![]() The first movie witnesses the rise of Yowis Ben, a high-school pop-punk band with Javanese lyrics, formed by Bayu (Bayu Skak, also directing), Doni (Joshua Suherman), Nando (Brandon Salim) and Yayan (Tutus Thomson). Given the financial success and warm response from general viewers, it is not surprising that an immediate sequel is produced in no time, hence Yowis Ben 2, an unnecessary yet still tremendously hilarious sequel. While the use of particular dialects is not a new thing in Indonesian cinema, especially in arthouse community the fact that it was a mogul-produced blockbuster creates a new powerful surge in the industry (note that a year earlier, the very industry was caught unprepared by another sleeper-hit, Uang Panai, a Makassar-bound production). In 2018, Yowis Ben prevailed against the odd condemning its segmented nature-using regional language (Javanese) with a more obscure dialect (Malangnese) and came in as a profitable sleeper-hit (almost hitting a million viewers during its theatrical run). ![]()
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