It appears than taugey chicken no longer has the strangle-hold over what's good left in Ipoh. And it comes in the way of 'Sepet' - the Malay word for slit eyes, distinctly oreintal ones to be sure, and one of the better Malaysian dramas unearthed in recent memory.
Ipoh provides the quaint setting for this melancholic Yasmin Ahmad love story, and the two love struck youths are ably potrayed by Ng Choo Seong (Jason) and a very energetic Sharifah Amani Yahya (Orked). By no measure of imagination would I call myself a fan of local films - and unless this is not an exception to the trend, my bias should remain. However, more than a love story, Sepet captures the fabric of Malaysian society compete with racial bias, while making no apologies for this. Imagine Harith Iskandar in his John Masters underwear and nothing else and you can begin to understand that this is not your ordinary local fare.
This is the movie many in my circle of friends would like to have a hand in, and in a way perhaps we did, considering our youthful past...
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