Friday, October 12, 2007
desperate
Okay, since Tops asked for an updated, I'm gonna write one. Hey, why did you erase your blog anyway?
I did not actually expect the issue about the Desperate Housewives dialogue to be a big deal! I was actually watching the season premiere of the show a few weeks ago when I heard Susan mention the word Philippines. I heard the entire dialogue and I understand the context but I didn't actually think it was derogatory at all. The first thing I thought was that, "That was neat! She mentioned the Philippines!" The next thing I know, I got an email from the groups of an org in UP with a link to an online petition regarding the dialogue Susan made. Then I looked online about the issue and it was a big deal in back there! A couple days after, it was on the local news here in LA since there is a big Filipino community in the area and the segment was titled Desperate Filipinos which I think was more annoying than the issue itself.
I just don't understand why people would take that particular line from this show seriuosly. I mean, c'mon! It's a comedy show and it was said by Susan who is the most neurotic character in Wisteria Lane. There are other shows out there that make derogatory comments/jokes about different countries as well as other races but people don't make a big deal about them because they are comedy shows (Will and Grace, Scrubs, etc). When can Filipino people learn to lighten up?!
I cannot believe that the Senate and the Congress would waste their time in demanding an apology from the creator of the show and trying to ban Desperate Housewives. Don't they have anything else to do, oh I don't know, maybe tackle some serious issues in the Philippines such as poverty and corruption?! And not waste their resources over some silly show?!
I also understand why Filipino people in the healthcare profession might pissed about this since Susan implied that the medical training in the Philippines is sub par but I think that American people are smarter than to believe what they hear on a comedy show. If Filipino people in healthcare are scared that US hospitals would not hire them because of that particular dialogue, then they are better off because that hospital is stupid enough to believe that line. Let's also not forget about some of the controversies in the medical field in the Philippines such as the nurse's board exam cheating.
I did not actually expect the issue about the Desperate Housewives dialogue to be a big deal! I was actually watching the season premiere of the show a few weeks ago when I heard Susan mention the word Philippines. I heard the entire dialogue and I understand the context but I didn't actually think it was derogatory at all. The first thing I thought was that, "That was neat! She mentioned the Philippines!" The next thing I know, I got an email from the groups of an org in UP with a link to an online petition regarding the dialogue Susan made. Then I looked online about the issue and it was a big deal in back there! A couple days after, it was on the local news here in LA since there is a big Filipino community in the area and the segment was titled Desperate Filipinos which I think was more annoying than the issue itself.
I just don't understand why people would take that particular line from this show seriuosly. I mean, c'mon! It's a comedy show and it was said by Susan who is the most neurotic character in Wisteria Lane. There are other shows out there that make derogatory comments/jokes about different countries as well as other races but people don't make a big deal about them because they are comedy shows (Will and Grace, Scrubs, etc). When can Filipino people learn to lighten up?!
I cannot believe that the Senate and the Congress would waste their time in demanding an apology from the creator of the show and trying to ban Desperate Housewives. Don't they have anything else to do, oh I don't know, maybe tackle some serious issues in the Philippines such as poverty and corruption?! And not waste their resources over some silly show?!
I also understand why Filipino people in the healthcare profession might pissed about this since Susan implied that the medical training in the Philippines is sub par but I think that American people are smarter than to believe what they hear on a comedy show. If Filipino people in healthcare are scared that US hospitals would not hire them because of that particular dialogue, then they are better off because that hospital is stupid enough to believe that line. Let's also not forget about some of the controversies in the medical field in the Philippines such as the nurse's board exam cheating.
// posted by srbd @ 11:24 PM 
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Desperate Filipinos...
Yeah... right-on man.
ABC already apologized. They have not uploaded any DH season 4 episode in their website. I guess because they promised to delete that part.
And now, a group of Filipino lawyers filed a $500M suit against ABC.
Yeah yeah. That comment was unwarranted.
But what exactly are Filipinos asking for? What exactly do we gain by petitioning this and that? We're just embarrassing ourselves.
Yeah... right-on man.
ABC already apologized. They have not uploaded any DH season 4 episode in their website. I guess because they promised to delete that part.
And now, a group of Filipino lawyers filed a $500M suit against ABC.
Yeah yeah. That comment was unwarranted.
But what exactly are Filipinos asking for? What exactly do we gain by petitioning this and that? We're just embarrassing ourselves.
letter lang binigay. di nag-apologize sa public. alam naman nila sensitibo mga pinoy, dapat namili na lang sila ng ibang bansa na hindi sensitibo. galit ako sa lahat ng nanlalait sa mga pinoy! hayaan ang korte ang magdesisyon. ligal at balido ang reklamo.
may mga nakatrabaho ako sa network team sa Cincinnati sa aking kumpanya, at sa akin pa tinatanong kung pano hanapin ang IP address ng server... sa sobrang inutil nila na penalty ang kumpanya ng di bababa ng $1M. siguro nag-aral sila sa "some engineering school in the US". pero syempre di ko nilalahat kasi marami rin akong kaibigang kano at respetado ang karamihan sa kanilang mga talento.
--maki
may mga nakatrabaho ako sa network team sa Cincinnati sa aking kumpanya, at sa akin pa tinatanong kung pano hanapin ang IP address ng server... sa sobrang inutil nila na penalty ang kumpanya ng di bababa ng $1M. siguro nag-aral sila sa "some engineering school in the US". pero syempre di ko nilalahat kasi marami rin akong kaibigang kano at respetado ang karamihan sa kanilang mga talento.
--maki
# posted by 
: 5:14 AM
: 5:14 AM
simply put: filipino kami, kaya ganun na lang ang reaction ng mga tao dito. tinitingnan mo kasi yung issue from an american perspective. amerikano ka kasi! wala kang dugong filipino. kung naranasan mo lang siguro mabuhay sa pilipinas, mag-iiba pananaw mo. hehe!
ay teka, nakakaintindi ka ba ng filipino? pis awt! hehe
ay teka, nakakaintindi ka ba ng filipino? pis awt! hehe
# posted by : 1:47 AM
: 1:47 AM
Tops, Filipino pa rin ako no! Kahit naman nung nandyan pa ako eh kapag nababanggit ang Pilipinas, lagi kong naiisip na props yun sa bansa. Dahil alam ko na mga comedy shows lang sila na di dapat seryosohin. Pero kung ang pagbanggit sa Pilipinas ay isang statement sa isang interview, dun ko alam na dapat yun seryosohin, i.e. Claire Danes' comment.
for me, tama lang na magreklamo. hindi naman kasi tama talaga yung ginagaw nila. imagine, ang daming mga taong nagreview ng script na yun, wbefore it was shot, while it was being shot and even while it was being edited. no one raised a finger to say na baka medyo foul ito. it's because people have grown accustomed to defiling other people's heritage. pati nga si cory tinatawag na ring "slut". imaging, person who was nominated for a nobel peace prize?
pero agree din ako na sobra naman na ang case na fi-nile ng mga pinoy dyan. ok na sakin ang apology.
sab, ikaw na rin ang nagsabi na minsan mo lang marining ang "philippines"... so, minsan na nga lang, ganitong klaseng pagkabangit pa.
masyadong na tayong madaming bad press sa mga terrorists and all. we don't need this na.
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pero agree din ako na sobra naman na ang case na fi-nile ng mga pinoy dyan. ok na sakin ang apology.
sab, ikaw na rin ang nagsabi na minsan mo lang marining ang "philippines"... so, minsan na nga lang, ganitong klaseng pagkabangit pa.
masyadong na tayong madaming bad press sa mga terrorists and all. we don't need this na.
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