Diplomatic Relations

(Part 2)

The camera and news reporter who just arrived blocked the narrow alley of the theater with their tripod. When the lights were turned on, he beamed and shook the hands of the interviewer who had already prepared more questions about the overseas Filipino workers than the film. Your fellows are doing great. In fact, they are earning double than, say, cleaners in Hong Kong. Their living conditions are safe, despite the news claiming that people from the borders have taken over one of our towns. That’s not true. As our country’s representative, I can assure you that they are secure and will remit their money. Now on to the film that we are about to show. Yes, it’s a light take on kidnapping alright, and there is a minister involved. The reporter kept asking about Keith Droggan who starred in the film, the others films he starred in, and if there were plans of bringing him in to star with Anne Curtis. He asked me who Anne Curtis was. A local movie star who likes to sing, I answered. And he said, why not? Yes, we will bring Keith Droggan in town.