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The tried and tested formula to come up with a tearjerker is to make orphans out of the child characters, beat the hell out of them and subject them to all sorts of physical abuse and torture.
Any event in this country always has something showbiz in it – even the first People Power in EDSA 20 years ago. Below, let us trace the events related to showbiz that led to the first EDSA revolution in February 1986 and its immediate aftermath in the world of local movies.
Political unrest may be bad for the economy, but it brings out the creative juices among our film artists – not to mention their rebellious streak. It’s not surprising therefore that a sector of the movie industry has bravely come forward to demand the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
I was idly flipping channels one night last week when a vaguely familiar scenario caught my attention – Christopher de Leon caught between Dina Bonnevie and Lorna Tolentino. The women’s big hair – you know, the ’dos with the woolly curls up front – tipped me off to the fact that I was looking at a cinematic artifact – mid- to late 1980s, to be sure.
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[Title] => Are we better off after EDSA?
[Summary] => When the first call to EDSA I was made on the night of Feb. 22, 1986, I remember that I was with the members of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (it was my first year with the group) and we were at the old San Miguel building in Ayala Avenue watching the political film Miguelito: Ang Batang Rebelde by Lino Brocka and starring Aga Muhlach.
Mahiwaga at isang palaisipan ang marahas na pagkakapaslang kay Nida Blanca, isa sa pinakamaningning na bituin na kumislap sa larangan ng pelikulang Pilipino. Si Nida ay pinangalanang Dorothy Jones at mahigit limampung taon ng artista mula nang siya ay mapansin ni Delia Razon, na isa ring artista sa LVN Pictures, sa isang piyestahan. Lakas loob namang nilapitan ni Dorothy si Delia at nagpatulong na maging artista rin.
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[AuthorName] => THE YOUNG CRITIC ni Jennifer Miranda
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