If a political event summons a figure of opinion, the most prominent one to emerge from seasons of Philippine duress can only be the pundit. By definition, a pundit is someone hired by a media outfit to lend one’s expertise to a topic. We already know how the anchor turns this so-called expert into a talking head in an interview that’s a sorry excuse for a conversation that will never take place. If the pundit’s appearance is a matter of occasion, how can his ideas even be of consequence?
Our current political situation has extended such figure’s screen time, rendering his insignificance permanent. If his eminence is what has become of that species of thinking called public intellect, what are the chances for commentary to become articulate again in this precarious phase of our vaunted complaints? What cultural condition may be opportune for the critic in a post-critical age to reclaim her relevance?
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