JAKARTA - The special show Mens Rea material from Pandji Pragiwaksono which aired on Netflix brought a roar of public voices. His courage to criticize the government also made various parties hot.
A week after airing, Mens Rea became the number 1 TV Show in Indonesia. The show was not only the first Indonesian standup comedian video on Netflix, but also the one that managed to top its most popular chart.
Most recently, Pandji admitted that he did not expect his show to be so viral. He anticipated that his content would be talked about by people, but by putting his work on Netflix, there was a new segment that was reached.
"I know (people) will react, enter a new market. But I never expected that the Governor of West Java would react, the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia would react, the Presidential Palace would react. This is just a joke," said Pandji Pragiwaksono in the Maya Indonesia Live broadcast, January 6.
At the end of the broadcast, Pandji said that he had been summoned by the Palace. There was an invitation from the presidential team for a discussion, less than a week since Mens Rea aired on Netflix.
"The palace called me, guys. Not even a week after Mens Rea aired, I was invited to chat. I said I wanted to, my condition was that I had to be willing to be recorded and made into content. Because I don't want to be a slander if I meet him. Let people know what the conversation is about, let people know that I still maintain my criticality, and let people know what he wants to ask, or what I want to ask him," he said.
The material of the founder of Standup Indo is indeed in the spotlight, including the closing bit that many people say is suffocating the Vice President. However, in accordance with his principles, Pandji will be held accountable for his material, including the 'sharp' sarcasm that has recently gone viral on the internet.
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