this is the video that made a lot of filipinos angrrryyy
my take:
comedies are not to be taken seriously,
comedies at times are supposed to be stupid.
the skit is not funny as in.
i think it's more of sexist rather than racist,
that the maid happened to be a filipina is beside the point.
i think the anger over one bad/distasteful comedy is over the top.
the issues that the government should be attending to are
how are philippine embassies in making sure justice is being served to abused/maltreated ofws? hello? sexual abuse of the dh's are much more serious than this stupid joke....
what is our government doing to make sure its people don't have to slave away in far away countries, or as in the show's case, practically whore themselves out? give filipino people more choice...
the sketch may be repulsively offensive but it doesn't mean one can't look at it as a social commentary. take a look around and see the REAL situation...
p.s. (pilipino statement) ginagawa rin to ng telebisyong pinoy. tulad ng bubble gang atbp na gumagamit ng hindi kaaya-ayang mga pang-uri patungkol sa mga bumbay, intsik, hapon, bisaya... wag balat sibuyas medyo racist din tayo. atin ating lang to kaya tagalog
it's like desperate housewives all over again!
ReplyDeletepero nakakatawa after nung nangyari sa desperate housewives naganap yung cebu scandal....
so yeah i think comedies minsan are observational, half meant kung baga...
hay tama, pag ganito lang naman kumikilos ang gobyerno sumasakay sa ingay pero ang daming nahihirapan na ofw's..
hindi solid ang pagtulong ng gobyerno. tamang ang mas dapat pagtuunan yung mga mas mabibigat na problema ....
i somehow agree alex. :)
ReplyDeletei am still offended by it yeah but maybe because you know pinoy ako eh. but you have a point, it's like swallowing your own spit este pill!
ReplyDeletesang-ayun ako sa punto mong ginagawa din natin ito sa kapwa pinoy natin. ang lagay ba eh, tayo-tayo lang ang pwedeng magbabuyan? di ba natin ginagago ang ibang lahi? di ba stereotyped ang bumbay na taga-5-6? ang hapon bilang yakuza, at ang intsik bilang mukhang negosyo (ruge negoshyoh)?
ReplyDeletemay tawag dyan eh.
Tama ka po, tayo ang galing natin mang-asar (lalo na iyang mga aktibist na yan) tapos pag tayo naman ang pinupukol at pinagkakatuwaan ambilis natin magalit. Eh kung naiintindihan lang nila mga sinasabi nating mg komento sa mga banyaga, malamang eh matagal na nila tayo binura sa mapa.
ReplyDeletesumangayon ka sa isang aktibista.
ReplyDelete(ang akward ng moment na ito noh? hihihi)
so this is the controversial video---I heard that Filipinos in UK are planning to make an official protest against the BBc.
ReplyDeleteYeah, one way or another comedies are not meant to be taken seriously but we cannot also deny the fact that indeed some people/ groups take advantage of such medium to advance their racist/ sexist intentions. After all, it's not humorous. If the clip made me laught, I should have forgiven them, but it didn't.....
medyo po kasi hindi maganda pakingan, especially if you're an OFW, tapos DH ka, tapos mapapnood mo yun,hindi po nkakatuwa. I'm an OFW myself here in Singapore, not a DH though, and i'm not going to tolerate this because i know, or we OFWs know, hindi madali trabaho abroad, at ang malayo sa pamilya, pero ginagawa namin to para sa mga pamilya namin sa pinas.
ReplyDeleteso sana maintindihan po natin bakit madaming pinoy ang nagagalit...
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ReplyDeleteYes, we have many more important things to worry about than complain about comedies. In fact, as I explained in my post, I think Filipinos misunderstood British humour. Unfortunately, the comedy sketch has touched a raw nerve in the UK's Filipino community.
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KUNG COMEDY SKIT NAMAN, HINDI DAPAT SINESERYOSO. Grabe din ang rasismo sa PILIPINAS!!! Mga terminolohiyang igorot,mangyan,bisaya at marami pa.
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