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In the end, Indonesian entertainment isn’t trying to be "world-class" in the Western sense. It’s trying to be real in a way that only a country of 280 million people with 700 languages and one chaotic capital can be. And that, more than any Netflix budget or Billboard chart, is what makes it unforgettable.
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