"We want back we Local"

Sometimes when I look at television I often wonder, who are we? are we even Trinidad any more? why are so many of our local shows made to mimic that of American Television? What about our culture, have we all lost the talent to think local and not just do as" monkey say monkey do". Before there was cable our local stations would showcase what it meant to be a true 'Trinbagonian' in shows that were rich with our culture, they were shows that we looked forward to. Who remembers "Calabash Alley" aired on a Sunday night now that was "comess" it was our very own soap opera made right here among our local, by our locals and for our local.  Today all that is local has been plagued with what i like to call the "copy cat" fever, its like we have become the worlds best followers and can no longer be leaders.

American television has some called American's next top model we have a Trinidad's next top model, American television has American's next dance crew, we have Trinidad's next dance crew...

We have become so lazy not only in creating our on programs but we have also now even steal the name from our American counterparts...

I would like to see Trinidad rise again where local programming and its content is concerned and not have to rely on the American programs to come up with our next idea...we have come so far as a country yet the world still see us as the worlds greatest COPY CATS......