{"id":68972,"date":"2017-08-16T17:15:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T00:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=68972"},"modified":"2017-08-16T17:15:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T00:15:17","slug":"never-ending-soap-operas-and-role-of-the-media-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/08\/16\/never-ending-soap-operas-and-role-of-the-media-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"NEVER ENDING SOAP OPERAS AND ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN SRI LANKA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr sarath Obeysekara<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Let us start with the sudden decision made by Maithreepala , M K D S Gunwardane .Rajitha Senaratne Patali Champaka\u00a0 Ranwaka and Duminda Dissanayake breaking away from Rajapakse regime in end 2014 ,This was the very first episode like the one Doo Daruwo which was a popular tele drama some time back .Then explosive revelations were uttered in meetings and people were going home after work .dying to sit in front of television to see and hear the episodes of the drama.In 2015 Maithree won the election with a slight margin and Rajapakse\u2019s sudden departure from \u00a0Araliyagamandiriya with a purported \u00a0loot of the state \u00a0property and money \u00a0in the back drop of a coupe ,people were getting intrigued. Then new cabinet was formed with a mixture of ingredients like in a Malay Pickle \u00a0( achcharu) .In February episode, SLPA Chairman .Sahhin ,Sri Lankan chief ,,Avangart \u00a0chief etc were implicated and CIABOS was formed . Few more episode were making people living in suspense ,like in Dallas ,which was a popular US series ( I remember when the Media was having headlines Who killed JR ?\u201d and now we can have Who killed Thujudean?\u201d )<\/p>\n

These episodes went on and on and washing of dirty linen has been taking place in every episode,Like Rathupaswala ,Selling elelphants ,Satellite Launching ,Thajudean murder ,disappearance of Eknaligoda ,Killing of Lasantha and most importantly\u00a0 Aunty of the ex president\u2019s son owning a house in Colombo 7 .<\/p>\n

New episode have been shown about Slalawa,Meethotamulle,Muuthrajawela ,which are all connected with inefficiency of state apparatchik ,and none of the episodes had any happy endings .Latest show about a Deal Dasa ,and Ravi K has made the people forget about the price of staple food like coconut ,and rice and transport costs . Episodes about Weerawansa and Galaboda have been shown and people have forgotten about them.<\/p>\n

All of sudden sleeping cabinet wakes up and wants to expedite punishment of corruptive politicians .Ciabos, Bribery Commission ,and Pacifac\u00a0 keep calling accused \u00a0every day for interviewing and we do not see end to this .<\/p>\n

There are many TV series which are of few Seasons (like in Netflix) where each season has about 12 episodes ,We also had seasons during \u00a02014.15.16 and now 2017 season where we watch one season every month. Various TV stations are busy with having entertainment like Derana Star,Hiru Star.Siarsa Star etc and in between they have episodes of Satana, Rathu Ira etc for middle class TV viewers to see after 9 pm .<\/p>\n

We cannot complain about any of above,We Sri Lankans are peace loving people who want to live a life with full of fun like in Caribbean\u2019s or in South America with full of carnivals .Next episode is coming soon after 8th<\/sup> September,where actors may be shifting sides .People who were cheering the actors\/players\u00a0 will keep cheering irrespective of which side they are in .<\/p>\n

Dr sarath Obeysera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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