Ary Kirana: I Have To Choose My Battle

Chatty Chant: ARY KIRANA

Chantal (Ch) You are an entertainer. Penyanyi, pemain drama musikal, penyiar radio, dll. Apa yang membuat Ary sangat menikmati dunia entertainment?

Ary Kirana (Ak): "On Being a singer: I could sing, playing dress up and put on my make up, and get paid. On being a broadcaster: I could say what's on my mind and have thousands of people listen on what I have to say ( it doesn't matter they agree or not). On being in a musical play or film: other than it combine music and act, my parents could come and see my work :)"

Ch: Selalu kebagian peran lucu dan menghibur, apakah ada keinginan untuk mendalami peran-peran yang serius?

Ak: "Pengen bangeeeeeeeeetttt..... Terutama untuk musical play atau film. Tapi mungkin ekspektasi orang ke aku adalah bisa buat mereka ketawa kali ya... But tell you the truth, I really want to try everything... But then again, entertainment world is like any other business in the world. You really have to know how to place your product. If you want to do everything all together at the same period of time then people won't know what you really good at. So now, I have to choose my battle... I settle on being funny :) and focus on it.. If The market already familiar of who I am, then I can start showing them the other side of me. Karena, sama seperti banyak hal di muka bumi ini, pelaku seni pun pasti ingin berkembang, evolving :) Hanya tinggal menunggu waktu yang tepat aja."

Ch: Bagaimana Ary melihat peran perempuan dalam dunia entertainment?

Ak: "Perempuan punya peranan besar di dunia entertainment. Fashion, music, film, everything. Sadar atau nggak sadar, we control what our boyfriend or husband listen and wear :) hihihihihihihi. Daur hidup pelaku seni perempuan pun cenderung lebih lama dibanding laki-laki. Tapi tanggung jawab perempuan pun lebih besar. What we create today will become a legacy for our children. Can you imagine if one day, our grand children ask us "nek, kenapa pas jamannya nenek ada penyanyi, nyanyi sambil intercourse sama speaker dan tiang mic?" Expressing what we feel, think, and concern through art is totally fine, but we have a duty as women to educate our children :)"

Ch: Ary bilang perempuan punya tugas untuk mendidik anak-anak kita. Apakah laki-laki tidak punya tugas yang sama?

Ak: "Laki juga punya tugas yg sama, buat aku in a family, mother and father have the same portion on shaping children's future. Harus kerja sama, dan punya visi yg sama, supaya anak nggak punya double standard :) A good community start from a healthy family. Hehehehehehehe"

Ch: If you have the power to change the world, what would you do?

Ak: "I'll make 'forgive and forget' as a mandatory, People love to read books, Jakarta have a better landscape, Children respect parents, and parents love their children, Forest restoration Louboutin and LV will have a discount every year, Kebaya bukan cuma buat ke kawinan."

Ch: Apa yang ingin Ary perjuangkan mengenai perempuan di Indonesia?

Ak: "Perempuan Indonesia pada dasarnya luar biasa. Bekerja tapi masih bisa urus keluarga :) Tapi pasti akan lebih luar biasa jika pendidikan sudah merata. Melalui pendidikan kita bisa merubah cara berpikir menjadi lebih baik."

Ch: Apakah saat ini Ary sudah merasa mandiri? Mengapa?

Ak: "Hhhhmmm, kalau masih single kayak sekarang ini sih pasti gampang untuk jadi mandiri :) Belum ada tanggung jawab sama siapa-siapa... Hehehehehehehe... Waktu, energi, uang masih sebagian besar untuk diri sendiri."

Ch: Masih ada sebagian laki-laki yang khawatir/takut jika punya pasangan yang mandiri. Takut ada perasaan tidak dibutuhkan. Bagaimana perempuan seharusnya bersikap kalau hal itu terjadi?

Ak: "There's no a single woman that can be happy or succeed all by her self. We need love and acknowledgment from our love one, begitu pun sebaliknya."

Ch: Bagaimana menurut Ary hubungan berpasangan yang ideal?

Ak: "He is everything that she's not, and she's everything that he's not.. Complete each other. Grow together in everything. Respect each other. Becaucse love will faded, but if we respect each other then we're safe. After all, it's a relationship, we need to work on it to make it work. Boyfriend or girlfriend, both of them don't have a manual book, but we have solid solution for a good relationship: love, respect, trust, communication and ROMANCE :) ... Lots of romance :)"

Ch: Kenapa perempuan harus mandiri?

Ak: "Selama kita nggak bisa tahu apa yang akan terjadi 10 menit ke depan, kita harus mandiri... Buat jage jage kalo kata bang Benyamin :)" (wo/bee)

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