First and foremost, Bellylicious is aimed at having a laugh says radio station 99.5 Rait FM.
But there is another message behind it.
The local radio station stated in a media release, that Bellylicious also “pokes a bit of fun at authority” featuring a shirtless Rait FM Team shaking their bellies.
The video was inspired by the largely debated Bootylicious from Tati Mangi PNG and banned on local media by Minister for Religion and Community Development, Delilah Gore.
Speaking to Loop PNG, Ryan Khay, Program Director/ Operations Manager touched on the double standard practiced in the country.
“What we’re supporting here is freedom of choice. If it’s on social media, you have a choice to watch or not. For Tati’s video, it was the first of its kind for PNG that’s why it had a lot of negative comments. But this doesn’t define you as a person or country,” he said.
The release of Bellylicious video also puts Rait FM as the first to have released a parody video.
Parody is a work created to mock, comment on, or make fun of an original work, its subject, its author, its style, etc. by means of a humorous or ironic imitation.
“That’s the key angle we are pushing as well. As far as the parody video go, we are the first to done one,” Khay added.
The clip is both comical and satirical featuring one of PNG’s best known comedians, and 1/3rd of the Rait FM Breakfast Team Elton Kili.
The clip features some of the key elements of the original clip, and was endorsed by the original creator Tati, who makes a cameo at the end of the clip.
The 1min 40seconds video has been posted on YouTube and Facebook, with 23, 000 views over the past 24 hours, on the latter platform.
Khay says there have been negative comments on Youtube but Rait FM is confident that people will see the humor in it, and have a laugh.
See it before it gets banned!
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