هل ينتهي العالم سنة 2017 * ؟

لم يعد التجاذب والنقاش والسباق الاعلامي حكراً على استقطاب جمهور التلفزيون ... إنما مع دخول المفهوم الدعائي على المواقع الالكترونية، ومع حصول أصحاب هذه المواقع على الأموال مقابل عدد الزوّار الذين يتصفحّون الويب سايت ... انتقلنا الى مستوى جديد من المنافسة في هذا السياق.

وعندما نقول مستوى جديد لا يعني إطلاقاً مستوى أفضل ! بل وأن المصيبة هي في المضمون الذي صرنا نقرأه على المواقع الالكترونية بدون أي استثناء. والأنكى والأكثر فظاعة من كل ذلك ، اختيار العناوين الطنانة والرنّانة والفضائحية من أجل اجتذاب الجمهور والقرّاء .. ( واعوذ بالله من كلمة قرّاء ... لأنهم لا يقرأون سوى تلك الأخبار للأسف ) ... من الصحافة الورقية الصفراء التي كانت تسمّى صفراء نظراً لنوعيّتها الرخيصة كما أخبارها إلى المواقع الالكترونية الصفراء بمحتواها وعناوينها ولغتها وآدابها...

قد لا نعممّ ولكن للأسف فإن التجارب الجيّدة أقل بكثير من السيئة الطاغية اليوم... فما الهدف من هذه العناوين؟ وهل أصبح الاعلام الالكتروني فارغ المحتوى والرسالة لكي نذهب به أيضاً الى الهاوية ؟

الأمثلة هنا كثيرة ولكن أكثر ما يثير الغضب هو عنوان يبدأ بسؤال : 

ما الذي دفع الوزير X إلى مداعبة الاعلامية Y على الهواء ؟ 

أو  : ماذا يجري بين الاعلامية Y  والوزير X  ؟؟؟

تقرأ المضمون يكون بياناً للرد على ضيف استضفته الاعلامية Y ويرد عليه الوزير X ولا شيء يجمع بينهما سوى العنوان المزيّف.

وماذا عن العناوين التي تبدأ بأسماء إِشارة : "هذا ما فعله .. لجذب .. " أو "هذه هي الأمور التي يجب فعلها لتجنّب الموت" أو "تلك هي اللعنة التي حلّت علينا بوسائل التواصل الاجتماعي" ألخ ... ألخ...

وهناك من العناوين ما هو جنسي ، مثلاً: إليكم أسرار الانتصاب عند الرجل !

 و "هذا ما يثير رغبتها" .... بعد ناقص تزيدو على الخبر : "جربّه وخبرنا". أوليس الاعلام تفاعلياً ؟ أوليس قائماً على ردّة فعل القارىء... ربمّا يحكم الجمهور على التجربة وتصبح المداعبة جماعية ويفرح قلب المُعلِن .. وجيبه ! على حساب الاخلاق والقيم وكل ما تبقى من هذا المجتمع المهترئ.

ما يحصل على الأونلاين هو مسخرة ومهزلة وهرطقة ويدعو الى القلق والتشاؤم. فاذا كان هذا هو البديل عن الصحيفة الورقية فلن تعود الصحافة المطبوعة بخطر الزوال وحسب ... بل كل أسس ومفاهيم وقيم الصحافة بحد ذاتها.

أكتب عسى أن يقرأ أحد ...ويسمع ... فيفعل.

* أما بالعودة الى العنوان :  هل ينتهي العالم سنة 2017؟  فأعتذر عن اختيار العنوان الخاطئ وأدعوكم الى اختيار عنوان صحيح يلائم المضمون أكثر :) 

فيليب أبوزيد

Towards a better culture & Movie experience...

After sharing with you my last experience last week especially what happened inside a movie theater in Beirut, many people contacted me concerning the bad destructive image this would create especially regarding this industry. This is not of course the target of writing that blog post. 

We need to encourage people to respect those who love and value this hobby in our society… but sometimes, no matter how hard people work to promote for something nice they have built, one person or two can ruin the whole scene.

I was unlucky that night to come across this couple of youngsters who really annoyed everyone around, but this of course does not mean that the movie theater experience and industry itself is held responsible. However, some more efforts are needed to be done in order to explain to customers that they can refer - at any time – to one of the ushers or managers on site to report any misbehavior and conduct. Something that I did not experience yet and I hope will never have to anymore. But as we meditate on the issue here, we conclude that it’s not only a matter of misconduct, it is more about people. Culture. Ethics and respect. 

 

What do we expect from some people in Lebanon who have been governed by the same political class for over than 30 years and still they did not think it is wrong? Or even if they did, refuse to act.

What do we expect from a society that allows someone to be killed brutally on the streets without even interfering? (remember this?) 

 

What do we expect from a society where every day you try to avoid tens of clashes on the roads while driving because some real crazy maniacs are behind the steering wheel? 

Where is the culture of dialogue? Where is the culture of understanding? Where is culture itself?

I can’t expect a lot from people, but I hope big industries – like the ones we have in Beirut and all over Lebanon - can do more effort to make a change. It starts with spreading awareness on the respect of the codes and ethics of driving, behaving in public places (Cinemas and theaters) and ends with the respect of our country and its Institutions. 

What I saw at the movies last Sunday was the epic of disrespect and it’s maybe a sample on how the new generation is becoming. This is surely not the responsibility of owners or managers of the prestigious place… but rather a collective responsibility of the whole society. 

We are all responsible to report, behave and know how to deal with such abnormalities.

Together we can make a difference and I am happy that people heard me well and my message is now clear! 

I am even happier to know that people are working hard to create a better country Lebanon as we want it. The country of Culture and Dialogue.

And for all this...

Let’s all work towards a better and refined culture in our country. Let us work for encouraging this industry and refuse to support counterfeit and illegal DVD market…

I will start by myself giving them a second chance towards a better movie and life experience in Beirut.

 

@philabouzeid.

A despicable movie experience in Beirut

Nothing more despicable than the experience I’ve witnessed tonight would ever drive me to write a blog post at 1:40 am… 

After a long busy tiring week, and since there isn’t much options to do in Lebanon (either you go clubbing & get allergic to smoking because the law is not respected, or you go to eat because 99.9% of our outings are dinners, lunches, brunches or “bruchlunchdiner” etc.) So we decided, to go see a movie. 

The destination was to a very prestigious, modern with comfortable movie chairs place and located in the heart of Beirut...
 

First indication was that our seats were taken, not a big deal and since we are not flying from Beirut to Los Angeles… we chose the nearest seats to the back and sat hoping enjoy the film.

I have seen a man at the back corner of the theater with TWO HUGE Shopping Plastic Bags ( probably those you get in a supermarket ) filled with potato chips, Soft drinks, cotton candy and maybe sausages and hot dogs mixed with pepper because the more he opened the bags, the more stinky and despicable the smell was becoming. 

it's just a sample of what they had not actual photo

As the movie began, a man holding a torch to lead his own way, rushes from the entrance door to the last row and sits next to the “world war hunger survivor” and tells him: “Get the Fawe7ish” * in Arabic it means get the spoils of war you managed to sneak.

Since that moment, they didn’t miss any sound effect opportunity to open the bags and close them and with every dip to the bag to crack chips and drink we were hearing them talk NOT WHISPER but commenting out loud the movie and the “SHHHH” of the annoyed public did not even make any difference.

 They probably don’t understand that word, it should have been replaced with “BERRR3AAA” (watch Video to understand).

And the peak of all peaks was a HUGE despicable BURP out loud (that’s BOL to replace LOL) just before the end of the movie. 

When I turned my head just to see how that gentleman looked like he said to his partner in hunger “maz3ooj el Hajj”! it means ( is he annoyed ? ).

I really did not want to ruin that only OFF night in my busy week on such scum, but I would have loved to see any one from the managers taking care of such drama happening as we were watching the drama on the big screen. I did not even find any of the employees after the movie to report this. ( theater 3 movie split 10:25 pm show ).

 Moreover, how the hell they were allowed in with those TWO giant bags (not items you can buy on the counter) and who that guy with the torch was?  (I highly doubt he is the same guy who checks on people’s tickets at the door, otherwise why he would have a torch to lead his own way to the seat? He is not a fire fighter or something??).

To make the story short, I’ve had the worst movie experience ever and I will not go again to that same place Until some serious measures be taken to deal with such despicable filthy reckless kind of behavior. *

We are paying around 20.000 LBP * that’s without the popcorn that costs a fortune and with water the bill becomes 50 USD.  To enjoy a movie that we can get for 0.75$ from the illegal DVD stores and Supermarket spread all over Lebanon. 
If that’s the experience movie theater owners are encouraging then I’d rather sit at home and pop up TONS of POP corn for (1$) and get a movie for less than a dollar and relax and enjoy in peace without hearing “Man-made human effects like burping and snoring on purpose because the movie is not what they were expecting because probably they did not read anything about it”.

End of story.

 @philabouzeid

* As an Update to the story, I knew that some serious measures are being taken and that's what really matters. 

what did Abraham Lincoln say about internet?

Look at this amazing Quote ! by the late US President #AbrahamLincoln and tell me what do you think about it. 

@philabouzeid

للأرض شمسها ولي شمسي

قيل في الحب الكثير
وقيل في العشق والهوى أكثر
لن أفيض بشعري الغزير
فموهبتي مع حبّك ستكبر

لست بشاعر ولن أكون
فاعذريني يا حبيبتي إن فضلت السكون
فعقلي لم يعد في رأسي ولن يكون!؟
طالما أنني بحبّك مجنون

وقفت أنظر وراء الجبال
لحظتك هناك، على بعد أميال
رأيت ما يشبه الخيال
حدّقت أكثر وإذا بي أرى
حسناء بجمالها ما بعدها جمال

تتمايل كالورد في نوّار
وكموجات المياه في البحار
حسناء خفيف ظلّها
مع بسمتها يطلع النهار

بالله عليكِ لا تعبسي
ووهج نورك لا تحجبي
لولا كان للأرض شمس
لكانت الأرض من نورك تكتفي

ابتسمي يا حبيبتي
فالعمر غابر كالزمان
ابتسمي يا جميلتي
بالله عليكِ كي أنام

فيليب أبوزيد

2007