RJs Mimicking MPs: Justified Or Crime?
RJs Mimicking MPs: Justified Or Crime?
On August 14, 2014, actress turned politician Jaya Bachchan surprisingly started with an unexpected discussion. She raised the issue of mimicry of MPs. She criticized the radio jockeys for making fun of the MPs. As per Mrs. Bachchan, RJs mimicry comments on lawmakers are absolutely objectionable and not palatable. She prompted I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar to look into the matter. What do you think? Is mimicking MPs justified or will you even support Mrs. Bachchan and call it as a crime?
Justified
- Humor can be defined as another form of equality. MPs just cannot tolerate the fact that RJs mimic on them openly.
- Indians have got the right of freedom of expression and till the time RJs do not use derogatory comments, and just mimic, they are justified.
- Humor is same for every class. What do the MPs want? Should the regulatory body create a special category of humors for MPs?
- MPs create scenes in the parliament and provide RJs with the opportunities to mimic them. When MPs treat the politics as fun, RJs also have every right to treat them in similar way.
- It seems MPs just want to gain attention by bringing in such insignificant issues in Rajya Sabha. The former actress has forgotten that it is the Bollywood movies who are the first one to mock on politicians.
- The humors and satire are the means through which the real picture is presented in front of masses. In a way, the mimicry highlights the problems in system.
- Why only the issue revolves around the Radio Jockeys? Why it doesn’t covers movies, social media, newspaper who are equally involved in the process.
Crime
- Mimicking doesn’t cause any physical harm to the MPs but definitely hurts the reputation of MPs.
- MPs represent the country and anything beyond a limit can be treated as an insult or offence against the MPs.
- RJs have to understand that any message in the form of mimicry have the chances of getting misinterpreted by the common public.
- RJs should try to use the media for constructive purposes. Mimicry of MPs is waste of time and resources.
- RJs and all the other forms of media have a sense of responsibility towards the nation and its people. They should do their acts in the defined limits.
Conclusion
It seems MPs are getting allergic to the humor. They should understand that RJs do the mimicry of the acts which MPs do in real life. It is mere repetition of their acts. There is no reason to get hyper sensitive on the issue. India has got many other real problems which need discussion in the parliament. Bringing a issue like mimicry in the Parliament doesn’t suits on the respectable MPs. Humor is a part of life and MPs should gracefully accept it.
Discussion
- RE: RJs Mimicking MPs: Justified Or Crime? -Sushmita (09/03/14)
- RJs mimic actors,heroines,singers,MPs,etc... All are humans and their intention is just to entertain their audience and not to hurt anyone's sentiments. It is all healthy mimicking and it should be taken in a funny way and not personally. MPs who feel offended when they are mimicked should broaden their mind set, I would say. And also, RJs must keep a thing in mind that if they are mimicking anyone, they should not pin point or make fun of anyone personally. Even mimicking someone is not easy. It requires a lot of practice and precision and some pepople earn their bread by mimicking people in a healthy way. Moreover, RJs don't and can't' mimic politicians or anyone else physically which looks quite offensive. So, I would say,mimicking politicians by Rjs is justiied.
Mimicking someone is not a crime and this is all just the matter of thinking. If someone takes it personally, they can bring that to the notice of the RJ, but should not declare mimicking as a crime. - RE: RJs Mimicking MPs: Justified Or Crime? -mimiciking (08/31/14)
- mimicking is not big crime ...but government make the rule to prohibited that ..some media channel also mimic .....so that is not good , it is directly insult to someone on front of lot people. it also effect on reputation of mp or other people ..india is good country ,always think good and talk sweet ..there also another way to laugh the people ...
- RE: RJs Mimicking MPs: Justified Or Crime? -Deepa Kaushik (08/31/14)
- RJs mimicking MPs is nothing different from mimicking any other person. Being a Radio Jockey, the job profile not only includes the hilarious outlook and good sense of humour, but the same is combined by responsibility of passing the meaningful messages to the public in the most convincing manner. RJs today focus more towards the entertainment part and just concentrate on making people laugh by any means.
It is understandable that we have the freedom of speech and expression in India, but the same should not be utilised in an offending manner. Mimicking and making mockery are two different phases. It is okay to mimic someone just to make people cheerful and have a light mood, but making mockery by mimicking is an unacceptable act.
We cannot completely call the issue being discussed in the Parliament as a waste, as the status definitely require the limitation, a check so as to make the humour in its light temper. If the same state would have been countered by the common man, he would have acted legally and the matter could have been sorted ultimately by limiting the same. The route would have been longer for the common man which has been cut short as the affected person being the MPs in this case.
Crime is a big term to be used for this act of mimicking and making mockery, but it is definitely not justified. This is an unacceptable scenario for anyone. We can understand that this act of mimicking is not worth punishable, but it requires to be restricted to the level of entertainment.
