Unbeknownst to many, theater is a world where culture of barbarism and gutter-like demeanor exist.
In a recent interview, Leah Salonga and Dolly de Leon recalled being called names and being yelled at a plethora of time.
Boba. Stupid. Pangit. These were the ugly words thrown at them by theater professionals.
Most theater actors were cursed at their slightest mistake by their directors who think they’re gods and whose infallibility is their greatest traits.
Worse, some theater actors are at the receiving end of harassment as they experienced being thrown at by their directors. Imagine, some of them ay binato ng ashtray, ng chair, ng kung anu-ano.
Any which way we see it, it’s a form of barbarism.
Once, in high school, I attended an acting workshop for theater. As the finale assignment, we’re made to act in a play.
I played Ninoy Aquino and a classmate, the name of which escaped me at the moment, played Ferdinand Marcos.
We were on stage reading the script and throwing lines. The director went to the farthest section and complained he couldn’t hear me as I throw my line.
He was obviously infuriated and went to my direction, yelling with all his might.
I immediately acted on instinct. I threw the script, cursed him and walked away.
The director was so stunned he was speechless.
The play did not materialized and my classmates were shocked by what I did.
Excuse me, ha, but I won’t let anyone curse me just because I made a mistake.
Kung gusto n’yo ng murahan, you will get it from me. Warning lang, it’s not the typical put…. ina mo. I can deliver more and better than that.
In life, I follow the Golden Rule regardless of who I am facing with.
I salute actors who were more than patient in dealing with cursing directors.
And I abhor directors who feel they’re gods when in reality they’re chimpanzees masquerading as human beings. They’re not human to begin with. They are totally devoid of class and elegance. They are squalors sa isip, sa salita at gawa.
Why vloggers and Tiktokerists are not journalists
With the advent of modern technology, everyone, it seems, has become journalist even if they’re bereft of collegiate studies.
This explains the mushrooming of faux journalist who, by virtue of being vloggers and Tiktokerists, unwittingly found themselves thrust into the world of media even if they are bereft of knowledge about what genuine journalism is all about.
Panning one’s cellphone all throughout a media event does not constitute journalism.
Writing is.
But what’s despicably frustrating is that these vloggers and Tiktokerists present themselves as the new mediamen.
That’s the sorry state of modern-day journalism.
How can they be called media when obviously most of them can’t write? When most of them do not even have the mastery of the King’s language.
What they have become are English-illiterate morons!!!
