We Are There In The Front Seat. With Fractured Stars

Kaori Oinuma

Jeremiah Lisbo

Raven Rigor

Seth Fedelin

Sean Tristan

Daniella Stranner

 

A trip and a vacation of a lifetime for young bloggers and influencers turns deadly when they are trapped and marooned on a deserted island. The excitement that describes the mood of the group at the start of the show ... reshapes into trepidation as it becomes evident that there's trouble in paradise ... where everything is cut off ... no food ... no water ... no signal ... no parties ... and no social media.

As the need to remain alive and survive starts showing its ugly head ... one of their companions dies for reason heaven only knows ... creating total unease in the group ... and so starts the whodunit mystery ... and the truth about why the group was invited as a select group ... starts to unfold.

That was a teaser of the movie ... and in all honesty ... the story is auspicious. And engaging.

I was reminded of the story of Amalayer girl eight years ago ... a video of Paula Jamie Salvosa's altercation with a security guard at a Light Rail Transit Line 2 station ... went viral on social media. She became the national butt of the joke and the cancel culture and cyberbullying was incessant.

The whole nation did not know her story ... but she was crucified and was subjected to mockery and ridicule. As a result, the Amalayer girl had a hard time finding a job and she was scared for her life. And adding more salt to the wound she had post-traumatic stress disorder. 

This was Mary Joy Apostol's story in ABS CBN Fractured ... (starring Francine Diaz and Seth Fedelin) which is similar in substance and form to Amalayer's journey to hell with online bashing and cancel culture. After confronting the waiter that her food had a worm ... somebody videotaped the whole incident and the rest was history. The video became viral and the whole country found a new victim in her.

I was trying to do my own research and so far I haven't seen anybody linking Amalayer's crucifixion to Claire in Fractured. There were changes in the situation but the parallelism was there. (I could almost hear the company's disclaimer that the story is fictitious and any similarities to any person living or dead are purely coincidental.)

So why is the group here in Iloilo? And why did my friend who happened to be connected with the promotion of the series FRACTURED ... invite me to see the show? It is quite a mystery to me in essence ... and when the truth unraveled ... which was without warning ... they broke us the sad news that the series is now on its last leg ... and there are barely two episodes left.

That was a kick in the gut ... after getting hooked like I was a drug addict, after Dirty Linen and Iron Heart, Fractured will also be singing its Swan song? It is a once-a-week show and its exhibition has an expiration date ... and in two weeks it is gone?

We still have Senior High ...  I know ... but you can't blame me ... can you?