Analysis Of The Movie The Romantic Dramedy Sepet By...

Minority Life in Malaysia: An Analysis of Cultural Injustice for Chinese Characters in Sepet The romantic dramedy Sepet, written and directed by Yasmin Ahmad, follows the romantic arc of Orked, a Malay female and Ah Loong, a male of Chinese descent who self Identifies as Jason. Orked’s family has a stable, wholesome life, where they do not seem to have any financial obligation, and can afford to pay for their live-in maid. The father, who is seemingly young, is retired. The family is not incredibly rich, however, they live in a house away from the dangerous of inner city gangs. Jason is from a poor, disjointed family, and lives under forced allegiance to the local gang, who require a tribute of 600 Malaysian Ringgits a week. The gang hounds him and his friends, making sure that they pay up every week. Jason’s story arc begins with him being 300 Ringgits in debt, as he decided to help pay for his friend’s brother’s college fees. By choosing to do so, he is put on warning by Jimmy’s, a criminal organization that tax’s the people of his town, with only a week to pay back the remaining amount. Inner city living quite often creates environments similar to the one Jason and his friends are living in. The only hope for these characters is to find a way to leave the city. In the conventions of traditional society, members of the lower classes seemingly have three methods of breaking their â€Å"glass ceiling†: educational success, artistic success, and through illegal activities.