Made in Malaysia movies

The old prime minister gets his crony who he saved from a sex with an underage scandal many years ago to release a controversial sex video involving the opposition leader. They also get a good friend of the opposition leader who is trying to get his hands on RM20 million to assist them.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin
Okay, before we can consider your application for the government grant, we need you to tell us a bit more about the movie you are going to make.

What do you need to know?

You can start with the synopsis.

Okay, the story is about the twists and turns and conspiracies within the corridors of power.

That sounds interesting.

The prime minister of this country…

Which country?

It is a fictitious country. It doesn’t really exist.

Okay. What are you going to call this country?

I have not decided yet. But maybe we can call it Canland...like Finland, Iceland, and so on.

Okay, go on.

Canland has this prime minister who had been pushed out almost ten years ago and now he wants his son to take over as the new prime minister. But he has to first make him the deputy prime minister.

Great plot.

So he has to push out the existing prime minister and make the deputy prime minister the new prime minister. Then the deputy prime minister who becomes the new prime minister makes the old prime minister’s son the new deputy prime minister.

Have you thought of their names yet?

Not yet but all their names are going to start with M. The old prime minister, his son, and the deputy prime minister will all have names starting with M.

Clever. Okay, go on.

The old prime minister gets his crony who he saved from a sex with an underage scandal many years ago to release a controversial sex video involving the opposition leader. They also get a good friend of the opposition leader who is trying to get his hands on RM20 million to assist them.

This is getting very spicy indeed.

The video is very badly done and no one believes it because it was handled in a very amateurish manner. It was so badly handled it appears like it is the work of schoolboys. Actually, they purposely wanted the video to look bad so that no one believes it. But then they link the whole thing back to the prime minister so that he receives the brunt of the people’s anger. That triggers his downfall.

I like your mind. Then what happens?

Well, a month later it is proven that the video is not a fake but they don’t quite prove that it is a video of the opposition leader. The prime minister who is blamed for the video gets kicked out. The deputy prime minister takes over and the son of the old prime minister becomes the new deputy prime minister.

And they all live happily ever after I suppose. Is that how it ends?

Not quite. I will end the movie by keeping the audience in suspense. We don’t really answer the question of whether it is the video of the opposition leader or not although we do indicate that it is not a fake.

Why?

So that I can do a sequel of the movie, of course! Then, in the second movie, we will tell the people whether it is a video of the opposition leader or not. The sequel will be about Canland going bankrupt and the country erupting into a religious war with the government vandalising Bibles and launching ethnic cleansing of all non-natives and so on.

Okay, that sounds good. Can you submit your official application with a copy of the synopsis you just told us? But increase your budget by 50% though.

50%? Why?

Well, that 50% goes to me. It is my commission for helping you get the grant.

I see. Okay. I will submit it within a week.