Two Generations, One Empire: Why Honor Thy Mother Rewrites Pinoy Drama
Sharon Cuneta and Barbie Forteza star in Prime Video’s ‘Honor Thy Mother’—a 14-episode ABS-CBN x GMA co-production redefining the modern Pinoy teleserye.
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What We Flush Out: Notes from Septic Tank 4, Now That the Run Is Sold Out
Before the curtain even went up, there was a wall. Sticky notes, three colors, stacked over each other until the board underneath disappeared. The question at the top, in block letters: “Anong gusto mong i-flush sa bayang ito?” What do you want to flush out of this country? People had written names. Robin Padilla. Sara Duterte. Ramon Ang. Alan Peter Cayetano. Si Bato. A few feet away, a second wall — softer, messier, more personal — asked people to spill the real shit instead: “Self Love Stage.” “Ang malimutan siya =).” “Quarter Life Crisis T_T.” One wall wanted a country cleaned out. The other just wanted somebody to survive their twenties. Standing between the two, it was hard not to think: this is either going to be very smart or very tired. Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 4: Oh Sht! It’s Live sa Cheter!* is PETA’s stage leap for a franchise that’s spent fifteen years being a mirror to Philippine media — first to indie filmmaking, then to reinvention culture, and now, finally, to the …
Will GMA-7’s ‘Meant To Be’ be at par with ‘Meteor Garden’, ‘Boys Over Flowers’?
A FEW DAYS AGO, GMA Network announced one of its prime time offering for 2017. It is the romantic comedy series ‘Meant To Be‘ with young Kapuso actress Barbie Forteza as the leading lady, and to our surprise, she is to be joined by not just one or two but four leading men.
That Lady called ‘Barbie Forteza’
OF ALL THE beautiful and talented ladies under GMA Network’s artist center, Barbie Forteza seems to have gotten all the favors and the blessings of the big bosses.