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That night, Rina edited for 10 hours. She used AI to deepfake Om Geng’s mustached face onto the body of a 1980s action hero. She sampled the dramatic duk-duk sound from Si Doel Anak Sekolahan and set it to a lo-fi beat. She then inserted clips of Om Geng silently, solemnly, dipping his tofu into sambal while a sinetron villain whispered, “Kamu… kamu tidak cukup gendut untukku!” (You… you are not fat enough for me!). The dusty VCDs of Tutur Tinular
Om Geng gasped. “Too scary! This is family entertainment! Like Kawin Gantung but with more crunching sounds.” I care about…”
The audience roared.
Rina had an idea. She would fuse them.
Rina hesitated. “But Ms. Dewi, I’m an archivist. I care about…”
