Dreams in real life
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| Dinah S. Ventura |
Fictional scenes with plenty of crying and bitter words have always held no appeal for me, and so was watching family members of the three executed Filipinos in China being filmed in their moments of grief.
We Pinoys, pride ourselves for our warmth and empathy, but sometimes we fail to put certain situations in perspective.
In wakes filmed for news or tragic accidents that take lives, for example, sometimes we see locals clowning it up for the cameras or staring fixedly at their image in the monitor visible to them while crew is filming. The “uzi” tendency is also there, where some people gather to watch some event as it unfolds, up close and personal, regardless of the danger or risk to their own lives.
Media are sometimes no different. I remember tuning in to radio stations as the tour bus hostage-taking was taking place in Manila, and hearing a veteran news anchor and TV host share with the listening audience her personal reactions to what was happening — something that went like, “O, ayan na, ayan na...Naku, o, ayan na!”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110406com7.html
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