Cambodian TV Seems Derivative (VIDEO)

Cambodia stepped into modern television entertainment way too quickly. The U.S had decades of silent movies and vaudeville comedy and radio dramas before they started broadcasting the Texaco Star Theater. Cambodia got electricity in their big cities and moved right into wacky variety hour. A show called Like It Or Not which for Mother’s Day told an American girl living in Cambodia that they’d found her long lost mom and was going to reunite them on television.

Autumn Allen hasn’t seen her mom since she was six and her dad moved with her to Cambodia. I don’t know how bad shit got with the mom, but if you have to move your kid to Cambodia to get some distance, let’s just call it fucking horrible. Autumn’s become something of a celebrity in Cambodia being that she’s American and sings and performs. The show convinced Autumn they had her mom backstage as the young teen girl teared up and said this was her dream (4:20 mark in the video). Then, out came the tranny Cambodian comic. Ru Paul Pot. I’d like some points on that nickname. Even the audience who once witnessed the Killing Fields were left horrified. After the show Autumn told everybody she was sure the prank was all meant in good fun, and, oh, by the way, can you untie my dad from the metal bed frame and power down those battery transformers.

It’s hard to imagine this kind of cruel and tasteless prank being pulled on American television. Which is exactly why Cambodian television is so much better.