Asked To Come In Front Of President Suharto, Mandra: Already Stressed!
JAKARTA - Comedian Mandra told her experience of being asked to joke in front of the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto. He shared this experience with comedian Praz Teguh recently.
In one of the conversations, Praz turned out to be about the experience of the soap opera actor Si Doel Anak Sekolah was asked to joke in front of Suharto and Ibu Tien. According to Mandra, at that time it was very difficult to joke in front of the number 1 person in Indonesia.
The owner of the real name Mandra Yusuf Sulaiman even said that even if the senior comedian is not necessarily able to make Suharto laugh
"I used to joke in front of President Seharto and Mrs. Tien. How is that feeling?" asked Praz, quoted from Deddy Corbuzier's YouTube account, Sunday, September 24.
"Yes, it was a long time ago, it was a hard time to say. It's hard to say. That's why you frankly ask the people who are still there, take the most examples of people, the srimulat people are already. Some people are not successful, let alone funny, what jokes are in front of Pak Harto, let alone Bu Tien. Want any great comedians, it won't be funny," said Mandra.
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This 58-year-old man admitted that he had experienced stress before appearing. This is because at that time he received a lot of'steps'. Even until moments of wanting to appear, Mandra was still warned not to discuss prohibited matters.
"Because we've been stressed first. Because for two months we've been indoctrined. The show wants two months. From now on, there's a lot of handover shows. If you leave it, it's okay, 'It can't be like this, it can't be like this' until you want to perform, you get to this place again. What do we tell you to do? Many of them can't. What are I being called?" continued Mandra.
"Finally, I'm tired. I've arrived in the makeup room. I'm still there, 'Be careful,' if I'm not mistaken, the three of me, me, Haji Rano, the late Benjamin. He has to choose, he asks for it. I mean, it's funny. Yes, if it's digitized, how funny?" he said.