Monica Does Pinoy Henyo
by allancarreon on Sep.13, 2016, under Film & TV
Courteney aced it, of course, though she did struggle with Ugly Naked Guy. Then again, who wouldn’t? Besides, she offset it with saying “The Days of Our Lives” instead of simply “Days of Our Lives” since, technically, Joey incorrectly thought it was The Days of Our Lives.
Yeah, I’m a Friends addict.
Shake Shake Shake
by allancarreon on Sep.12, 2016, under Film & TV, Music & Theater
Sometimes, especially on a holiday, you just want to disco. Don’t even try to deny it.
(Can you believe this was almost forty years ago? This also would’ve been considered somewhat scandalous back then, but it just seems so tame in the now.)
The Day The World Changed
by allancarreon on Sep.11, 2016, under Society
In memoriam: 2,977 souls who perished fifteen years ago today.
Where were you then?
Happy As Homer
by allancarreon on Sep.10, 2016, under My Life
Four legs good. Two legs…?
by allancarreon on Sep.09, 2016, under Snark, Society
For there be too many Squealers nowadays and not enough Benjamins (who are not lazy).
Mercury Not In Retrograde
by allancarreon on Sep.08, 2016, under Music & Theater
Earlier this week, September 5th, would’ve been Freddie Mercury’s 70th birthday. It’s also been nearly 25 years since the legend from Queen passed away. Despite the loss of this icon, his music and legacy live on, propelling the art forward through the influence he left behind.
Belated happy birthday, Freddie. Your rhapsody lives on.
Pain Into Purpose
by allancarreon on Sep.07, 2016, under Film & TV, Society
Fran Drescher has always been and will always be an inspiration to me: funny, creative, and strong, all while having faced several tragedies in her life – including rape as well as cancer.
And now that I’ve seen this interview with Oprah from a few years ago, I appreciate her (and now, also her ex-husband) even more. As she says in this interview, “It’s turning lemons into lemonades and pain into purpose.”
May we all be as strong as this wonderful woman!
Krum to Daddy!
by allancarreon on Sep.06, 2016, under Film & TV, Queer
Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I have rediscovered one of my favorite, how shall I put this delicately, lesser-known actors, Stanislav Yanevski. He’s best known for his role as Viktor Krum in Harry Potter and, uhmm, that…
… that guy who gets eaten in Hostel 2.
Although he hasn’t done much acting, he still occasionally makes appearances in conventions and such, and he seems pretty active on social media.
And he loves traveling, especially on his motorbike.
Mob Mentality
by allancarreon on Sep.05, 2016, under Film & TV, Society
As my mentor Jessica taught me when I was developing my aswang novels, the best monster stories work on three levels… and I quote her notes to me back in 2013, “the horror tale, which should be scary/creepy as hell; the psychological, in which the monster embodies some part of the protagonist’s character that he denies or is not aware of; and the metaphorical, where the monster symbolizes some social reality. Hence Frankenstein: homicidal monster, creator with a god complex, the Industrial Revolution.”
Indeed, all the blood and gore and creep factors are great, but what elevates a tale are the added psychological and social dimensions that provide a richer experience for the audience. Otherwise, it’s just blood and gore and creep factors. This is why the likes of Dracula, The Vampire Chronicles, Lovecraft’s works, Stephen King’s novels, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Penny Dreadful, Ringu, and Ju-On work so well. In the Filipino context, we see these layers in Ang Pamana: The Inheritance, Patayin sa Sindak Si Barbara, Sigaw, SRR2’s Aswang, Yanggaw, Dagim, and Trese, among many others.
Pray for Davao
by allancarreon on Sep.04, 2016, under Society
Less than 24 hours after I posted about how timely and relevant Madonna’s anti-war video American Life still was, an explosion hit Davao City’s Roxas Night Market, attributed to violent insurgents that have been preying upon the south for over a decade.
Whatever differences we might have, we all should strongly condemn this cowardly terrorist attack.
Vigilance is important. We should not be cowed.
We are the sovereign Filipino people.
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