Reaction Paper

Aira Mae G. Revilla English for Academic Purposes Reaction Paper (Four Values in Filipino Drama and Film)

The text titled “Four “ Four Values Values in Filipino Drama and Film” by Nicanor G. Tiongson stated the flaws of the Filipino moie industry. . !ummar"#!"nopsis

Filipinos loe moies. They loe it so much that sometimes they inest a lot of time and money !ust to watch moies. "t became part of what we are and somehow# moies affected affected how we lie. The author listed down some reasons why wh y Filipino moie industry needs to change the ir iewpoint and hoe the Filipino moie industry shows negatie alues to eeryone. $ne is “maganda ang maputi” which shows the stereotype of the film industry that the y should only cast beautiful actors instead of stic%ing into a realistic characteri&ation. "t shows how Filipino moie industries wants to show that being white is ery important that's why it became an obsession to some Filipino to become beautiful. (econd is “masaya ang may palabas” which shows that the important things to show in a moie only includes bakbakan, iyakan, sigawan, kantahan at tawanan and because if this# eery Filipino moie became painsta%ingly clich). "t's ery repetitious and it hinders the chance for a moie to become more literate. Third is “mabuti ang inaapi” which shows sho ws that the underdog will always be the hero. To sum this up# Filipinos loe to see people suffer first only to see the same person to become successful. Filipino became obsessed with that idea that they forgot that eery success needs a lot of hard wor%*not !ust by daydreaming that one on e day you'll become a hero in your own story. Fourth is “maganda pa ang daigdig” where this depicts that world is such a beautiful  place and we can peacefully in this world. This gies false hope to eeryone and it hinders the chance for eeryone to face fac e the reality. Fifth is “alues for an independent people” that depicts that the Filipino film industry shies away from the reality and the economic problems of our society. This explains that Filipinos needs to enlighten themseles to this %ind of problems. (ixth is “maganda ang %ayumanggi” which shows that Filipino films shows only white stereotype and not show casing that culture cu lture and beauty of the +hilippines. Filipino F ilipino film industry should show Filipino aesthetics that is close to our culture.

(eenth is “masaya ang palabas na may laman” which shows that we Filipinos tend to not loo% at the deeper side of the films. Filipinos tend to set aside the deep er political and ideological contradiction in society. ,ight is “mabuti ang may sariling isip at galugod” which explains that film industries should extend the discussion with bigger social perspectie and to show to Filipinos that een though there are struggles# there's always a solution to all those struggles. -nd lastly is “gaganda pa ang daigdig” and it explains that the world is still beautiful despite all the problems of whateer nature# that there problems can create an aesthetic ibes in a film.

. Anal"sis and Evaluation

"t was conincing because it's about mainstream film and how they are horrendous the y are nowadays. ,ery opinion made a lot of perfect sense. onestly# "'m not really a fan of mainstream Filipino films and reading this made me want to ma%e my stand that we should start creating /uality films and not !ust care if it will ma%e money or not. The thing that " also li%e in this text is the fact that it is not biased. 0ainly b ecause " totally agree on what the author is proing. is points are always sub!ectie and he explained eerything about his topic. -lso# " find it interesting that the author is not afraid to let it all out and %ind of used some persuasie words to conince other people to beliee that we should change our outloo% in Filipino films. "t's not totally biased# hence the text helped a lot to enrich our prior %nowledge in Filipino films. "t definitely broadened the perspectie that " hae for Filipino films.

. Reaction

-t first# " thought this article would be boring because it's too long# but when " read and %new that it is about the truth about Filipino films# it really captured my interest instantly. Though there are some dull moments# my experience reading this is ery enriching and ery interactie. ,nriching because there are some facts that really fascinated and %new that will help me. "nteractie because most of the opinion says a lot on what " beliee in and " totally agree on the author's point. This text really pushed me to conince other people to watch and support /uality films. 1e should broaden our perspectie to films and not !ust watch clich) films. Films isn't !ust for leisure anymore# film is an art piece that should b e appreciated aesthetically.