bakso!
Against a backdrop of humanitarian disasters and anti-US protests, President Obama’s first visit to Indonesia was overshadowed by the ‘handshakegate’ affair after Communications Minister Tifatul Sembiring found himself at the centre of a media maelstrom for shaking hands with First Lady Michelle Obama after he swore he would not touch a woman to
Rampant unregulated urban development, which environmentalists blame on widespread collusion between city officials and the business elite, has resulted in Jakarta loosing 28% of its green space over the last 25 years – much of it replaced by shopping malls, luxury apartments and government offices.
Kid: Perhaps the people’s representatives would be smarter and perform better if their new building and comparative studies were here (Sidoarjo), in Wasior, in Mentawai or Merapi, yeah Dad!
1st Man: We live in a disaster prone area so of course we have to be responsive to disasters...
2nd Man: Their response is just a comparative study...
Alie: It’s your own fault for living in Mentawai, why didn’t you just become the speaker of the House!
Man: Are you evacuating too Mr?
Legislator: A comparative study!
President: What, you want to overthrow me?!
Kid: Mr... the legs on your chair need fixing!