When Host Luis Manzano asked the group : "Ano ang palayaw ng bayaning si Jose Rizal?"
Emilio answered Miong and Grae answered Joe Joe. Both of them were just guessing and I know they were joking and were half-hearted when they gave their answers. But that doesn't mean that their selective memory loss is tantamount to a pressing educational crisis.
I studied the life of Rizal when we were in first-year college ... I remembered it was Pepe but my brain was almost bleeding ... or was it hemorrhaging before I recall it.
What happens now if I ask "Why is Pluto not considered a planet?" That doesn't mean that your inability to answer the question ... means there is an existing educational vacuum in science that needs Dep Ed to overhaul and reexamine its present academic structure.
In fairness to Emilio and Grae they may not have answered that no-sweat question ... think about it ... they have responded to harder questions in the same game show that you didn't know ... including their harsh critics who exaggeratedly concluded an urgent educational cataclysm needing emergency government intervention.
What was astonishing ... was when Luis asked the audience ... they readily answered Pepe (overly genius bunch huh) making the contestant look stupid.
I was flabbergasted to see that 100% of the studio audience knew Rizal by heart ... as they unabashedly chorused Pepe in unison ... and I found it unbelievable seeing the camera pan on their faces smiling as if saying: "Ako hindi man ako artista pero alam ko ang sagot.".
Emilio may have won 1 million pesos ... but the embarrassment he and Grae experienced from the show was not worth it. They were poked fun at... and the host even dropped to the floor laughing and said "Who is the author of El Filibusterismo ... Miong Miong. Sino ang author ng Noli Me Tangeri - Joe Joe) And everyone has a good laugh.
I know Luis means well, and he did not intend to ridicule anybody. He was doing it to go with the jolly Bardagulan ng show. And maybe the ratings.
Emilio was a good sport though being put in that position ... but Grae was serious maybe questioning himself "Nag-guest ba kami dito sa show para hiyain?"
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