Wazzup Pilipinas!?
Citing Direk Darryl Yap's recent post on his Facebook page where he showed a photo of former President Ferdinand Edralln Marcos and former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos together with another photo of Marco Gumabao and Cindy Miranda portraying the roles of the Marcos couple, with a very witty caption, I couldn't stop myself from making this blog....so pardon my ramblings...and just hoping I'm making sense..or just "lutang" na rin...Basta these are what came into mind after seeing that post.
THE REAL and DA RRYL's - The Real (actual events as written in history?) .... and Director Darryl Yap's version - is it truly based on reality or just another attempt to misinform?
Facts versus the Figments of the imagination of the writer/director or the producer whom we all know as Senator Imee Marcos and Viva Films?
This has actually been the biggest dividing issue for many who have watched and even for those who have not watched Maid in Malacanang dahil sa trailer pa lang ay judgemental na agad saying they are refusing to watch a movie that only adds to the historical revisionism - yung ginawa lang daw para to deodorize the stinking reputation of the Marcoses. Totoo nga bang there is a reputation na dapat pabanguhin o reputation na dapat lang ibalik sa dati nitong bango na pinabaho lang ng nakaraang mga namumuno sa Pilipinas?
We all know that the divide has not been equal, similar to what happened to the recent Philippine election. Sobrang lamang ang dami ng mga bumoto kay Bongbong Marcos (BBM) na ngayon ay atin ng Presidente, kumpara kay dating Bise Presidente Leni Robredo. At hindi po natin masasabing it was a tight or close fight. Tanggapin na po natin at hindi maikakaila na mas gusto ng nakararaming Pilipino si BBM. Huwag po nating sabihing maraming Pinoy ang nalinlang o nabudol ng mga fake news, pero pilit pa rin may magdidiin na totoo lahat ang mga naibalita noong panahong mula pagkatapos ng so called People Power. Iyon nga ba ang kagustuhan ng nakakarami o nabudol rin tayo noon?
With how mainstream media is reporting, and not reporting, the actual news and events... we could also question how complete and factual our so called history is. As the saying goes, history is written by the victors, and this time is the opportunity of the Marcoses to share their side of their story or "history" now that a Marcos is back in Malacanang. Or baka nga "history is like chismis" as MiM star Ella Cruz who portrayed the role of Irene Marcos have said...kasi nga pinagpasa-pasahan na mga kuwento only among the victors ng naturingang EDSA revolution at patuloy na pinalaki at pinaraming kuwento throughout the years, at ikinalat sa media, because the so called "victors" were in control of the country.
Sa totoo lang, Direk Darryl Yap, who is now working on Martyr or Murderer (MoM), the second part of his highly successful Maid in Malacanang (MiM) which is still showing in other countries and probably the biggest blockbuster of Viva Films, is a brilliant director like no other of his generation. Never have we seen a movie maker, together with his extraordinary team, who have stirred the country with so much "noise"....making their movies among, if not the most, highly anticipated and watched Philippine movies of all time.
We have to congratulate the you g director for the success of his previous works from "Jowable" to the present "Maid in Malacanang" that are truly confirming that he is consistently a blockbuster and record-breaking movie maker.
With MiM being both enlightening and entertaining, Direk Darryl Yap's follow-up movie MoM could have been a challenge for him to make. But from reactions to his recent reveals of additional celebrities portraying roles of younger versions of personalities like former Manila Mayor Isko Moreno getting the part of Ninoy Aquino, Marco Gumabao as the younger former president Ferdinand Edralln Marcos, Cindy Miranda as the younger former first lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, adding to the cast, and most probably many other surprise revelations as the months go, ...
...plus the information that they are surpassing the Himala 3000 crowd for now having the biggest crowd participated by numerous talents reaching to 4000 during a scene done at the Sarrat or Sta Monica Parish Church, we are sort of guaranteed that this second part will surely be another movie worth watching and will no doubt become another blockbuster not only in the Philippines but also for the rest of the world especially where there are Pinoys...
at siguradong may makikisabay na naman para makahati ng kanyang popularidad at kasikatan...itago na lang natin sa pangalang "Kachips" o hindi pa ba obvious?
But then again ay kitang-kita naman natin ang totoong nakakalamang sa takilya kahit pa nagmamalaki ang isa na multi-awarded..nababalita ba ang mga tunay na kaganapan sa mainstream media especially yung mga behind the scenes or under the table? which begs the question na "Sino nga ba talaga ang tunay na bayaran at nababayaran?"
Bumalik tayo sa issue ng facts versus figments of the imagination, basta ako ay totally entertained at naiyak, natawa, namangha at iba-iba pa ang naramdaman sa movie na Maid in Malacanang at talagang aabangan ang Martyr or Murderer next year.
And perhaps with this second movie ay marami na naman tayong malalamang mga katotohanan, o kathang-isip nga lang ba, na hindi naikwento ng mga nakaraang maraming taon? Tayo na lang ang bahalang humusga kung ano nga ba ang THE REAL at DA RRYL's.
Ross is known as the Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas - An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professional by profession and a Social Media Evangelist by heart.
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