I watched an Afghan soap opera entitled The Briefcase. It was about a man who dropped off a briefcase at the house of some "big shots." The man walked in the house and had his identification checked. Then, a bodyguard carried the "briefcase," which was actually a huge piece of luggage, to the boss lady. When she opened it, it was full of papers that literally said, "Fake Document." Her personal bodyguard was blindfolded the entire episode, yet he could see intruders and hit them with a black stick. Her other bodyguard had a "gun," which was just his hands in the position of a gun. This was hilarious. There was even a car chase and the drivers were swerving for no reason. The man who gave them a faulty case ran into a parked car and injured himself. I loved this soap opera. So far, I have only learned a few basic words, numbers, and the alphabet, so it was hard for me to pick up on anything. However; some words sounded the same as they do in English (i.e. They used the profanity that means a female dog and of course it is the same as in English).
I watched a Persian rap video called "Sad Ghasam" by Erfan. "Sad Ghasam" means "100 swears." The song is seemingly religious and he feels very empowered, but I am not sure why he wanted to put it in the form of rap. The language is much more poetic than American songs though. Erfan was kidnapped by men wearing black and interrogated in the middle of the song. I noticed that this song and the soap opera had a Western influence. Also, Erfan was wearing blindfolds the entire time he was rapping.
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