It was meant to be funny. And I thought that the first reactions against the video I saw on Facebook were activist exaggerations. Because we are supposed to be able to make fun of our human rights challenges and violations. And humor can be
a good advocacy tool.
But the Lebanese TV, Murr TV, yet again crossed ethical and moral red lines. Their comedy show, "Ktir Salbe" produced a trashy sexually explicit video in which migrant domestic workers are dehumanized and objectified to the point where the person playing the role of the recruitment agency representative responded to the couple seeking a domestic worker: "Do you think that I am a pimp?". The "husband" at the end of the video suggested that to the recruiter "to shove up his *** the broomstick that their last maid had used before she jumped from the balcony".
Facebook, Twitter and Youtube comments are those disdain and condemnation.
This is the post by the
Anti-Racism Movement. (18+) on the issue. Some on the Internet called for shutting down MTV again.
This comes after a previous
Murr TV report that we reported on previously, on the "invasion of perverted migrants" of Bourj Hammoud (North Beirut Suburb).
In the caption under the video, we read "Ktir Salbe" - Monday 8:30 PM on MTV Lebanon - Written By Jiscar Lahoud & Nabil Assaf Directed by Hani Khashfeh.
Someone needs to tell these persons, as well as Murr TV staff and managers, of the existence of media ethics.
Wissam al-Saliby, Ethiopian Suicides.
The following is the video. In Arabic. Recommended 18 years and up.
And these are some of the
social media reactions:
On Youtube:
