Noli Me Tangere

NO HOLDS BARRED

Armida Siguion-Reyna

08/23/2011
The Cultural Center of the Philippines has been accused of just about every ill, one goes to sleep thinking it not far-fetched to find out the next day it was the CCP board that had talked to Garci, got luxury vehicles from the Philippine Charity and Sweepstakes Office, and sold five used helicopters passed off as brand new.

So much so, you’d think those bewailing the lack of “good art” at the CCP would back “good art” when it’s there, but no. “Noli Me Tangere” opened a little over three weeks ago with Tanghalang Pilipino Artistic Director Nanding Josef wondering aloud why certain quarters could not, would not, cough up P3,000 for an opening night ticket of a major production. The response to the hundreds of letters asking for support from politicians and big businessmen simply went, “Walang budget.”

How hard is it for a congressman whose wife is seen toting P500,000 handbags, to sponsor a box for a CCP gala? How hard is it for a mayor who brings his staff to a weekend binge, under guise of “planning” at Boracay, to buy at least two tickets? You tell me..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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