SHOWBIZ

It only hit me the moment my then future executive producer had asked me the question after a panel interview: So how long have you been in showbiz?

And, I, for a moment, swallowed an invisible saliva. Showbis? Me? Uh, I think you're mistaken I said to myself. I paused for a moment and a reality gong came droning my head as it  fills itself with images of all the work i got right after graduation, indeed, i am in showbiz. And so i answered: 2 1/2 years.

Because showbiz equals artistas (of course). And I am never fond of them. But then again, i was and still is, working for the benefit of showbiz and the artistas. So, in a galaxial hierarchal state, i am a part of their system; this small pond composed of small fishes in the galactic and campy world of third world showbiz. And it really is dirty and glamorous. And i know some issues at its heartest which often would be the topic during get-togethers with friends simply because you represent that area. So sue me, hahahaha!

You see, our local showbiz is like a still small pond. It doesn't ripple on the surface because the pond is so deep you know a loch ness monster can fit in it and all the tremors are underneath. They fight, back bite, kiss and make-up, liposuct, exchange boyfriends, explore virginity, cry to milk sympathy, taunt and provoke inside a box that we call TV. And the people just looooove it. Love isn't even a word to explain. They have a relationship with a box that reduces their neurons in amounts similar to a serving of caviar. But that is the ugly part meaning it has a beautiful part (a vague concept but it has that part) too and one of the beauty that comes with it for me is that it feeds me; that basic of an instinct. And i am greatful for that but there is much needed cleansing and exfoliation on local TV really...  i love Aling Tasing, the quintessential epitome of a masa viewer. And seriously, I just wish we take her seriously. Because SHE can get it, it might be different, but Aling Tasing can! And this is what we call Power to the People.

So last night, i went to a birthday party cum press conference of Katrina Halili. And i figured, i am inside the territory of the small pond. I saw some local actors where i even shared a table with them and they didn't really strike me as someone interesting or maybe, just maybe, i am unfriendly and judgemental. Good thing though, AD was with me or else i'd look like a  mono bloc chair which eventually happened after AD left.

You know, i am used to being out of place in certain events like crashing a party but i am never bored. That night, i looked like a bored mono bloc chair wearing a mini skirt.

PS

Speaking of Power to the People, I watched Ligalig. And in fairness to Cesar Montano. Lalong lalo na kay Sunshine Cruz. I should hand it over to Cesar who made an 'unsafe' movie. My boss says that Ligalig is a film noir--- whatever that is but at least Aling Tasing can tell any GI Joe that she knows film noir! San ka pa?

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FILM NOIR pronounced as film nwah.

The term film noir (French for "black film")

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those focused on sex and corruption. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography, while many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression.

Parang ka lang nagsabi ng film at nasuka... film noir.