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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
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The Pinoy macho
stripped–and feminized? |
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By Johven Velasco
LAST week (“Pinay with Flexed
Muscles, Pinoy with Fluttering Eyelashes”), I wrote about how the
contemporary Filipino woman has assumed a stronger disposition and a
tougher demeanor as presented on mainstream Filipino films, at least
in the romance dramas and romantic comedies of the leading film
outfits, notably Star Cinema.
On the other hand, the Pinoy
macho has certainly paled in comparison. He has shown weakness in
character spine and resolve, unlike the traditional screen macho we
used to see on the big screen, often portrayed as the action hero
whose manliness was hinged on physical strength and skills in hand
combat and fight stunts, or in his hero-and-redeemer-like resolve.
As exemplified by the likes of Fernando Poe Jr., Joseph Estrada,
Lito Lapid, Rudy Fernandez, and much later Phillip Salvador and Bong
Revilla, the traditional macho on screen was the mythical or the
working-class hero out to save his townspeople from oppression and
bondage caused by “evil forces” by the ruling class and their
ilk in films of social realism.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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GMA Network gears
up for Kapusolympics
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GMA Network celebrates its 57th
anniversary by way of a grand sports fest billed “Kapusolympics”
featuring the network’s biggest stars in a day-long sports and fun
festivities to be held in Marikina Sports Park on June 23.
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Eiga Sai 2007
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Turning Japanese
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The Japan Foundation, Manila, in
cooperation with the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, the Cultural Center of
the Philippines and the UP Film Institute, proudly presents slices
of Japanese life...
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SHOWBITS
By Danny Vibas
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Robin Padilla
finds time to do indies
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Attention, fans of Robin Padilla.
If you don’t know yet, your idol has an indie film titled Blackout
and it is now showing in a few select theaters.
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HI!
SOCIETY
By Becky Garcia
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Tesoro group
unveils new ‘baby’
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MARIA ISABEL TESORO, better known
as Beng, maybe the “baby” of the family, but she is certainly up
in front when it comes to the family business.
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CALIFORNIA
DREAMING
By Carmen C.
Hernandez
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Consul-General
Weng Sanchez leaves her heart in San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO: Her admirers in
the Bay Area describe Weng Mendoza Sanchez as “the best Con-Gen
San Francisco ever had.” Of course the feeling might stir debate...
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Power and
betrayal
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“Your betrayer,” writes one
therapist, “may have felt powerless in your relationship. Rightly
or wrongly, he believed that you usually got your needs met and he
didn’t.
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