DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES UPDATE...
UPDATE:
Mayor Lim proves to the world that he does not understand sarcasm and perhaps has no idea what the internet is at all. Today, Mayor Alfredo "Maddie" Lim calls for Filipinos to join together to protest against "The Daily Show with John Stewart" because of Cory Slut-gate. (See previous post.)
MORON! What the f***? Ask the nearest ten year old to you to find the episode on You Tube and you'll see just how silly and senile and obnoxious you are being. Really, I dare you to try starting a signature campaign. Only complete idiots and people who have no idea how to use the dictionary will sign it.
Come to think of it. Dang... That could be a lot of people...
Nevertheless. Take my advice, Lim. Drop this. Not only because it will make you look like a fool but also because a lot of people don't LIKE Cory Aquino as much as you might think. And once again, I'll give you a chance. Drop this topic within the next 24 hours, Mayor, and I won't judge you as being unintelligent. Deal?
God, I hope Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee don't think that all Filipinos are as imbecilic as Lim, Deedee, Cory and whoever else other green passport holder is chasing this NON-ISSUE. Besides, this won't hold water. The Desperate Housewives Filipino slur protest was spearheaded by the Filipino-American community, not the Filipino-Filipino community, and that was why it was given so much media attention in the states. We don't matter here much on this side of the world in the eyes of US media. Filipinos only matter there because they are physically present in the country - and if they are American citizens, even more so. My fearless forecast is that Cory Slut-gate will fade away because it's only a big issue locally (if at all).
And Samantha. Please feel free to make fun of the aforementioned Dee-dee, Lim, and Cory. Then again, why would you waste your time, no?
Thank you mtxtremist for the photo of Mayor Lim under the Ninoy statue in front of Intramuros.
Speaking of which, could someone please move that statue out of it's current location at the corner of Burgos and Luneta Park? The Ninoy statue would be more appropriate near the Manila Press Club. Ninoy was a journalist. He has nothing to do with the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines at all. The statue just looks stupid next to Intramuros.
UPDATE 2:
Another reason why the writers, producers, and directors of Desperate Housewives (and not Teri Hatchet) should be tarred and feathered for their ignorance. Read this story sent to me by my Joan Perry, my blog tukayo (same name) "Walk This Way" from Charleston NC. Apparently, five Filipino nurses saved a man who was attacked by an alligator. Really, what would make the joke on DH funny was if the comment was true. Proof of Filipino medical competence like this shows you just how much DH needs to make amends with the Fil-Am medical community (who were mostly trained in the Philippines). Read about it here. Be careful, the photo of the severed arm can be gross to look at.
Then again, maybe I just side with Jon Stewart because his humor is highbrow and funny and I just hate Desperate Housewives because it's a stupid shallow show about stupid shallow people with stupid shallow issues. Maybe I'm just a snob like that.
Mayor Lim proves to the world that he does not understand sarcasm and perhaps has no idea what the internet is at all. Today, Mayor Alfredo "Maddie" Lim calls for Filipinos to join together to protest against "The Daily Show with John Stewart" because of Cory Slut-gate. (See previous post.)
MORON! What the f***? Ask the nearest ten year old to you to find the episode on You Tube and you'll see just how silly and senile and obnoxious you are being. Really, I dare you to try starting a signature campaign. Only complete idiots and people who have no idea how to use the dictionary will sign it.
Come to think of it. Dang... That could be a lot of people...
Nevertheless. Take my advice, Lim. Drop this. Not only because it will make you look like a fool but also because a lot of people don't LIKE Cory Aquino as much as you might think. And once again, I'll give you a chance. Drop this topic within the next 24 hours, Mayor, and I won't judge you as being unintelligent. Deal?
God, I hope Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee don't think that all Filipinos are as imbecilic as Lim, Deedee, Cory and whoever else other green passport holder is chasing this NON-ISSUE. Besides, this won't hold water. The Desperate Housewives Filipino slur protest was spearheaded by the Filipino-American community, not the Filipino-Filipino community, and that was why it was given so much media attention in the states. We don't matter here much on this side of the world in the eyes of US media. Filipinos only matter there because they are physically present in the country - and if they are American citizens, even more so. My fearless forecast is that Cory Slut-gate will fade away because it's only a big issue locally (if at all).
And Samantha. Please feel free to make fun of the aforementioned Dee-dee, Lim, and Cory. Then again, why would you waste your time, no?
Thank you mtxtremist for the photo of Mayor Lim under the Ninoy statue in front of Intramuros.
Speaking of which, could someone please move that statue out of it's current location at the corner of Burgos and Luneta Park? The Ninoy statue would be more appropriate near the Manila Press Club. Ninoy was a journalist. He has nothing to do with the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines at all. The statue just looks stupid next to Intramuros.
UPDATE 2:
Another reason why the writers, producers, and directors of Desperate Housewives (and not Teri Hatchet) should be tarred and feathered for their ignorance. Read this story sent to me by my Joan Perry, my blog tukayo (same name) "Walk This Way" from Charleston NC. Apparently, five Filipino nurses saved a man who was attacked by an alligator. Really, what would make the joke on DH funny was if the comment was true. Proof of Filipino medical competence like this shows you just how much DH needs to make amends with the Fil-Am medical community (who were mostly trained in the Philippines). Read about it here. Be careful, the photo of the severed arm can be gross to look at.
Then again, maybe I just side with Jon Stewart because his humor is highbrow and funny and I just hate Desperate Housewives because it's a stupid shallow show about stupid shallow people with stupid shallow issues. Maybe I'm just a snob like that.
posted by carlosceldran @ 9:15 PM
16 Comments:
Most of us Filipinos are soooooo sensitive and could not distinguish reality from a "joke".
What is national pride anyway?
It's time we open our eyes and smell the coffee. Perhaps, we can channel all these hoopla into positive thinking and change for the better. Guys, these supposedly jokes are "eye opener".
Let's prove them that we are more than that and rise above the rest and not be carried away by triviality.
I am not a doomsayer here but I can see trouble in the future for ABS-CBN unless they start practicing tolerance or attend briefings on cultural diversity. With the TFC aired in most progressive cities of the U.S., there will always be these Filipino lines like "maganda siya pero maitim", "mukha kang Negro", "anak ng Baluga", "mukhang Ita", etc. which are tolerated by ABS-CBN, if not deleted. Wait until the tables are turned, with African Americans demonstrating infront of ABS-CBN studios in the U.S.
I used to like Cory out of sympathy. But, when she came out of her foxhole and demanded, yes! demanded Gloria to resign and charge her Guilty without trial, I lost my all my respect.
Slut is a nice word, actually.
No, I am not a fan of Gloria. I just expected Cory has a higher calling than what she did. In the end, she was just a lucky housewife who became President.,, being on the right place, at the right time.
"And Catherine. Please feel free to make fun of the aforementioned Dee-dee, Lim, and Cory. Then again, why would you waste your time, no?"
Catherine would be... Samantha's sister?
thank you thank you carlos! i totally agree that this cory-protest is time-wasting and is obviously only riding on the desperate housewives brouhaha. this much of a fuss is overkill: worse, it dilutes the perception of gravity from the desperate housewives offense by turning people's attentions elsewhere.
finally! an internet post with regards to the DH/Daily Show issues that made sense! it is really not appropriate for some (politicians) to "grandstand" on these matters as there are more important things to attend to in the country... i think the government is using this to cover up the currently bloating NBN ZTE inquiry... then again, WHAT'S NEW? next distraction please...
Carlos C.,
I agree with your position.
Humor has always been one of the supposed strengths of the Filpino
- a means of coping with adversity - laughing and texting our way through "revolutions", coups, political instability, economic crises etc. We have laughed at Nora Aunor, Rick Belmonte, Melanie Marquez, Lito Lapid, Erap and the current favorite, the SHORTcomings of GMA. It seems that it has always been funny as long as it is somebody else ...
When it hits close to home , suddenly it is an insult. Suddenly some people don't understand the humor in the very style of sarcasm, satire , parody and put-down that they had found to be so funny, so long as it was about somebody else.
Humor is not easy but it should clearly not be onesided. At the very least what is good for the goose should be good for the gander...
Time to lighten up
Laugh
It takes a little maturity
And perhaps a little effort
But ...
As Manny Pacman might say - "just flows"
daguldol
I am an RN in NYC and truthfully, outside of the Filipino community, no one gives a sh&*& about this DH fiasco. Why are we over reacting to this stupidity? I have been asked several times to sign a petition form against the show but I always say no. I refuse to make a big issue out of an ignorant line written by an equally ignorant screenwriter for a really stupid show I do not even watch. It is a joke - an very stupid joke that is not funny. Let's leave it at that.
By the way, John Stewart is a genius. Leave his show alone. That's the only show I watch!
Mayor Lim is a retard with a giant crush on Cory. What a big idiot.
Balsy or Pinky (Cory's older daughters) did not know the meaning of the word "slut". They asked Kris for the meaning of word "slut". They asked the right person. Enough said.
Thirty-thousand signatures later, the Filipino-American community had managed to show the whole wide world what an ignorant race it was -- and a whiny one at that -- for failing to see television for what it was, an idiot box.
I wonder if we watched the same Comedy Central Sketch.
It was satire.....a very good one that actually put women leaders in a good light....
Well, at least we now have two documents with names of stupid Filipinos to avoid....(we don't need to see their diplomas anymore. we can just refer to the list....)
As a foreigner i've dealt with Filipino medical professionals 3 times . Once after a massive asthma attack i was treated at Manila Doctors Hospital ....no complaints . second time went to a Doctor after travelling in other Asian countries and becoming ill i deliberately waited until i arrived here ) Manila ) as i knew i'd be treated by a " real " Doctor . and finally a Filipino nurse working in a hospital in my home country of Australia . she was the theater ( ? ) nurse , assisting in a life saving operation for my wife . This lady was kind , compassionate and professional , as were all the others i came in contact with , so i have no problem with the DH comment as i know it to be uncalled for and unrealistic .Philippines , and her citizens are bigger than that , laugh it off and remember every time a finger is pointed , 3 are pointed back .
But don't our local comedians like Joey de Leon, Michael V - pick on and impersonate and 'mock' our own political personalities? I even remember Tessie Tomas impersonating Cory before - and her dialogues even played around Cory's being "walang alam" na presidente. And that was when Cory was still in Malacañang, and the palace made no fuss about it.
I don't see the point why we have to demand apology for such trivial matter. Come on, it's just a comedy show! The country's security and honor won't be at stake just because an ex woman president was called a slut in some American gag show. We've got more important issues to face than such cheapness.
I also used to like Cory but like the 3rd comment, I was turned off when Cory announced she was retiring from politics and here she comes out the next week wanting to get to that camp and claimed she just wanted to hear mass. Nobody believed her. She thought she could instigate another rally. She really has lost her so called magic.
More so when I learned about landowners losing their agricultural land because of land reform while she kept her hacienda to her family.
After all the filipino's in America have finished bragging about how big their houses are, what else was left for them to gossip about? It's a good job this episode of DH turned up really. Yawn.
What I remembered my dad saying after we watched the show:
"Jon Stewart is stupid! We should write to him and tell him it's the daughter and not the mother that's the sl*t!"
"Who could believe Kris Aquino? There she was being asked to comment about Jon Stewart's quip and she says, (trans.) 'Ay naku! I'm mad! (laughs) As for my family, they didn't know the meaning of the word so I had to explain. (laughs even more)'"
Ah! What a pity the daughter never inherited the father's brains... :P
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