Metro TV's Mata Najwa: The Premiere (part1)
Najwa in action: When beauty and intelligence come in the same package
Najwa Shihab is always a magnet for TV audience particularly news programs lovers. Miss Shihab (who is no longer 'miss' as she is married and has given birth to a son) is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding female anchors this nation has ever had. This wide-eyed daughter of Quraish Shihab also topped the best and the most celebrated Metro TV's anchors list airing a couple of days ago. The rest were Fifi Aleyda Yahya, Sumi Yang, Tomy Cokro, Prabu Revolusi Frida Lidwina, Desi 'the relic' Anwar, Kania Sutisnawinata, Zelda Safitri, and Meutia Hafidz (if I'm not mistaken, the order wasn't precisely that way actually). Perhaps that is why Metro TV gave her a new responsibility, to anchor a newly launched talkshow program named after her, MATA NAJWA (The Eyes of Najwa). But why eyes? Chances are Metro TV got inspired by Sony Muchlison's remark about the dashing anchor's alluring eyes. Sony said Shihab's best physical feature is her captivating pair of eyes and who dares to deny that?
Last night the show was premiered and my eyes got glued to the TV screen for about an hour. Unlike the other talkshows which are typically produced by Metro TV (tend to be formal in style and rigid in the way of 'packaging'), Mata Najwa is absolutely a breakthrough and standing out of the crowd. It is a unique and balanced blend among shrewdness, witty banters, refreshing jokes, and parody. In other words, it is informatively amusing, simply offers a new alternative of enjoying hard topics without having to be an erudite academician or making us frown in the effort of digesting beyond-our-ken points.
The combination of the seemingly contradictory elements was shown by picking a one-of its-kind list of guests. Last night's show was mainly about TV industry and how TV and its industry have been changing the human civilization. The first pair of chosen guests were Garin Nugroho and Don Bosco Selamun. Garin (who is a respectable titan in Indonesian film industry) along with Don Bosco (who is one of prominent figures in the country's TV and broadcasting world). They, I think, represent the serious side of the show. They elaborated the issue in such a way a layman would find their remarks a bit hard to understand. The light side of Mata Najwa appeared as the presenter invited three young men who happened to be some members of Band Efek Rumah Kaca (Green House Effect Band). From these youths' insight, audience was introduced to different ideas and opinions about Indonesian reality shows phenomenon. What struck me most was the 'insanely' comical appearance of a celebrated blogger, Raditya Dika, at the penultimate part and the end of the show. In his exaggerating way, he explained about what it takes to be a good reporter. Raditya (who was reportedly Sherina's BF, some say? But I truthfully saw them with my own eyes exchanging twitter updates quite frequently) looked convincing enough, trying to make us laugh at some mockeries inspired from the Indonesian TV reality.
But that was not the entire show.....
But that was not the entire show.....
Labels: Don Bosco Selamun, Efek Rumah Kaca band, Garin Nugroho, mata najwa, Metro TV, Raditya Dika, Sherina |
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