When a columist has a sence of humour and is a director, actor and writer what do you get? A story that is a brilliant read but hardly makes the papers because the person approving the articles wants to keep the National Security Department(ISA) out of its sights.

I found this brilliant write up on Huzir Sulaiman’s new blog via Bongkersz which did not make it past the editors desk for obvious reasons(Takut lah!).

Anyway enough of the reasons it didn’t make it etc…Have a read at the article that got spiked entitled :

The Malaysian Political Oscars!

Our political situation is like something out of a movie – so here are the awards. The envelope, please…

The Wide Angle Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, headquartered for no particular reason in Skudai, presents this year’s Malaysian Political Oscars.

The most widely watched television event in Malaysia, the Political Oscar telecast reaches over 1 billion viewers, some of whom are dead, some of whom are 130 years old, and most of whom are registered at the same address.

How does it work? Members of the academy (all Malaysian taxi drivers who despite being allegedly the worst in the world at driving taxis are remarkably good at political analysis) vote on these awards, and the results are tabulated by the auditors of some large accounting firm who would rather do this sort of thing than real accounting work, which might explain the state of the economy.

Here are the nominees and winners.

Best Supporting Actor
It is a crowded field this year, with many stellar performances from both veterans and newcomers.

The nominees include private investigator P. Balasubramaniam in Missing; Pusrawi’s Dr. Mohd Osman in Rear Window; Zaid Ibrahim in Gone in Sixty Seconds; and Raja Petra Kamaruddin in An Inconvenient Truth.
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