Friday, April 02, 2010
Din Beramboi: A Comedian, A Friend

It's hard to make jokes in Malay, but he made it looked so easy. He brings Malay comedic acting to an entire new level. Spontaneous, an arching of the eyebrow, a half smile or sneer, a pause, anything he says or doesn't, convey the essence of what acting, distracting and entertaining should be.


He takes normality, every little thing we took for granted, like a simple white seasoned cloth, and improvised it for the world to laugh about it. Give him apple, he would make jokes out of it before juicing it for us all to drink.


It is just impossible not to like him. Honesty was all he had, and that was all he used to make us all laugh. If he hadn't touched the world, it's okay, he had touched me.


When a football player dies, the team cry. When a politician dies, the party cry. When a comedian dies, the whole world cry.


Rest in peace Din Beramboi, the best Malay comedian I knew. You will be sorely missed.


Thanks for everything.


Al-Fatihah.

 
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