Meanwhile, in a smaller studio, a cultural critic named Bu Ani was filming her web series “Tapi Juga Budaya” (But Also Culture). She wore a vintage kebaya and held a wayang kulit puppet of a superhero. “Tonight,” she said, “we ask: is our obsession with Korean variety shows eroding the gotong royong (mutual cooperation) of our own Panggung Hiburan ?”
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