Tag: creativity

Filipino movie and TV actors don’t know how to play rich people

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 benign0 14 Comments

Many people have been wondering why Filipino films and television shows are such massive cringes. On the surface, the most obvious observation is that the emotional hooks used by the template plots of these products are overused and obsolete. Shouting matches, loud monologues, and slapstick chatter pepper stories about “love” between characters from opposite sides…

Business, Culture, Media

The demise of ABS-CBN will herald a mass media renaissance in the Philippines!

July 10, 2020 benign0 2 Comments

If the community of content producers, artists, and creative types would care to pause a bit and step out of the herd mentality that is the lunacy of their “solidarity” with embattled ABS-CBN, they will see the vast opportunities that await their craft with the demise of the Philippines’ biggest mass media empire. For so…

Culture, Media

Gimmick Nation: Is the Philippines a society of con artists?

August 1, 2015 Add 14 Comments

Part 1. A Look at How a Simple Word Impacted Our Culture Gimmick is an interesting word in its use in Tag-lish and Eng-saya — and baffling in how it is used. It is a local showbiz lingo, a jargon among the personalities of said industry. Just listen to a familiar sound bite on TV:…

Culture, Lifestyle, Media, Politics, Society

Pabebe Girl Power highlights Filipinos’ confusion: Are we individualists or collectivists?

July 22, 2015 Kate Natividad 15 Comments

There’s a case to be made for girl power growing stronger nowadays. I say that after seeing that Pabebe Girls video. Dude, they’re young girls making a statement. I suspect that the reason they copped so much derision is because of their, how do I put this politely, less-than-sosyal accents. I mean it’s easy for…

Culture, Society

Breaking the Culture of Slavery: The First Step in Saving the Philippines

July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 Grimwald 10 Comments

I was once asked about what films have I seen that have had a definite impact or influence in my life. Without fail, I answered Stargate. No, not the series or several series that came after it, but the moderately successful film that set it off. The one that featured James Spader and Kurt Russell (the…

Culture, Education, Government, Politics, Society

Homages, Fanfics, Parodies and Ripoffs: Defining Plagiarism

January 17, 2015 Grimwald 14 Comments

This is not meant to be a critical article but one that begs the question of just what is originality and why so much media in the Philippines is often branded “unoriginal”. I mean, just what does it mean to be “original” in this day and age and why does it have to be an…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Society

Do the Philippines and the ASEAN community have what it takes to deal with China?

August 7, 2013 benign0 39 Comments

For all the feel-good news snippets we are receiving about the arrival of the Philippines’ newest warship, the 3,200-tonne BRP Ramon Alcaraz which joins the 3,400-tonne frigate BRP Gregorio del Pilar also acquired from the United States last year in patrolling disputed waters off Palawan, one cannot help ask a simple question: Can anyone really…

Culture, Development, Government, Society